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Kolkata Style Vegetable Chop Recipe
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Kolkata Style Vegetable Chop Recipe

A vegetarian Bengali Recipes recipe with carrot (gajjar), potato (aloo), beetroot. Ready in 1h, serves 4.

Curated byAnanya Chatterjee🇮🇳

Calories
795kcal
Estimated Cost
425-575
Carbs89g
Protein50g
Fats27g
Servings Scaler
4

Instructions

24 steps
  1. 1

    To begin making Kolkata Style Vegetable Chop Recipe, heat a kadai and roast the dry spices (fennel, cumin, cardamom, cinnamon, dry red chili, black peppercorn, kalonji), let them cool down and grind to powder

    fennel seeds (saunf)(1/2 teaspoon)cumin seeds (jeera)(1/2 teaspoon)cardamom (elaichi) pods/seeds - crushed(2)inch cinnamon stick (dalchini)(1/2)whole black peppercorns(3)corn flour(4 tablespoon)
  2. 2

    Keep aside

  3. 3

    Peel the vegetables, wash them well and cut into big chunks

  4. 4

    Cook till the first whistle goes off, remove from heat

  5. 5

    Wait till the pressure releases

  6. 6

    Take out all the vegetables and keep in a colander to drain out all the excess water

  7. 7

    Grate the cooked vegetables

  8. 8

    In a non stick pan add some oil(1tbsp) and when the oil is hot reduce the heat and add grated ginger and the vegetables

    ginger - grated(1 tablespoon)inch cinnamon stick (dalchini)(1/2)
  9. 9

    Add the powdered spices and crushed peanuts

    raw peanuts (moongphali) - crushed(1 tablespoon)cardamom (elaichi) pods/seeds - crushed(2)
  10. 10

    Stir well

  11. 11

    Add salt and sugar

    salt - to tastesugar(1 teaspoon)
  12. 12

    Keep cooking for 5-6min

  13. 13

    Switch off the heat

  14. 14

    Let the mixture cool down

  15. 15

    [Note: If you think your vegetable mixture has more moisture then cook for longer duration

  16. 16

    To know whether it is done or not take a little vegetable mix in your hand and try to make a ball, if you can make a nice round ball without sticking the vegetables to your hand then the mix is perfectly done

    inch cinnamon stick (dalchini)(1/2)
  17. 17

    ]Make small balls with the mixture

  18. 18

    The size and shape depends on individuals choice, I did a cylindrical shape

  19. 19

    Make a thin batter by mixing water and corn flour

    corn flour(4 tablespoon)
  20. 20

    Dip the vegetable balls in the batter and roll them in bread crumbs

    whole wheat bread crumbs(1 cup)
  21. 21

    Repeat the process

  22. 22

    So the vegetable balls coated twice with bread crumbs

    whole wheat bread crumbs(1 cup)
  23. 23

    Deep fry the chops and drain on a kitchen towel

    sunflower oil - to deep fry
  24. 24

    Serve Kolkata Style Vegetable Chop Recipe with Kasundi or Dhaniya Pudina Chutney Recipe (Green Chutney), Date and Tamarind Chutney Recipe | Khajur Imli Chutney and Slices of onion and cucumber, during evening

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