Get Cooking: Bengali Beetroot Chops

Fri 23 Feb 2018

Bengali Beetroot Chops is a delicious Bengali dish made with Beetroot, peanuts and flavourful spices. A chef from Taj Banjara has shared this recipe.
Bengali Beetroot Chops

Ingredients Beetroot   Refined oil  Peanuts   Salt Sugar   Cumin seeds  Fennel seeds  Cloves   Cardamom  Cinnamon sticks Peppercorns Potatoes  Ginger Green chillies Bread crumbs Carrots  Peanuts Coriander leaves  Maida

Qty 200 gms for frying 100 gms to taste 50 gms 20 gms 20 gms 10 gms 15 gms 10 gms 20 gms 200 gms 50 gms 30 gms for coating 200 gms for garnishing a few 100 gms

Instructions:

1. First grind and roast the whole spices and keep them aside.
2. Fry ginger and green chillies until there’s a light aroma. Add grated beetroot and carrot to this and sauté well. Now add mashed potatoes, salt, sugar, ground roasted spice powder, and chopped coriander leaves, and mix well.
3. Cool the mixture and make 15-20 medium cutlet balls.
4. In a separate bowl, take 2 tsp of maida and mix it with a little water to get a thin white paste. It shouldn’t be too thick. Roll each ball into the batter and then roll them in bread crumbs.
5. Deep fry the cutlets in hot oil until golden brown.
6. Serve them piping hot with grated slices of carrot and beetroot along with a sprinkle of peanuts. Feel free to add the tangy mustard sauce ‘kashundi’ as well. Serves four.