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Aloo Chop Recipe (আলুর চপ)

Shirley
Aloo Chop is a delicious Bangladeshi snack that has an egg filling inside spicy mashed potato.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Bangladeshi
Servings 6

Equipment

  • Frying pan
  • Medium Pot
  • Gloves if needed
  • Medium Plate for the breadcrumb

Ingredients
  

  • 4-5 Boiled yellow potatoes
  • 3-4 Boiled eggs
  • cup Ground meat (chicken or beef) (only for meat based filling)
  • ½ Ginger and Garlic paste (only for the meat filling)
  • 3 Shallot onions (thinly cut)
  • 3-4 Green Chilli
  • 1 tbsp Spices (red chilli powder, cumin, cumin powder, coriander powder)
  • Salt (as needed)
  • Breadcrumbs or coating mix (as needed)
  • Olive oil (as needed for frying)
  • 1 egg (for frying)

Instructions
 

  • On a medium pot, boil potatoes and eggs together. Remove the eggs after 12 minutes and rest it for couple minutes to boil it inside properly.
  • Once Potatoes are boiled, peel both eggs and potatoes. Also, place them in different containers. Cut eggs according to the picture.
  • Now mash the potatoes nicely with hand or you can use bottle of a glass.
  • Then, add onions, salt, spices accordingly and mix it well with the mashed potatoes.
  • Next step is to make Potato balls with hand. Press in the middle to fill egg or meat inside. Meanwhile prepare the pan to heat up and add enough oil to fry the Aloo Chop.
  • Once the oil is heated, one by on roll over the chaaps on egg and breadcrumb, and cook it on the pan.
  • It will give a fine golden color each sides. Turn each chaap carefully so that it doesnt break.
  • Serve warm aloo chop with the dipping sauce.

Meat filling:

  • On a medium pan, heat the oil. Now add spices, ginger garlic paste, salt and cook for a while in medium temperature.
  • Once the spice is cooked well, add ground chicken or beef and cook stir well to mix with the spice. Then put the lid on to let it cook slowly.
  • Stir it once in a while. Once it is cooked well, turn off the stove and let it cool down.
  • Rest of the steps are exactly same.
Keyword Aloo, Aloo chop, Potatoe Snack