Vegetable chop is a well-known street food in Bengal and Bihar. It consists of vegetables cut into small pieces and deep-fried. One of the main ingredients is beets.
Servings 2People
Prep Time 25 minutesmins
Cook Time 10 minutesmins
Total Time 35 minutesmins
Equipment
1 pressure cooker For Boling Ingredients
1 Deep Fried Pan For Deep Fry
Ingredients
2SmallCarrot
3MediumPotato
1MediumBeetroot
20gramGreen Peas
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
Preparing Spices - On low flame pour dry species – fennel seeds, cumin seeds, red chilli, elaichi, and cinnamon sticks into the pan. Roast the spices properly on low flame till they smell light. After cooling, mix them with the help of a mixer grinder
Cooking Vegetables - Peel out 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 them to a cylindrical shape.
Coating - 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.
Frying - Now heats a pan and pour oil into it for frying purposes. When the oil is hot, pour vegetable chops one by one into 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 it's the serving time. Serve these hot vegetable chops with a slice of onion and cucumber. This chop increases your evening fun of tea parties and snacks.