Bengali Alur Chop

Name: Bengali Alur Chop
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Gram Flour/Besan; 2 tbsp Rice Flour; 1/4 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder; 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder; 1/4 tsp Ajwain; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1/4 tsp Baking Powder; 1/2 cup Water; as required Oil (For Deep Frying); 3 tsp Oil; Half Onion (Sliced); 1 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste; 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder; 1/2 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder; 1/4 tsp Coriander Powder; 1/4 tsp Cumin Powder; 1/2 tsp Chaat Masala; 1/2 tsp Salt; 3 Potatoes (Steamed and Mashed)

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Bengali Alur Chop/Aloo Chop Recipe. A popular evening deep fried street snack from Kolkata. A potato stuffing is made and shaped into a tikki. It is then coated with gram flour batter and deep fried until crisp and golden in color. This snack can be served with a spicy chutney alongwith a hot cup of tea or coffee.

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Rosalyn John @rosalyn_kitchen227

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Foods from Bengal

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Foods from Bengal

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Ingredients

For the Gram Flour Batter:
1 cupGram Flour/Besan
2 tbspRice Flour
1/4 tspKashmiri Red Chilli Powder
1/4 tspTurmeric Powder
1/4 tspAjwain
1/2 tspSalt
1/4 tspBaking Powder
1/2 cupWater
as requiredOil (For Deep Frying)
For the Aloo Masala Filling:
3 tspOil
HalfOnion (Sliced)
1 tspGinger Garlic Paste
1/4 tspTurmeric Powder
1/2 tspKashmiri Red Chilli Powder
1/4 tspCoriander Powder
1/4 tspCumin Powder
1/2 tspChaat Masala
1/2 tspSalt
3Potatoes (Steamed and Mashed)

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Steps

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Firstly, for making the potato stuffing, steam, peel and mash the potatoes and set it aside.
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Heat oil in a non-stick kadai. Add the sliced onions and saute it for a minute or two. Add the ginger garlic paste and continue to saute till the onions are golden brown in color.
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Reduce the flame to low and add the turmeric powder, kashmiri red chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and chaat masala and saute for 30 seconds.
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Next add the steamed and mashed potatoes and mix until well combined. When done, allow it to cool down completely.
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Now to make the gram flour batter, add gram flour to a large mixing bowl. To it, add rice flour.
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Also add kashmiri red chilli powder, turmeric powder, ajwain, salt and baking powder and mix it well. Add water little at a time and mix it well into a lump free batter. Set it aside.
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Take a small portion of the aloo mixture. Form it into a ball shape and then flatten it a bit. Keep it aside.
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Heat oil in a deep frying pan. Take a potato ball and coat it with the gram flour batter. Carefully add it to the hot oil and fry till the lower part is golden in color.
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Flip and fry again till the lower part is golden in color.
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When done, remove on a kitchen towel to drain away the excess oil.
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Tasty Bengali Alur Chop is ready. Serve it hot with spicy green chutney or sauce alongwith a hot cup of tea or coffee.
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