Chapor Ghonto Recipe (Bengali Mix Vegetable With Lentils Patties)
A delicious bengali recipes recipe featuring chapor ghonto recipe (bengali mix vegetable with lentils patties). Perfect for a nutritious meal that's both flavorful and satisfying.
Ingredients
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Instructions
Cooking Steps
Step 1: To begin making the Chapor Ghonto recipe, soak the lentils overnight or for at least 3 hrs
Step 2: Wash well and drain
Step 3: Make a paste with a little turmeric powder, green chilies (depending on your taste), ginger (one teaspoon) and a pinch of salt
Step 4: Try to add as little water as possible while making the paste
Step 5: Keep aside
Step 6: Grate the coconut and keep aside
Step 7: Adding grated coconut is optional
Step 8: Make a paste of poppy seed and black mustard seeds with a pinch of salt and a green chilli
Step 9: Keep aside
Step 10: Heat mustard oil in a heavy bottomed pan
Step 11: When the oil is smoking hot take tablespoon full of lentil paste and shallow fry
Step 12: While placing the lentil paste on the pan press it with fingers and make sure they do not have any definite shape
Step 13: Shallow fry the rest of the lentil paste and keep aside
Step 14: These are the 'Chapor'
Step 15: Next, cut the vegetables and wash well
Step 16: Drain any excess water
Step 17: Heat mustard oil in a deep pan or kadhai, when the oil is hot add the eggplant pieces and fry till brown, keep aside
Step 18: In the same pan add more oil if needed, when the oil is hot add panch phoran masala or bengali five spice mix, dry red chilies, bay leaves
Step 19: As the spices release nice aroma add the potato, taro root (also add pointed gourd if using) with little salt and turmeric powder, cover and cook
Step 20: After 10 minutes, add other vegetables and rest of the grated ginger cover and cook it till the vegetables are done
Step 21: Once the vegetables are soft, add mustard-poppy seed paste mix well
Step 22: Break the chapor or the lentil patties and add
Step 23: Add salt and sugar to taste
Step 24: If you like your dish to be spicy add green chilies
Step 25: Garnish with grated coconut and serve hot
Step 26: Serve Chapor Ghonto along with Steamed Rice and Aloo Posto for weekday lunch or dinner
Step 27: You can also serve Chaler Payesh after your meal as a dessert