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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                  corn cheese balls

             
               Baby corn manchurian

                      Baby corn fritters

          Dry cabbage manchurian

                          Paneer Tikka

           Rava / Semolina Pizza

          Veg chow mein noodles

 

Stuffed Mirchi bajji

                          Paneer pinwheels

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Oats and Dalia Upma || how to prepare oats & dalia vegetable upma

Oats dalia upma with step by step pics and tips. It is very tasty and healthy upma prepared using broken wheat(dalia), oats and vegetables. It is weight loss recipe prepared in a healthy way. I used carrot, beans and fresh green peas to make it more healthy, upma tasted bit creamy because of oats. I added onion today if you want to have it on vrat skip onion and add potato (optional). Adding lemon juice and fresh coconut gives good taste. You can serve it with any chutney's or any chutney podi's like Milagai Podi / Idli Dosa podi, Peanut / ground nut powder, Andhra kobbari karam podi, Curry leaf powder, 

Taking this healthy oats dalia upma to FoodieMondayBloghop fb groups #233NutriBrekke theme. By this time you are all aware that i am part of this lovely group where we bloggers share recipe for theme suggested by a person in alphabetical order every week. This week theme is suggested by "Sujata Roy di"  who blogs at batterupwithsujata . We bloggers sharing different recipes using gourds like bitter gourd, ivy gourd, snake gourd, ridge gourd, bottle gourd. Many of us do not like these gourd recipes, but trust me we can prepare many tasty recipes with these gourds. Coming to Sujata di, she shares many traditional (Bengali cuisine) and authentic recipes. I can surely call her as "Sandesh Queen" as she prepare many sandesh varieties like sugar free pineapple sandesh, hazelnut chocolate sandesh which i am planning to prepare. Do checkout her space..                                                                  

  

    

                    Oats & Dalia Upma  

Preparation time - 10 minutes

cook Time : 15 minutes

Serves : 1 bowl

Category : breakfast

Recipe Cuisine: Indian 

Main ingredients : Oats, dalia

Author : Aruna SarasChandra

   

Ingredients

Oats - 1 small glass
dalia / broken wheat / godumanuka - 1 small glass
water - 4 and half  glasses (adjust)
onion - 1 
carrot -1 
beans - 3
peas - 1/4 cup
green chillies - 4
ginger - 1 inch
curry leaves -1 sprig
coriander leaves - 1 tsp
salt as per taste
oil- 2 tsp
mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
cumin seeds - 1 /2 tsp
urad dal - 1/2 tsp
chana dal - 1/2 tsp
Lemon  juice - 3 tsp (half lemon)
fresh grated coconut - 2tsp

Instructions

1) Finely chop onion, veggies, green chilli, ginger and keep it aside.

2) Dry fry oats on low medium flames till it turn crispy and keep it aside.

3) Heat a oil in kadai add mustard seeds when it starts crackle add urad and chana dal when it starts changing color add cumin seeds, curry leaves fry it well.

4) Add green chillies , ginger fry well. Then add onions, pinch of salt and fry till it changes color.

5) Now add carrot , beans, peas fry it well and let it cook by closing lid till veggies becomes smooth.

6) Now add 4 and half glasses of water and required amount of salt and let it boil.

7) Now add dalia little by little and mix well.

8) Let the above cook for few second and then add oats, mix everything well and close the lid.

9) Cook till water absorbs, then switch off the flames. Add fresh grated coconut, coriander leaves, lemon juice and mix everything well.

Thats it healthy and tasty oats & dalia upma is ready to serve.

Tips

** You can also  add capsicum or veggies of your choice.

** If you feel upma becomes very thick after adding oats then add some more water. AS water quantity depends on type of oats you used.

Also check other breakfast and other related recipes by just clicking the link under image. 

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                                     Uggani bajji

              
                                 Ragi Mungaaku rotte

        Sweet Coconut paratha

                             Idli Upma

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Gobi Manchurian, how to make gobi manchurian dry at home

Today's special is most awaited Indo Chinese - Gobi Manchurian. No need to to give introduction about this recipe, as it is famous and most popular street food liked by all ages. My younger brother Ram is very big fan of gobi manchurian, can say he is die hard fan of it😍. We can prepare gobi manchurian in two ways dry and gravy. Today i am dry (semi dry) version gobi manchurian recipe with you all. Trust me it is very easy to prepare at home if you have sauces like soya, red and green chilli sauces. Instead of maida i used rice flour and corn flour which gave same crispy taste. Try to prepare this gobi manchurian at home and make your family happy mainly kids. Gobi Manchurian taste crispy and yummy when it is hot, plan accordingly.

Taking this recipe to Foodie Monday Blog Hop fb group's #232GoForGobi theme.This week theme was suggested by Sasmita, she blogs at "Firsttimercook". She is a wonderful and talented chef i love photography and presentation skills they are very attractive. Check out her space for different varieties of recipes from different regions and Odisha cuisines. This week Sasmita suggested us to prepare recipe using gobi as main in it. So i decided to prepare this gobi manchurian recipe. I bookmarked her valentine special cake and lemon crinkle cookies to try it soon. Do check her blog for yummy food mesmerising pics.

                               

  

                                Gobi Manchurian 

Preparation Time : 10 minutes
Cook Time : 20  minutes
Serves : 2
Category : Snacks/Starters
Recipe Cuisine: Indo-Chinese
Main ingredients : gobi/cauliflower
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients 

to boil gobi

Cauliflower - 20 florets 
water - 5 cups
salt - 1 pinch

to prepare batter & gobi balls

corn flour - 3/4 cup
rice flour - 1/4 cup
red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
ginger garlic paste -1/2 tsp(i did not added)
pepper powder - pinch(optional)
salt - as per taste
oil- to deep fry

to prepare manchurian sauce (**Check tips)

oil- 2 tsp
garlic - 4 cloves
ginger - inch
green chilli - 2
onions - 1/2 cup (finely chopped)
spring onion whites - 1/2 cup
spring onion greens - 1/4 cup
pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
soya sauce - 2 tsp
green chilli sauce - 1 tsp
red chilli sauce - 1 tsp
tomato sauce - 1 tsp
vinegar - 2 tsp
salt as per taste

others

corn flour - 1 tsp
water - 1/4 cup
spring onion greens - to garnish

Instruction

1) wash cauliflower florets in water, boil 4 to 5 cups of water by adding salt. Then add gobi and boil for 2 to 3 minutes and drain out water and spread on wet towel.

2)Heat oil to deep rice, take rice flour, corn flour, salt, red chilli and pepper powder in a bowl. Then add water and prepare smooth batter without any lumps.

3)Check oil heat by dropping some batter, then deep boil gobi in batter and drop it in oil. Fry gobi on low to medium flames till it changes color and fry well.

4) Take the above in a plate and repeat the same process for remaining. In a cup add corn flour and water mix it well and keep it aside.

                  

5) Now we prepare manchurian sauce, heat oil in a wide and thick bottom pan. add finely chopped ginger and garlic fry it well. then add green chillies, onions, spring onion whites, half portion of spring onion greens fry it on high flames.

6) Now add all the sauces, vinegar and pepper powder one after other and mix it well. Add slurry corn flour adjust salt and mix everything well on medium to high flames.

7) Add above fried gobi in the sauce and mix it well till gobi coated well with sauce uniformly. Then switch off the flames and garnish it with spring onion greens.

That's it hot and yummy gobi manchurian is ready to serve. Serve it with onion rounds, lemon pieces , red and green chilli sauces. Enjoy it with your family and friends 😍. I had it with veg rice 😋.

Tips

** Clean gobi florets properly and add salt while boiling to avoid pesticides.

** Do not boil gobi for long time, gobi do not taste crunchy if we boil gobi too smooth.

** Make sure to spread boiled gobi on kitchen towel to avoid water in gobi.

** We can also add capsicum at step 5.

** If you are planning to use maida, then add 3/4 cup of maida and 1/4 cup of corn flour(adjust accordingly).

** As we have salt in sauces, take care while adding salt.

** Adjust sauce quantity according to the quantity of gobi you used.

** Soya sauce is must to get perfect taste in manchurian, if you have only red/green chilli no probs use anyone. You can also add schezwan chutney in this. 

** Make sure to serve immediately after preparing manchurian to get crispy and yummy taste.

Also check other snack/starter recipes by clicking link below pic

                           
                                    corn cheese balls

                        
                                  Baby corn manchurian

                              Baby corn fritters

          Dry cabbage manchurian

                          Paneer Tikka

           Rava / Semolina Pizza

          Veg chow mein noodles

 

Stuffed Mirchi bajji

                                     Paneer pinwheels

Hope you like crispy, tasty and mouth watering gobi manchurian dry. Give it a try and drop your comments and pics in inbox.

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