Vegetable chop is a well-know street food in Bengal and Bihar. It consists of vegetables cut into small pieces and deep fried. One of the main ingredients is beets.
Prep Time25 minutesmins
Active Time10 minutesmins
Total Time35 minutesmins
Course: Snack
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: Vegetable Chop, Vegetable Cutlets
Yield: 2People
Calories: 165kcal
Author: Tania Sarkar
Equipment
1 pressure cooker For Boling Ingredients
1 Pan For Deep Fry
Materials
2SmallCarrot
3MediumPotato
1MediumBeetroot
1tbsp Crushed Peanut
1tbsp Grated Ginger
½tbsp Fennel Seeds
½tbsp Cumin Seed
½tbsp Cinnamon Stick
2pcsDry Red Chillies
2pcsCardamom Elaichi
1tbsp Sugar
1tbsp Salt According To Taste
1cupBread Crumbs
4tbsp Cornflour
3tbsp Mustard Oil
Instructions
On low flame pour dry species – fennel seeds, cumin seeds, red chili, elaichi, and cinnamon sticks into pan. Roast the spices properly in low flame till they smell light. After cooling, mix them with the help of a mixer grinder
Peel out of the vegetables and wash them well. Now cook all veggies in a pressure cooker till the first whistle goes. After one whistle of a pressure cooker, remove from the heat and wait till the pressure releases.
Now take a non-stick pan and pour 1 – 2 tbsp oil in it. When the oil is hot, add grated ginger to it. After 1 minute add the grated vegetables, crushed peanuts, and powdered spices to this pan. Stir well.
Then add one tablespoon of sugar and salt to it according to taste. Keep cooking and after 5 – 6 minutes switch off the flame. After cooling the mixture, make small balls with the mixture and bind it to a cylindrical shape.
For making the batter, add 4 tbsp water to the cornflour and mix them properly. Now dip the cylindrical-shaped vegetable cutlet in the batter and roll them in the bread crumbs.
Now heat a pan and pour oil into it for frying purposes. When oil is hot, pour vegetable chop one by one in this pan. Then on a medium flame deep fry the chops and drain the excess oil on a kitchen towel.
Notes
Now the tasty vegetable chop is ready for eating. Now its the serving time. Serve these hot vegetable chops with a slice of onion and cucumber. This chop increases your evening fun of tea party and snacks.