Showing posts with label Appetizers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Appetizers. Show all posts

January 11, 2023

Chawli tikki recipe - Lobia tikki recipe - Cowpea tikki recipe

Chawli tikki recipe - Chawli tikki is a popular Maharashtrian snack prepared with black eyed beans, gram flour, spiced with chilli powder, garam masala, flavoured with cumin seeds, carom seeds or ajwain, ginger, mint leaves and coriander leaves. It can be had as an evening snack. This can be served as a starter in small parties like birthday party or kitty party. 

October 27, 2022

Hara bhara kabab recipe - How to make hara bhara kabab

Hara bhara kabab recipe with step by step pictures - Hara bhara kabab is one of the most popular North Indian snacks. I am always fascinated in making kababs and tikkis. It is made by using spinach, raw banana and gram flour or besan. This kabab is mildly spiced and shallow fried. This is usually served as an appetizer and tea time snack along with mint yogurt chutney, tamarind chutney, dates chutney, tomato ketchup or tomato sauce. 

April 06, 2022

Moong dal aloo nuggets recipe - Split green gram potato patties

Moong dal aloo nuggets in a serving plate
Moong dal aloo nuggets recipe - Today I have for you all a very delicious moong dal aloo nuggets which is my favorite and I am sure you all will like it most. Nuggets are excellent tea-time snack or it is an any time snack. Crispy from out side and soft from inside with an inviting  aroma. In fact hot nuggets doesn't need any side dish, but I served it with tomato ketchup and the combination is awesome.

November 02, 2021

Palak pakoda recipe - Spinach pakora recipe

Palak pakoda in a serving bowl
Palak pakoda recipe - Palak pakoda is a deep fried snack prepared with a mixture of spinach, gram flour, chilli powder, ajwain powder, garam masala and lemon juice. Shallow fried version can also be prepared and the same is most suitable for pakoda kadhi. When it is to be served as a snack, it is deep fried till crisp and golden in colour. Preparation of mixture with proper consistency is essential. Mixture with proper consistency absorb less oil.

August 05, 2021

Paneer tikka recipe - How to make paneer tikka

Paneer tikka recipe - Today I have come up with an absolutely delicious paneer tikka recipe. This is really a very easy and simple appetizer that gets ready quickly. The tikka was soft and slightly spicy. The combination of hung curd and spice powder tastes awesome. I prepared the tikka in small quantity, but later I realised that even double the quantity of it would have been finished.

September 23, 2020

Baby corn pakoda recipe

baby corn pakoda in a serving plate
Baby corn pakoda or pakora recipe - Today I have come up with a highly irresistible baby corn pakoda, an absolutely perfect evening snack with a hot cup of  tea, coffee, juice or lassi. I made this zestful pakoda with the batter in combination with  all purpose flour or  maida and corn flour. The pakodas prepared in this batter have a distinct taste and unique texture, since pakodas made using corn flour really become more crispy. Chilli powder and lemon juice is also added and the taste is blend with these in pakodas. 

December 23, 2019

Aloo pakoda recipe - How to make potato pakoda

pakoda in a serving plate
Aloo pakoda recipe - Potato pakoda with dosa batter and gram flour is another delicious dish that I make often whenever I have dosa or idli batter in stock in my fridge. The potato pakoda is usually prepared with besan or gram flour. But, this pakoda has a twist with dosa batter and it is more on the softer side rather than crispy as I had used fermented batter. Adding besan is totally optional, but it provides good binding and frying becomes very easy and pakoda doesn't stick in the bottom.

March 27, 2019

Tawa paneer tikka recipe - Tawa fried paneer tikka

Tawa paneer tikka recipe - This tikka  is a delicious snack which can be served as a starter or as a side dish. Instead of oven, this tikka is prepared by shallow frying on tawa, hence it is called as tawa tikka. This is one of my favorite paneer dishes that I would like to prepare often. This snack is crispy from outside and soft from inside. The roasted onion and capsicum adds an exotic flavor and taste to the tikka.

November 28, 2018

Bharli bhindi mirchi recipe - Stuffed ladies finger and chillies

stuffed bhindi and mirchi in a serving plate
Bharli bhindi recipe - Bharli bhindi and bharli mirchi or stuffed ladies finger and green chilly  recipe - Bharli mirchi and bharli bhindi are my favorites. The stuffed chilli and okra are great accompaniment to the main course. This can be wrapped in phulka and chapati to serve as a roll, or to pack in the lunch box. I have prepared them several times and thought to share the recipe with you. Another important thing is that the same filling can be used with  capsicum, bitter gourd and ridge gourd. The dry filling powder can be used to make peeth perun bhaji with vegetable such as ivy gourd, cluster beans, capsicum, ridge gourd, radish and spring onion.

September 05, 2018

Mushroom pakoda recipe - Mushroom pakora

mushroom pakoda in a serving plate
Mushroom pakoda or pakora recipe - Today I am posting a very scrumptious mushroom pakoda recipe. Mushrooms are available throughout the year in vegetable market. Mushrooms are versatile that you can make several types of dishes such as soup, manchurian, stir fry, pickle, pulao pakoda etc. This is so simple that all the ingredients are combined together to make a thick mixture then divided into small balls and deep fried till crispy. This can be served as evening tea-time snack or as a starter before meal. This pakoda is so crispy from out side and soft from inside and makes you want to eat more.

August 16, 2018

Cauliflower pakoda recipe - How to make cauliflower pakoda

bajji in serving plate
Cauliflower pakoda recipe - Today  I am sharing with you all a very simple yet delicious cauliflower bajji - pakoda  recipe. Bajji or pakoda is most in demand evening snack in our house during weekend and holidays.  I  make onion bajji, mushroom bajji, cabbage bajji, capsicum bajji, raw banana bajji, brinjal bajji, mix dal bajji, etc.  This is a very simple and hassle free bajji which get ready within few minutes.

August 23, 2017

Baked spicy sweet potato - Baked genasu - Kananga recipe

Baked spicy sweet potato in a serving plate
Baked spicy sweet potato recipe - This is a simple, tasty and easy to prepare oven baked dish. This is a perfect snack for us when we do not like to eat steamed sweet potatoes or any other dish made out of it. Keeping in view the taste in mind, I have used very little spice powder which goes very well in this dish. As the outer skin is nutritious and it gives crunch to the dish after baking,  

August 23, 2016

Spinach green peas plantain cutlet recipe

Spinach green peas and plantain cutlet recipe - A healthy and delicious Indian vegetarian snack made with spinach, raw banana and green peas. This  is one of the simplest cutlets which I have prepared several times. This cutlet is usually prepared by using potatoes along with spinach, but keeping health in mind, I have avoided potatoes as it is high in carbohydrates and calories. To make it more healthy these cutlets have been shallow fried using minimal oil.

October 14, 2015

Baby corn manchurian recipe

baby corn manchurian in a serving plate
Baby corn manchurian recipe - Today I am sharing with you all a very tasty and flavorful baby corn manchurian recipe. This is a delectable dish which you can have it as an appetizer. It is usually served before a meal as  the first course. Usually in chinese dishes ajinomoto is invariably used, however I have not added it while preparing this dish.

March 13, 2015

Aloo moong dal cutlet - Potato green gram dal cutlet

patties in a serving plate
Aloo moong dal cutlet recipe - Cutlet  is one of the most liked snacks in Indian cuisine. When I don't know what to cook, bake or fry for evening  snacks, I just go with some potato snacks. Most of the time I end up in making cutlet. Here is a very easy yet delicious potato, split green grams cutlet, a perfect evening snack that I made recently. No need to grind separate chutney to go with it. It tastes awesome with tomato ketchup or any other dipping sauce. Even hot cutlet goes well with a cup of hot tea or coffee. 

February 25, 2015

Batata vada recipe - Aloo bonda recipe

aloo bonda in a serving plate
Batata vada or aloo bonda recipe - Batata vada is one of the classic deep fried snack that we are never bored with. The hot batata vada is an absolutely delicious snack with some spicy chutney and you can't stop it with one or two. There are many ways to prepare the traditional Indian batata vada. 

January 30, 2015

Kothimbir Vadi Recipe - Maharashtrian Coriander Vadi


Kothimbir vadi is a popular traditional snack of Maharashtra. There are various versions of making the kothimbir vadi. This method is the most favorite wherein split bengal grams and split green grams are soaked and ground to a coarse paste, adding other ingredients along with chopped coriander leaves, then steamed and deep fried.

October 28, 2013

Shallow fried onion pakoda recipe

pakoda in a serving plate
Shallow fried onion pakoda recipe - To make a healthy snack, I have prepared shallow fried onion pakoda instead of deep frying it.  You can also deep fry these pakodas. The mixture for this pakoda is made by using onions, gram flour, coriander leaves and some other essential spices. These pakodas are very common in every house hold. I have been eating onion pakodas since childhood and even now also I feel like to eat more and more whenever I prepare it. Hot pakodas goes well with a hot cup of tea or coffee. 

October 10, 2013

Balekayi phodi - kele phodi recipe - Roasted spicy raw banana

Balekayi phodi or kele phodi in a serving plate
Balekayi phodi or kele phodi recipe - Roasted spicy raw banana is a konkan cuisine commonly prepared as a side dish to rice and curry. In southern part of Karnataka raw bananas are widely used to make curry, upkari, chips palya ans phodi. There are few varieties of making phodi. This is a spicy version which goes well with hot rice and all varieties of dals. Even you can have it as a starter.

September 26, 2013

Batate phodi recipe - Roasted spicy potato recipe

Batate phodi in a serving plate
Batate phodi recipe -  batate phodi is an easy to prepare healthy fritter which I make often for our lunch or dinner. This simple roasted potatoes are prepared by shallow frying the masala coated potatoes. It has mild ajwain and chili flavour. This roasted potato is a nice side dish for pulao and spicy rice. I served it with vangi bhath and cucumber raita. It was yummy. So, I thought to share the recipe with you all. This is a popular side dish in Coastal Karnataka and very similar to alambe phodi made with mushrooms. Potatoes are widely used in those parts and this fritter is commonly prepared in coastal side homes with their own version.