Aloo Chop (Bengali Spicy Croquette, Street Style)
A flat bomb that adorns Kolkata's dusk! Simotian with mustard and roasted spices
Description
Similar to Mumbai's Batata Vada but flat-shaped, packing a punch with mustard oil-fried onions and Bengal-unique 'Bhaja Masala'—Kolkata specialty potato fritter.
Restaurants serving Aloo Chop (Bengali Spicy Croquette, Street Style)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Potato
- Mustard oil
- Chickpea flour
- Onion
- Peanuts
- Bhaja Masala
- Black salt
Instructions
- [For
- Servings/
- Pieces]
- large boiled potatoes,
- tbsp mustard oil, 1/
- minced red onion,
- tsp garlic-ginger paste,
- tbsp Bhaja Masala (dry-roasted cumin/coriander powder),
- tbsp peanuts, Batter (100g Besan flour, water, turmeric pinch), Frying oil, black salt pinch.
- At Kolkata stalls, heat mustard oil, fry minced red onions and garlic-ginger fragrantly.
- Add boiled/mashed potatoes, crispy peanuts, and Bengal cuisine soul 'Bhaja Masala (magic spice dry-roasted cumin/coriander until just before burning/powdered)' generously, kneading until overall turns brownish.
- Shape into flat thick hamburger-like discs (Chop) with palms.
- Dunk heavily in yellow Besan (chickpea flour) batter, slide into boiling cauldron oil, frying fragrantly on high until surfaces are crispy.
- Drain oil on newspaper, sprinkle black salt possessing unique sulfur aroma to finish. Crispy outside, deep earthy aroma of mustard/roasted spices pops inside—Bengal masterpiece snack boasting supreme compatibility with Muri (puffed rice) or Chai.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Cumin、Coriander、Black salt
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Potato croquette (lacks roasted spice aroma but as fried potato sub)
Pairing
Masala Chai、Muri(Puffed rice)
Trivia
[Hardcore] 'Chop' means cutlet/croquette in Bengal. While Mumbai Batata Vada is 'yellow/mild (turmeric/curry leaves)', Kolkata Aloo Chop is 'brown/smoky (mustard/Bhaja Masala)'—a street food clearly showing spice philosophy differences between India's two mega-cities.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Halve the crispy-fried hot Chop by hand, smear mustard sauce (Kasundi) stickily, stuffing cheeks with intense pungent stimulation!
Allergen
Soy (Lentils), Peanuts