Aloor chop

Name: Aloor chop
Total time: 3000 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 4 MEDIUM SIZED aloo (boiled); 1 tbsp oil; 1 tsp jeera; 1 dry red chili; 1 tbsp Ginger-garlic finely chopped; 2 tbsp roasted peanuts; 1 tsp jeera powder; 1 1/2 tsp salt /as required; 1 cup besan; 1 pinch baking soda; 1 tsp salt /add as required; as required water; sheet Plastic; 350 ml oil for frying

Mamata Satpati @cook_mamata

Chandigarh

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Aloor chop is Bengal's most famous street snacks. It is such a food.

Mamata Satpati @cook_mamata

Chandigarh

#flavour1
Aloor chop is Bengal's most famous street snacks. It is such a food.

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Ingredients

50 minutes

3 servings

4MEDIUM SIZED aloo (boiled)
1 tbspoil
1 tspjeera
1dry red chili
1 tbspGinger-garlic finely chopped
2 tbsproasted peanuts
1 tspjeera powder
1 1/2 tspsalt /as required
for making besan batter
1 cupbesan
1 pinchbaking soda
1 tspsalt /add as required
as requiredwater
Others
sheetPlastic
350 mloil for frying

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Steps

50 minutes

1

Put the mashed potatoes in a big bowl. (Mash the potatoes as soon as you take it out of the cooker)
2

Now heat 1 tbsp oil in a kadhai. Add jeera, then dry red chili. After few seconds take out the chili and add ginger-garlic.
3

Now add roasted peanuts. Stir for 1 min. Add jeera powder and salt. Now mix this with mashed potatoes.
Let this potato dough cool down at room temperature.
4

Make small balls from the potato dough. Keep aside.
5

Make besan batter in a mixing bowl by taking besan, baking soda, salt and water(as required) (mix the water in small quantities). The batter should not be too flowy or too thick.
6

Heat oil for frying in a kadai.
Meanwhile take a small ball made out of dough and place it on the plastic sheet. Now fold the plastic sheet in such a way that the dough ball is in between the plastic sheet.
7

Press the ball with your palm to make it flat. And now slowly take it out.
8

Dip it in the besan batter and coat it well with the batter.
9

Now gently slid or place the batter coated aloor chop in the hot oil.
Fry the aloor chops on medium-low flame.
10

Let both the sides to get golden brown (may take 7-8 mins) then remove them with a slotted spoon. This way fry the remaining aloor chops.
11

Serve aloor chop with moori/ garam garam cha/ sliced onion.