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Vegetable Chop | Bengali Vegetable Chop

Bengali vegetable chop is a popular snack made with beetroot, carrots and peas along with spices.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Appetizers, Vegetarian
Cuisine Bengali, Indian
Servings 10 numbers

Ingredients
  

  • 2 large beetroots finely grated
  • 2 medium-sized carrots finely grated
  • ½ cup chopped coconut
  • ½ cup peanuts
  • ½ cup raisins
  • 2 green chilies finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp grated ginger
  • 1 cup green peas
  • salt to taste
  • ½ tsp sugar
  • 1 large boiled potato
  • ½ tsp bhaja moshla (find link in the main post)2
  • 2 cups bread crumbs
  • 2-3 tbsp maida or all purpose flour
  • oil for deep frying

Instructions
 

  • In a kadai, heat 2 tbsp vegetable oil and fry the coconut pieces till they are just a little bit golden. 
  • You have to be very careful about the heat since coconut burns fast. Take the coconut out and in the same oil, fry a handful of peanuts, take them out and fry a handful of raisins.
  • Now heat about 2 tbsp of vegetable oil and add chopped green chilies, freshly grated ginger, stir and add the grated vegetables. 
  • Stir fry them on high heat for 3- 4 mins and add green peas and keep frying them. Add a little bit of salt and stir for two more minutes
  • Finally cover and lower the heat and let the vegetables soften. Remove the lid and stir. 
  • Add fried peanuts, coconut, raisins and ½ tsp of sugar. Give them a good mix and crush one large boiled potato into this. 
  • Mix it once more and add bhaja moshla. Mix it and take it off the heat. Mash with your finger till they come together.
  • Make croquettes of the vegetable mix. Make a slurry of flour and water (should be thick enough to coat the croquettes or chops)
  • Dip the vegetable chops in the slurry and then coat with bread crumbs. Repeat the process (this one needs a double coating) and then deep fry in vegetable oil in medium heat till they are golden brown.
  • Serve with kashundi.
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