Vegetable Puffs
Vegetable Puffs or the so-called “veg-pups” is a favorite snack and I remember the endless times we’ve had these back in India. We Craved to eat the same here and I knew my only option here was to make it myself. One day, as I was chatting with my extended family in Chicago, who are my best mates when I have to plan a big meal (almost any occasion) mentioned using Pastry sheets to make veg puffs. Since then its been a great hit at...
Aloo Tikki
Aloo Tikki is a very popular North Indian street food which is easy and quick snack to make at home. It is made potatoes, peas, cilantro and few spices. The Aloo Tikki is a base for chaat recipes like Aloo Tikki chaat and Mumbai’s very own Ragda pattis
An easy Indian Appetizer and great as weekend evening snacks with hot tea.
Source: Such simple recipes, credits obviously to Amma, who...
Vada Pav with cutting chai
Vada pav, popularly known as Mumbai’s very own burger. I am sure every Mumbaikar’s favorite on-the-go snack is the vada pav! Sathya and I, both have lived in Mumbai. The big city with diverse lifestyle, bustling streets, punctual and crowded trains and variety of local food like Pav bhaji, Sabudana Vada, Bhel puri, Bombay Sandwich, Frankie, Ragda Pattis and Vada pav with cutting chai. It’s a wonderful place to live, anyone will love to...
Paneer Tikka
Paneer Tikka, an appealing and colorful skewered appetizer, usually made in a Tandoor oven. Good news is, it tastes great when cooked on stove top too! We tried this recipe on a greased pan and it tasted like how it is served in restaurants. Now we are big fans of paneer tikka. Many ideas for related recipes is popping up in the head!
This is also a great vegetarian barbecue recipe...
Thayir vadai/Dahi Vada-South Indian Style
Thayir vadai, Everybody’s favorite at home!
The Deep fried vadai are first put in hot water and then soaked in half of flavored yogurt diluted with water, then transferred to thick beaten yogurt. For well absorbed and soft thayir vadai, the vadai has to be soaked for at least a couple of hours. Its garnished with cilantro/coriander leaves, grated carrot, chilli and cumin powder. The North-Indian version is made with Sweeter curd, especially in...
Hummus
Hummus is an Arabic dip/spread made from cooked, mashed chickpeas/garbanzo beans, blended with tahini (sesame seeds paste), Olive oil, lemon juice, salt, garlic parsley. It is a wonderful snack or appetizer, and is great with warm pita bread or veggies.
An easy home-made Hummus, scooped with pita, celery/carrot sticks. Also a delicious accompaniment to falafel, grilled eggplant/Zucchini and...
Sabudana Vada
Sabudana Vada, a crunchy texture and a soft core. Makes a great evening snack with chai on rainy days. A great gluten-free appetizer.
Sago/Sabudana/Javarisi is a starch extracted from Tapioca roots.
Ingredients you will need:
1/2 cup sabudana/sago/javarisi
1 cup Boiled and mashed potatoes
1 tbsp cornflour (for extra crunchy texture)
2 or 3 green chillies, finely chopped.
1/2 tbsp lemon juice
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Roasted Sweet potatoes-Cajun Style
Beware-Highly addictive! My brother introduced the plain roasted sweet potatoes few months ago. For that extra spice and kick i added Cajun spice and now I never have an excuse to not cook sweet potatoes again. Simple and a great side dish. Whenever i bake something in the oven.. first thing i do is: notice whether i have sweet potatoes at home.. if yes! chop, mix and into the oven, yeah that easy!! I don’t know anyone who hasn’t liked it.....
Pav Bhaji
Two words that comes to my mind when I think about pav-bhaji are “Aamchi Mumbai” and “Sukh Sagar”. It’s a little restaurant in chowpatty beach, South Mumbai. Though I am not a big fan of that particular beach in Mumbai, there is always a prompt “yes” to dig into the pav bhaji from Sukh Sagar.
I decided to make my version of the Sukh Sagar Pav-Bhaji and overwhelmed when it tasted great and just likes theirs.
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Garlic Knots
Garlic knots- A classic Italian pizzeria snack which is Crusty, light, Chewy in garlic-parsley infused butter-olive oil > One word: fantastic!
A big basket of garlic knots is a great party treat, make sure you make double quantity of what you planned.. You’ll find everyone reaching for another without thinking
Most garlic knots I remember are made with old pizza dough that was already fermenting. But I prefer and make them fresh from scratch....