Aloo Chop
Fried spiced mashed potatoes coated with gram flour.
- Category: Bengali Recipes, Oriya Recipes, Potato Recipes, Snacks Recipes
Ingredients
For cover
- 1 cup Gram flour /Besan
- 1/2 cup Baking powder
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon Chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder
For masala
- 4 medium size potatoes
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 2 green chillies finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons Ginger & Garlic paste
- Chopped coriander leaves
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
- Salt to taste
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Boil potatoes, peel skin and mash. Add salt and keep this aside.
- Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard and cumin seeds.
- Add chopped onions, chopped green chillies and saute till golden.
- Add ginger garlic paste and cook for 1 or 2 minutes.
- Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder and mashed potatoes and cook well for 2 minutes.
- Add chopped coriander leaves and cook for another minute.
- Divide the masala potatoes into equal size balls.
- Make a smooth batter with gram flour, baking powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt.
- Heat oil in a deep pan. Dip each ball in batter and deep fry till golden brown and evenly cooked on all sides.
- Serve hot with tomato ketchup/tamarind chutney.