Vegetable chop or Beetroot Croquette is one of the drool worthy popular street foods of West Bengal. Grated beetroot, carrots are cooked with peanuts, then boiled potatoes added just to bind, spiced with special bhaja moshla aka Bengali style roasted and grounded spices, shaped into sphere or cylinder, dipped in a thin batter and rolled in the bread crumbs. Finally they are deep fried for irresistible taste. It is very vegan and satvic (meaning no onion and garlic are used). However julienne red onion and cucumber are the best accompaniments. It was our evening snack often with a bowl of moori (puffed rice) and tea. Sometimes in winter months my mother would make vegetable chop when beets and carrots were in abundance.
