Macher Chop or Fish Croquette Recipe or Authentic Bengali Macher Chop
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Macher Chop or Fish Croquette Recipe or Authentic Bengali Macher Chop is perfect for evening snacks with a cup of tea or coffee,It can be made in two ways .Try it out and enjoy :-).
Preparation Time - 20 -25 min
Cooking Time - 5 min
Ingredients for Macher Chop recipe:-
1. Fish (boneless ) preferably Bhetki Fish ( I used Cod Fish since I do not get fresh Bhetki ).
2. Garam Masala ( dry roast for 30-40 seconds on a low flame and then grind 1/2 teaspoon whole coriander seeds/dhoney + 2 teaspoon whole cumin seeds/jeera + cloves/lobongo+ cardamom /elaichi+1 inch cinnamon/darchini + 1/4th teaspoon whole black peppercorns + very little 1/4th of a whole javetri/mace ) if in a hurry then you may use store bought garam masala powder but in that case the taste may slightly vary.
3. 3/4th cup chopped onion
4. 1 teaspoon garlic crushed
5. 1 teaspoon ginger crushed
6. Minced fresh chili as per your heat tolerance ( I used around 1 teaspoon )
7. 2 tablespoon of minced cilantro /dhoney pata
8. Powdered Spices( 1 teaspoon coriander powder/dhoney guro + 1/4th teaspoon turmeric powder + 1/2 teaspoon Paprika or Kashmiri chili Powder )
9. 1 teaspoon white vinegar or apple cider vinegar.
10. Sugar 1/2 teaspoon.
11. Salt as per your taste.
12. Boiled Potatoes (about 3 medium Potatoes )
13. Oil for deep frying or shallow frying and preparing the stuffing ( You can use peanut oil/sunflower oil/vegetable oil/canola oil )
Ingredients for breading:-
1. All purpose flour/maida
2. Bread crumbs
3. 2 eggs beaten
4. Salt as per your taste.
5. Black pepper powder/golmorich guro for sprinkling
Preparation :-
1. Boil the boneless fish with salt and water and keep aside.Then when it cools down flake it with your hand or spoon.
2.Boil Potatoes with salt and water,drain the water and keep it aside.
3. Chop/mince the ingredients as stated under the ingredient list.
4. Prepare the garam masala/spice mixture (point 2 under ingredients) and keep it aside.
Cooking:-
1. Add little oil into the frying pan and fry the minced onion til til translucent/pink in colour and wilting then add the crushed garlic and fry til the raw smell is gone.
2. Then add the crushed Ginger and fry for 30 -40 second followed by the powdered spices and little water to avoid the spices from getting burnt.
3. Fry the mixture and keep it aside.
4. Then add little more oil in the frying pan and add the boiled ,flaked fish and fry .Then add the onion ,ginger ,garlic and spice mixture prepared earlier ( reserving 1 tablespoon to add in the potato mixture) and mix.Also add 1 tablespoon cilantro + white vinegar +1 teaspoon of the garam masala you prepared earlier + sugar and salt.Fry for a minute and then keep it aside to cool down.
5. To the boiled Potato add the rest of the cilantro + garam masala+ chopped chili+ salt as per your taste + remaining 1 tablespoon of onion,ginger and garlic mixture and mash everything together with your hands or a Potato masher and keep it aside.
Preparation of the Fish Chops and Breading it :-
1. Now make medium balls of the Potato ( if it is too moist you may add little maida/all purpose flour ) then flatten it and add little fish stuffing,then cover it up with the potato filling with care.
2. I made about 8 fish chops.
3. Beat the eggs with little salt and pepper and keep aside .
4. Next for the breading roll the fish chops in the all purpose flour/maida ,then dip in the beaten eggs and finally in the bread crumbs . Do it for all the fish chops.
5. Next go for second breading by dipping the breaded fish chops in the beaten egg and then in the bread crumbs and keep aside.Do it for all the fish chops.
6. Now you may fry them or keep it in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours and then fry.
7. You may either deep fry or shallow fry the fish chops.
8. To oil should not be too hot otherwise the fish chops will burn on the outside.
9. Fry the fish chops and then put it on a kitchen tissue to soak the excess oil and serve it with salad,tomato ketch up/ kasundi/mustard sauce and sprinkle of bit nun/black salt on the fish chops.
10. Perfect snacks with tea or coffee.
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