Mochar Chop

This is a famous snacks of Bengal and without giving any more introduction I will directly jump into the making procedure.

Ingredients:

• Banana Flower (mocha)
• 1 small boiled potato
• 2 teaspoon of raisin(kismiss)
• 1/2 cup red chickpeas(soaked overnight in water)[chola]
• 2 teaspoon garam masala powder
• 2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 th teaspoon of turmeric powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
• 1/2 teaspoon coriander power
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1/3rd teaspoon of red chilli powder.
• 1 egg
• 1 cup bread crumb
• salt as per taste
• 2 teaspoon of white oil
• 1 bay leaf.
• oil to deep fry.

Procedure:

• Take out the banana flower from its mold and chop it in small pieces.
• Boil it with water,salt and turmeric powder.Drain the excess water from it and wash out at least 2-3 times with normal water. Actually there is a little bitter taste exist in it and we want to get rid off  it by washing it and draining its water.
• Mix all the spices , smashed potato and banana flower together.Mix it really well and smash it with your hand or a spoon.
• Put a frying pan in medium flame,add oil ,bay leaf, garam masala powder(1 teaspoon) .Add the mixture along with ginger garlic paste and fry it for 5-6min.Make sure that all spices has incorporated its flavor in the mixture.
• Add raisin and chickpeas and mix it really well. Put it in a separate bowl and let it cool down.
• Beat one egg and add a pinch of salt in it.
• Take the mixture and give it a round shape.Remove the bay leaf before giving any shape.You can give any shape you like but do not make it too thick.
• Pour this into egg and then cover it with bread crumb.Do the same process once again.It actually helps to make the outer layer nice and more crispy.
• Follow the same process for all of them.
• Deep fry it in medium heat till it get nice, light brown color.

And 'Mochar Chop' is all ready to eat.Serve it with tea or coffee and enjoy a nice snacks.