Snacks

Non Veg Snacks

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Chicken Keema Club sandwich

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Learn how to make your hearty dinner/breakfast or snacks with your very own chicken ready in 20 minutes right at home!

Enjoy this delicious club sandwich made with no grill required.Watch step by step recipe.

Chicken Noodle kebabs

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These chicken  kebabs made with noodles, chicken and potato go as an excellent dish for Iftari party or a starters. I am sure your guest will be quite impressed by this dish. Especially our junior guest kids love to eat such different and wonderful tasted food. This recipe was first introduce to me after my marriage by my in laws during Ramadan month and I was quite amazed as it tasted yummm !!!

Try this for sure , as its very simple easy and quick recipe as well as it tastes delicious !!!..Read more…

Left over Chicken Bread Rolls

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An innovative crispy tasty bread rolls made from mashed potatoes,left over bread slices and chicken curry. Now no need to worry about your leftovers anymore.

These bread rolls are favorite at my home and I usually pair them with the evening chai as a snack served with tomato ketchup. Hope you too will try this at home.Its very simple and easy to prepare. Watch out this step by step recipe of these yummy chicken bread rolls.Read more..

Left over Rice and Chicken cutlets

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Do you always seem to have leftover rice and chicken curry on hand and you don’t want to waste them, no need to worry !!Here is some easy way to turn your leftover white and left over chicken into a new side dish!

I tried it out and it really turned out delicious.You too give it a try and do leave your feedback or comment about your experience.Read more..

Prawns Popcorn

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Prawns popcorn,this crispy golden fried popcorn makes as an easy appetizer and your guest will love it ,

It can be served with fries,creamy coleslaw or a simple tomato ketchup dip.Read More…

Chicken Momos Desi style

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Momos are the famous fast food Himalayan origins. It’s a traditional delicacy in Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Northeast India.

Momo(dumpling) are made with a simple flour-and-water dough—white flour is generally preferred ,it can be either steamed or fry.Read more…

Chicken Pattice

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One more flavorful snacks or a side dish to a main menu, Chicken Patties cooked with meat (mutton or chicken) stuffing that is fried with a batter/covering.

This is one of my kid’s favourite and i discover that she loves having it so i made some addition to the patties and added Green Peas(Matar) to this recipe.Read More…

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Left over Chapathi Chivda

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IMG_7872Do you always seem to have leftover chapati lying in the kitchen and you don’t want to waste them, no need to worry !!! You can prepare a light snack or breakfast from these leftover chapati. It is very crispy and tasty and filling.

Ingredients

4 left over or fresh chapati’s

1 tsp cumin powder

5 cloves of garlic

1 tsp turmeric powder

2 green chillies

For tempering

1 tsp mustard seeds

2 onions chopped

5 to 6 curry leaves (kadi patta)

Coriander leaves to garnish
salt to taste

oil for cooking

Directions || How to prepare Chapati chivda

Put chapati’s in the grinder and ground them coarsely.

IMG_7867Add green chilies , garlic , cumin seeds ,turmeric powder and salt in chapati pieces and grind it well in the grinder.

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IMG_7869Heat oil in the pan. Add mustard  seeds and curry leaves and allow it to crackle.

Then add chopped onion and saute it till golden brown.

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Then add Chapati mixture,and salt and mix well and fry till it become crispy.

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Garnish it with Coriander leaves and serve hot with tea.

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Left over Bread Dosa/Uthappam

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BREAD DOSA / BREAD UTHAPPAM – INSTANT DOSA RECIPE

DSC_6365Do you always seem to have leftover bread lying in the kitchen and you don’t want to waste them, no need to worry !!!
Do you love Dosa and you feel boring and time consuming to make it often at home because of soaking and fermentation process ?

Here is some easy and an excellent way to turn your leftover bread into Instant Dosa/Uthapam.

I tried it out and it really turned out delicious.You too give it a try and do leave your feedback or comment about your experience.

Prep Time : 15 minutes

Cook time : 10 minutes

Serves : 6

Ingredients : Makes about 8-10 dosa

4-6 slices any Bread (White/Brown/Multigrain)
1/2 cup Semolina/Suji Rava
3/4 cup Rice flour

Salt to taste

For Uthappam

2 tsp Chopped coriander leaves
1 small onion – finely chopped
1 Green chilli

Direction || How to prepare Bread Dosa

1) Remove the brown edges of all the bread slices and soak in water for 2-3 mins.

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2) Squeese out the extra water.

IMG_78223) Grind together in a mixer soaked bread ,semolina and rice flour.Add enough water to help grinding. Grind to a smooth batter.

IMG_7819IMG_7820IMG_78214) Transfer the ground batter to a big bowl ,add salt and mix well. Check the consistency of the batter. it should be pouring consistency.

IMG_78235) Heat a tawa.Pour a laddle full of batter. Spread it in circular direction to make it to thin dosa.

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6) Drizzle few drops of oil around it.Cover and cook on medium flame for abt 1-2 mins.

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7) No need to flip over and cook.Once its done, the dosas come out easily from the tawa .

IMG_7837Direction || How to prepare Bread Utthappam

Add onion , chopped chilli and coriander leaves to the batter and mix.

IMG_7828Repeat the above 5 ,6  and 7 steps.

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Fold and serve crispy bread dosa accompanied with any chutney or sambhar.DSC_6366

Enjoy the hot crispy Insant dosa at home.

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Vegetable Lollipop

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LIMG_7703ollipops are famous among kids whether it be a sweet candy lollipop or a chicken lollipop. This summer vacation my kids visited their grandma’s place and since my mom is a veg lover,she wanted to try out a lollipops but a veg lollipops for her grandchildren and of course her daugther 🙂

Thanks mom for such a delicious and mind-blowing vegetable lollipop.

So here’s presenting you a secret step by step recipe with pictures from my mom’s kitchen 🙂

This dish tastes spicy & delicious with a combo of any sauce or dips. It can also be served as snacks with hot tea..!

For this recipe, we need cottage cheese i.e. paneer,carrots and all time favorite of kids none other than potato.

Recipe Courtesy : Mangal Shewale

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Serves : 6 people

Ingredients:

6 medium size Boiled potato
2 medium size Carrots (grated)
200 gm Grated Paneer/cottage cheese
1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
1/2 tsp Red chilli powder(optional)
1 pkt Maggi masala/maggi magic cubes (optional)
1 tsp Chat masala powder
1/4 cup coriander(finely chopped).
250 gm breadcrumbs
1 tablespoon Cornflour

Cooking oil for fry
Toothpick/skewer(I used candy sticks)

Salt to taste.

Method :

Fine grate the paneer/cottage cheese and carrots and mix it together.

Peel off the boiled potato and mash it with grated paneer and carrots mixture .

Add ginger garlic paste and all the spices and chopped coriander into mashed potatoes, mix it properly.

Make equal size small oval balls of the mixture like lollipop and keep in refrigerator for an hour.

Mix the cornflour into a bowl and add little water to make thick batter.

Take out the balls from refrigerator.

Take one ball at a time, dip it in the batter and roll over on the breadcrumds till its propery coated.

Heat oil into a pan, Put the coated balls one by one into the hot oil.

Fry it on low flame for 1-2 minute then flip it and cook other side for 1-2 minute(fry till it turns light brown).

Take out on the kitchen towel to absorb extra oil, add the fried balls to toothpick or skewer like lollipop.
(I used candy as skewers and toothpicks both were not available)

Serve hot with tomato Ketchup and chips.

Directions ||Step by step with pictures to prepare  vegetable lollipops

Fine grate the paneer/cottage cheese and carrots and mix it together.

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Peel off the boiled potato and mash it with grated paneer and carrots mixture .

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Add ginger garlic paste and all the spices,salt and chopped coriander into mashed potatoes, mix it properly.

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Make equal size small oval balls of the mixture like lollipop and keep in refrigerator for an hour.

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Mix the cornflour into a bowl and add little water to make thick batter.

Take out the balls from refrigerator.

Take one ball at a time, dip it in the batter and roll over on the breadcrumbs till its properly coated.

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Heat oil into a pan, Put the coated balls one by one into the hot oil.

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Fry it on low flame for 1-2 minute then flip it and cook other side for 1-2 minute(fry till it turns light brown).

Take out on the kitchen towel to absorb extra oil, add the fried balls to toothpick or skewer like lollipop.
(I used candy as skewers and toothpicks both were not available)
Serve hot with tomato Ketchup and chips.

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Gulgule (banana wheat fritters)

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Gulgule is a very easy and simple recipe in Maharashtra. Gulgule Pua is in the shape of a Pakora. I tried this dish especially for my husband who loves sweet and this is one of his favorite childhood dish.

My kids just loved it , this can be the good snacks for your hungry kids after school.If you like sweet then you will surely like these sweet Gulgule.

Try this out and do share me your feedback.

Ingredients:
Wheat flour/Atta – 1 cup

Jaggery/Gur – 1/2 cup

Ripe mashed banana – 1

Ghee – 2 tbsp

Salt – to taste

1/2 tsp baking powder

Oil for cooking
Directions || How to prepare Gulgule
Add hot water in the gur and stir till dissolved.

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In another bowl, add wheat flour ,ghee, mashed banana , salt and baking powder.

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Add the gur solution to it to form a batter of dropping consistency (adding more water if required).

Heat oil and add equivalent to a tbsp of the batter over high heat.

Lower the heat and let the gulgula cook over medium heat.

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Remove the fried piece with a slotted spoon.

Increase the heat and then drop as many lumps as come in comfortably without touching each other.

Lower the heat and cook, turning once or twice till brown.

Repeat this process with the rest of the batter.

You can have this yummy gulgule’s hot or at room temperature.

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