Advertisment

Vegetable Chop - SK Khazana

A typical Bengali snack that can be served as a starter with cocktails or mocktails This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

New Update
Vegetable Chop - SK Khazana

Main Ingredients Carrot, Beetroot
Cuisine Bengali
Course Snacks and Starters
Prep Time 26-30 minutes
Cook time 31-40 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Spicy
Level of Cooking Moderate
Others Veg

Ingredients list for Vegetable Chop - SK Khazana

  • 2 Carrot medium, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 1 Beetroot medium, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 2 Potatoes large, boiled, peeled and mashed
  • 2 tablespo Oil
  • 3 tablespoons Raw peanuts peeled and halved
  • 2-3 Coconut slice cut into small pieces
  • 1/2 teaspoon Panch phoron
  • 1/2 teaspoon Ginger garlic paste
  • 2 Green chillies chopped
  • Salt to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon Sugar
  • 2 tablespoons Fresh coriander leaves chopped
  • 1 cup Cornflour slurry
  • Dried breadcrumbs for coating
  • Kasundi mustard to serve
  • Onion slices to serve
  • Fresh coriander sprigs for garnish
  • Spice mix
  • 1 teaspoon Fennel seeds (saunf)
  • 1 teaspoon Corinader seeds
  • 1/2 teaspoon Cumin seeds
  • 1 Green cardamom

Method

  1. Heat a non-stick pan, add fennel seeds, coriander seeds, cumin seeds and green cardamom and roast on low heat till fragrant and take the pan off the heat and cool.
  2. Transfer the roasted mixture into a blender jar and grind to a fine powder.
  3. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a non-stick wok, add the peanuts and sauté till golden brown. Drain them into a bowl.
  4. In the same hot oil, add coconut slices and sauté till they turn golden brown. Drain them into the same bowl.
  5. In the same hot oil, add panch phoran and ginger-garlic paste, mix well and saute for 1 minute.
  6. Add carrot, beetroot, green chillies, salt and sugarmix well, cover and cook for 10-15 minutes or till the mixture softens.
  7. Add the spice powder, peanuts and coconut and mash the mixture well. Take it off the heat and transfer to a bowl.Add potatoes and mix till well combined. Add coriander leaves and mix well.
  8. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai.
  9. Grease palms of the hands with oil and divide the mixture into equal portions. Shape each portion into a cylindrical chop.
  10. Dip each chop in cornflourslurry, roll in dried breadcrumbs and repeat one more time.
  11. Slide in each chop into the hot oil and deep-fry till golden brown and crisp. Drain on absorbent paper.
  12. Put some kasundi in each serving bowl, top it with some onion slices and keep a chop in each bowl. Garnish with coriander sprigs and serve hot.
Advertisment