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Potato Chops

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On 05/05/2009 02:05pm, JL wrote:

Hello Mamta,

Have you heard of a potato chop with a sort of dry mince curry filling?

Is it called by another name?

Thanks

June

On 05/05/2009 04:05pm, AskCy wrote:

do you mean something like a potato fritter ?.. 2 slices of potato with a filling, dipped in batter and deep fried?

Steve

On 05/05/2009 05:05pm, Mamta wrote:

You just make the normal potato chop and put any filling you like inside it, including mince meat/chicken/chopped nuts/chopped chillies+coriander leaves, anything you fancy.

Make it like this, just put the filling inside;

Potato chop.

On 05/05/2009 09:05pm, AskCy wrote:

Well I'd have never imagined thats what a potato chop was unless I'd had some idea in the question (as was the case here)

I'd call that a potato fritter, potato cake, or if you added lots of something else like fish it would be a fish cake etc...

Steve

On 06/05/2009 06:05am, Mamta wrote:

In India, it is called a Aloo tikki or potato chop Steve ;-), just a difference in languages, I guess!

On 06/05/2009 10:05am, Lapis wrote:

also in India, it is called a cutlet, or sometimes on menus (in dhabas, for example), it is often called a cutless ;?)

On 06/05/2009 11:05am, JL wrote:

Yes, i saw that recipe on the search button. Thanks Mamta a new recipe to try this weekend.

We have renovated our kitchen and I just love my stove top. My family enjoy me trying all sorts of new recipes especially from this site.

June

On 06/05/2009 12:05pm, Mamta wrote:

Have fun in your new Kitchen Jane :-)!

"it is often called a cutless"

This is so funny Lapis, reminded of so many incorrectly spelt signs in English in India, especially food names. Can't remember how many spellings I have seen for Omellete!

Mamta

On 06/05/2009 06:05pm, AskCy wrote:

its odd that most of the terms are used in English for a specific cut of meat ! Cutlets and Chops tend to be the same sort of meat cuts (you know with a bone down the edge, a strip of fat and an almost round chunk of meat at one end).

Steve

On 07/05/2009 10:05am, John wrote:

I may give these a try today, they look really nice.

On 13/05/2009 10:05am, Lapis wrote:

Mamta, do you mean omelette? LOL......

Not only in India, in the East End of London, in the Indian markets, the spellings are also 'quaint'. A green podded vegetable is called 'paes', exactly the way it is pronounced where I was born!

In the market, I try to buy things using Hindi. Problem is they don't accept Rupees!

On 13/05/2009 11:05am, Mamta wrote:

"Mamta, do you mean omelette?" Hee, hee, hee!

That was a Freudian slip, if there was ever one!

On 15/05/2009 03:05am, JL wrote:

Greetings,

Made the potato chops last night and they were very, very nice. I did make a dry mince curry fry and put it into the centre. Added some extra green chilli for pizzazz:)

Had it with dahl and lemon pickle..... yum yum:)

June

On 15/05/2009 08:05pm, Winton wrote:

Dear Lapis, living too in the East End (Whitechapel) perhaps you would be better off brushing up on some Bangla/Sylheti and flashing a fistful of taka around!!!! LOL, Best wishes, Winton

On 16/05/2009 08:05am, Mamta wrote:

Hello June

If you would like it, I could add the idea of filling the potato chop with mince meat (keema) as a note from you to my chop recipe, the one you used. After all, these cutlets are sometimes stuffed with chopped Chiraunji/Cudpah nuts, raisins, chopped coriander, green chillies etc.! Let me know via the Contact link.

Mamta

On 16/05/2009 09:05am, AskCy wrote:

You know these 'chops' sound like once you start, you're going to keep going for another and another until either you pop or the plate is empty ! lol

Steve

On 17/05/2009 10:05am, JL wrote:

Hi Steve

It is something like that "You know these 'chops' sound like once you start, you're going to keep going for another and another until either you pop or the plate is empty"

I made them quite small stuffed with finely ground mince keema had it with dahl,roti, lemon pickle and a glass of beer, on a warm autumn evening ..... bliss... no fuss, tasty and good for you (including the beer!)

cheers

June

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