Dimer Devil or Dimer Chop

Durga Puja is here...one of the most celebrated times for a Bengali. A Bengali belonging from any part of the country becomes almost vibrant and instantly happy with the advent of the "Pujo". But Durga Puja for a Bengali does not mean just bhakti it also means a carnival.. a party that lasts for three days. In these three days we enjoy and eat...roam and eat...vist pandals and eat...basically Eat a Lot!!!

Dimer Devil or Dimer chop is one of the most popular dishes you may see in a pujo pandal. Basically it is a chop/ cutlet inside of which is an egg (Dim in Bengali means Egg). For egg lovers especially, this dish comes as a surprise when you dig into the cripy layer then the potato filling and in the middle is a boiled egg!! The feeling of this dish is so satiating that "Wow" is a singular expression that one is left with.

The recipe is mine and gets prepared in 40 minutes including cooling and making the chop. The present recipe serves 4.

Goes Well With: Anything and everything. My favourite ofcourse is with any soft drink  and that of my husband is with single malt whiskey.

Pointers:

• While boiling eggs, many a times the shell breaks and the egg is splattered in the water. To avoid this one must use fresh eggs, boil the eggs in a pressure cooker and add a pinch of baking powder for the shells to remain intact. For hard boiled eggs two whistles of pressure cooker will do.
• If you are in a hurry or if you live a busy life, try this simple kitchen hack. Take off the stem from the chillies and store in an air-tight container, paste garlic-ginger and store in a ceramic or air-tight container. 
• Next time you are making a sandwich, just cut the sides of the bread beforehand, dry them, grind and store to make cripy, restaurant worthy cutlets.

Ingredients:

4 hard boiled eggs

5 large boiled and peeled potatoes

2 Tbsp finely chopped corriander

1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste

1/2 tsp finely chopped chillies

1 tsp Turmeric

Chaat Masala

salt to taste

dry breadcrumbs to coat the chop

Oil to fry

Method:

• Take the boil potatoes and mash them add to them chillies, corriander, girger garlic paste, turmeric and salt. Mix well. See to it that there are no big chucks of potato left
• Take the boiled eggs and cut them into half. Now cover the half boiled egg with the mash potato mix and roll it to form a round or egg like shape. Once you get the shape roll the chop over breadcrumbs and set aside. Repeat the process for all the eggs. 
• Take the chops and place the tray into the refrigerator to cool and set for 20 minutes, undisturbed.
• Take out the chops and heat oil into a kadahi for deep frying. Once the oil is hot introduce the chops into it and fry till they turn golden. 
• Take out the Devil and sprinkle chaat masala over it and relish these crispy egg filled surprises.