Vegetable Chop || Veg Chop || Bengal style - vegetable Cutlet

Today's special recipe - bengal style , vegetable chop || veg chop || vegetable cutlets. It tastes crispy outside and smooth inside with crunchy bites of fried groundnuts in it. These cutlets are not only yummy but also healthy and perfect tea time snack. This is Bengal street food and also popular in Odisha too. It is my favorite snack when i was in Khurdha Road 😋. Most of kids do not like beet root, i personally feel this is the best way to make them to have it intrestly. 

Taking this super healthy, regional and tasty West Bengal street food - Vegetable chop to Shhhhh Secretly Cooking Challenge fb group started by Priya of Priyas Versatile Recipes and taken further till date by Mayuri she blogs at Mayuris jikoni.  Here admins will select one Indian state in alphabetical order. And they pick pairs for theme, pairs will share 2 ingredients, using that ingredients we will prepare recipe and post it in group album. Other group members will guess the secret ingredient. This month i am paired with Narmadha she blogs at "Namscorner".  She gave me peanuts and bread crumbs as secret ingredients, in turn i gave star anise and reen chilli for her, she prepared Bengali Dum Aloo.She is very talented chef who loves to record her tried and tasted recipes just like me :) . Check out her space for tasty veg and non vegetarian recipes from different regions, i book marked
her falafel recipe to try.  Do checkout her space.. I got this recipe from Poonam's space :) 
                                                                                                                                         

Let's start recipe..


  

          West Bengal - Vegetable Chop

Preparation time : 10 min
Cook Time : 20 minutes
Serves : 4
Category : Snacks/ Starters / Regional
Recipe Cuisine: West Bengal
Main ingredient: beetroot
Author : Aruna SarasChandra


   


Ingredients

Beet root -2 (small)

carrot -2 (small)

potato -1 (big)

fried peanuts - 2 tsp

green chillies - 4 (adjust)

ginger -1 inch

coriander leaves - 1 tsb(chopped)

bread crumbs - 1 cup

garam masala - 1 tsp

corn flour - 2 tsp

salt as per taste

oil - to deep fry

Instructions

1) Clean veggies well so that mud and dust remove well from veggies.Cook veggies for 2 whistle, let the veggies cool then peel its skin. 

2) In large bowl grate all the veggies, green chillies and ginger.

3)Fry peanuts till it changes color let it cool and remove its skin.(i have fried peanuts so i used it).

4) If you have bread crumbs used it, otherwise fry bread on pan, till it roast both sides. cut into pieces and grind it fine powder.

5)  Add 1/2 cup bread crumbs, lightly crushed peanuts, salt, garam masala in grated veggies mixture. 

6) Mix the above mixture well, pinch out some mixture mould and give obolong shape.

7) heat oil to deep fry, prepare cornflour slurry( add  2 tsp of corn flour in half cup of water). Dip prepared chop in a cornflour slurry, immediately roll it in bread crumbs. Tap excess bread crumbs with your fingers and keep it aside. 

8) Check oil heat by dropping some mixture, if it comes up immediately then drop preapred chop and fry it in low to medium flames till it changes color both sides and take it into plate / tissue paper. Repeat the same process for remaining.

That's it our vegetable chops are ready to serve. Garnish it with chopped coriander, onion rings, tomato ketchup or chilli sauces. This is best and healthy evening snack to serve with hot tea and even can serve in small parties at home. Serve hot and enjoy with your friends and family :) .

I kept 4 chops which is ready to fry in fridge before going my mom's place. Next day hubby kept it out for some time (till it reach room temperature) and directly fried in oil :) 

Tips

** Grate veggies properly, adjust spicy according to your taste.

** After frying veg chop, make sure oil is not much heat. Otherwise chops will burn, so take care while frying.

Also check other related snacks / straters by just clicking the link below pic.

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Stuffed Mirchi bajji

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pan fried mediterranean veggies

Today's post is very very simple and easy pan fry Mediterranean veggies. I used broccoli, eggplant, carrot, baby potatoes, capsicum, onions. Some information regarding  mediterranean diet - it is a diet inspired by the eating habits of Italy and Greece in 1960's. The principal aspects of this diet includes proportionally high consumption of olive oil, fruits, vegetables, moderate to high consumption of fish, moderate consumption of dairy products. A traditional mediterranean diet consisting of large quantities of fresh fruits,vegetables, nuts, fish and olive oil coupled with physical activity which can reduce risk of serious mental and physical health problems (information from wiki).

As i d't have oven i pan fried these veggies, you can roast these veggies in oven to get crispy texture. The taste of this fry depends on olive oil, herbs and pepper powder we use. I used oregano, pepper powder and red chilli flakes. No need to fry it like our regular curries. Fry onion, broccoli, capscium, eggplant  first then fry potato and carrot as it take more time to cook. Taking this healthy pan fry mediterranean veggies recipe to Foodie Monday BlogHop fb groups #222MystiqueMediterranen theme. This week theme suggested by Archana who blogs at "themadscientistskitchen". Check out her blog for wonderful healthy, tasty and traditional goan recipes. I am planning to try her Honey cake  and churma from her space.

                                                                                                                                         

  


Preparation Time : 5 minutes
Cook Time : 15 minutes
Serves : 2
Category : Curry
Recipe Cuisine: Mediterranean 
Main ingredients : Mediterranean veggies
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

   



Ingredients

Eggplant - half
capsicum - half
baby potatoes - 3
broccoli - 1/2 cup florets
carrot - 1 
onions -2
olive oil- 2 to 3 tsp
salt as per taste
pepper powder - 1 tsp
red chilli flakes - 1 tsp
oregano - 1 tsp
garlic - 4

Instructions

1) wash all veggies and cut into cubes as shown below.

2) Take the above veggies into bowl add crushed garlic,olive oil, salt, oregano, red chilli flakes, pepper powder and saute everything well. Now stir fry eggplant, capsicum, onion, garlic take into plate then fry remaining veggies. At last saute all veggies once and take it into plate.

That's it pan fried mediterranean veggies are ready to serve. You can serve it as side dish or we can have as it is. I know if it is roasted then we will love it , still trust me it came out very tasty.

Also check other recipes by clicking the link below pic.

                     

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                 gummadikaya majjiga pulusu/ pumpkin curd gravy

                 

                                                    sanna kakaraya kaya kura

          

                                                             stuffed bitter gourd

Odisha aloo palanga sabzi

 Potato Spring Onion Fry

                      Matar Fry

              Malai Matar paneer

                                Paneer Lababdar/ Jeera Rice

                 Hyderabadi Mirchi ka salan

               Punjabi Dum aloo

                              Kaju curry

               paneer butter masala

                          Kadai Paneer

          Stuffed paneer capsicum            

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Hyderabadi Veg Dum Biryani || How to prepare veg dum biryani

Hyderabadi Veg Dum Biryani with step by step pics and tips - today's recipe is Hyderabad popular and most loved Vegetable dum biryani. It is very tasty and aromatic , it is generally prepared with basamati / long grain rice. It is generally prepared with meat and vegetables, today i am sharing veg version dum biryani. Today i used potato, carrot,beans and cauliflower, we can also use peas and paneer too.  So what is dum meaning - it is basically a foreign term for breathing(info from google). This dum biryani differs from regular biryani that we cook, it is prepared in pot sealed with dough on low flame by spreading veg gravy and cooked basmati in layers. If pot not available we can also prepare in kadai(i too prepared in kadai). We can have this biryani with any simple raita's or fruit based raita like pomegranate raita,  today i had it with boondi raita. Also check few rice varieties from my blog -  Green Peas Pulao, Jeera Rice,  Kashmiri Pulao, Coconut milk pulao, Carrot rice, Pudina rice,  Mango Rice, Ven Pongal,Restaurant style curd rice, Curry leaves powder rice.

      Hyderabad is popular for pearls, food and IT, it is popularly known as "the city of pearls ". Few popular places to visit @Hyderabad is Golconda Fort, Charminar, Salar Jung Museum, Hussain Sagar, Ramoji Film city, Chowmahalla Palace, Taj Falaka numa Palace, temples like Birla Mandir, Chilkur Balaji Temple, Iskcon temple, Yadagiri gutta, Sanghi temple, Peddamma Thalli temple, Sri Jagannath Mandir .. Masjids like Mecca Masjid, Medak Church is very popular church in Telangana. Hyderabad is also famous for shopping mainly for bangles @charminar and pearls,  best place for shopping is Koti, Monda market, Paradise etc. I have many memories which i never forgot in my life, i completed my  M.C.A @Nrupathunga College and worked here as a s/w. I got chance to taste many tasty foods and visit many popular places. Paradise biryani with Hyderabadi mirchi ka salan and Qubani ka meetha with ice cream @Hotel Paradise, idli sambar and cone ice cream @Swati hotel , punugulu and pani poori @Ameerpet are my favorite food. Few popular food from hyderabad is biryani, haleam, irani chai, Falooda, double ka meeta, sarva pindi, sakinalu etc.. 

  
                                     

Taking this aromatic and super tasty "Hyderabadi Veg Dum Biryani" to Shhhhh Secretly Cooking Challenge fb group started by Priya of Priyas Versatile Recipes and taken further till date by Mayuri she blogs at Mayuris jikoni.  Here admins will select one Indian state in alphabetical order. And they pick pairs for theme, pairs will share 2 ingredients, using that ingredients we will prepare recipe and post it in group album. Other group members will guess the secret ingredient.          

                                                                                                                                         

 For this month October we bloggers preparing Telangana Cuisine, I am very much of excited to share this dum biryani as it is one of my favorite. My partner for this month is Mayuri di, who blogs at  Mayuris jikoni, do visit her place for different varieties of food from different regions. I surely tell you that you will love her space. I mainly love her write up, she not only explain the recipe but also give full information about recipe and its origins, which i am trying to adopt in my blog :). Mayuri di gave me mace and curd,these two are main ingredients to prepare dum biryani.  I gave besan and coriander powder as two secret ingredients, with that she prepared attu-tunukala-tunaka-koora, i loved many recipes and bookmarked leopard patch spot bread, chocolate-phirni to prepare soon. 

let's start recipe..
                            
                           Hyderabadi Dum Biryani

Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time : 40 to 50 minutes
Serves :  4 
Category : Biryani / Pulao
Recipe Cuisine: Telangana / Hyderabad
Main ingredient: Basmati / long grain rice
Author : Aruna SarasChandra


Ingredients

For cooking rice 

Basmati rice - 11/2 cup
water -  8 cups
oil- 1 tsp
ghee- 1 tsp
elachi -  2
clove - 4
cinnamon stick - 1 inch
bay leaf - 2
pepper - 5
star anise - 1
salt - 1 tsp

For gravy

oil- 3 tsp
ghee - 2 tsp
shah jeera - 1 tsp
elachi - 2
cloves - 2
bay leaf - 1
mace -2 
star anise -1 
cinnamon stick - 1 inch
onion - 3
green chili -2
mixed vegetables(potatoes, carrot, cauliflower, beans) - 1 cup
(you can also add peas and paneer too)
curd - 11/2 cup
ginger - garlic paste - 1 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
red chili powder -1 tsp(adjust)
biryani masala powder - 1 tsp
salt - as per taste
saffron - 1 pinch
mint / pudina leaves - 1/4 cup (chopped)

Others

onion - 2 or fried onions/ birista - 1/4 cup
coriander leaves - 2 tsp
wheat flour - to seal

Instructions

1) Firstly soak basmati rice for 20 to 30 mints, in this mean time chop all the veggies and prepare birista/ fried onions . Chop onions fine to prepare birista or use readily available fried onions. For this we have to deep fry or shallow fry onions in oil. I shallow fried onion by heating oil in a kadai .

2) clean and chop all the veggies.

3) after 20 to 30 min Heat a kadai with oil and ghee then all spices mentioned in 'for cooking rice' one after other fry till you get nice aroma on low flame. Add water salt let it boil, then add soaked and washed basmati rice cook it for 7 to 10 minutes or till the rice is almost cooked on medium flames. Check rice with fingers if it starts breaking then switch off flames  and drain it using strainer and add some cold water, strain water and keep it aside openly.

3) Now we will start gravy preparation, for this heat a pan with 3 tsp of oil , 1 tsp of ghee . Then add all the spices(elachi, bay leaf,clove star anise, mace, cinnamon stick) fry till you get nice aroma. 

4) Now add onions and green chilli  fry till it changes color then add ginger garlic paste fry till raw smell goes out.

5) Now add all chopped veggies fry it for few minutes, then add  curd, turmeric , red chilli powder , biryani masala, salt mix everything well. Add 1 cup of water and cook on medium to low flames till veggies cook well.

6) Gravy is ready, now we will start layering biryani.  Take a wide kadai/pan/pot spread gravy for 1st layer, then spread rice on it spread pudina, fried onions and saffron water.

7) Now again spread remaining vegetable gravy on rice then spread rice remaining birista/fried onions, pudina/mint leaves , saffron , coriander leaves and 1 tsp of ghee.

8) Layering is completed now preparing thick wheat dough by adding water and seal the kadai well.(sealing pic is missing will update soon).

Cook the above sealed kadai for 10 minutes on ready. Now Hyderabadi Dum Biryani is ready to serve, i served it with boondi raita. Enjoy your day with your loved ones.

How to serve this Dum Biryani

-- Remove dough after leaving biryani aside for some time, do not mix the biryani just like other biryani. 

Tips

** Use basmati rice to get good taste,texture and aroma.

**Soak rice for minimum 20 minutes.

** As peas and paneer are not readily available i skipped it, you can use vegetables of you choice.

** You can also add fried cashew nuts and raisins.

** Layering biryani is must as it is dum biryani.

** There are few ways(which i know) to seal the kadai
1) using wheat flour dough.
2) use silver foil
3) close it with thick cotton cloth and close the lid tightly and keep weight on the lid. (will try to update pics soon).

** Use heavy bottom kadai / pot to prepare this biryani.

** After sealing biyani cook it on very low flames. 

** do not serve immediately after preparing. As per experience i am telling this biryani taste very good after preparation of few hours.

** Add ginger garlic paste according, as few ppl do not like it. 

** Use good quality basmati rice to get good taste and texture.

** If you feel rice over cooked and became sticky then add some more oil on it and keep it under fan.

These are some tips hope it is helpful to you while cooking.

Also check other biryani / pulao /rice items just by clicking the link below pic..

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                             Carrot rice

                                        Pudina rice

                                                Green Peas Pulao

                                           Jeera Rice

coconut rice

                                 

                                                               Mango Rice

Kashmiri Pulao

Coconut milk pulao

                             

Restaurant style curd rice

Pongal

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