light 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…

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.

Gulgule (banana wheat fritters)

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Gulgule

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.

Smiley Sushi Rolls

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Sushi is a traditional food from Japan. It is a popular dish in other countries as well, such as America, Canada, and the UK, along with many other countries.
Sushi is made with specially prepared rice and it mostly contains raw or cooked seafood, and sometimes vegetables as well. I tried to prepared homemade Sushi roll
for my kids with raw vegetables. Trust me it’s not only healthy but yummy as well.Since it bought smile on my daughter’s face , i called this dish as smiley Sushi.
Do try and let me know if you were successful to get the smile on your kids face 🙂


Preparation time : 15 mins
Cooking time : Nil
Serves :2

Ingredients

4 bread slices
¼ cup cream cheese
½ cup finely cut green capsicum juliennes (also know as juliennes )
½ cup yellow bell pepper juliennes
½ cup cucumber juliennes
½ cup carrot juliennes
¼ cup boiled corn
Salt to taste
chat masala powder to taste
Blanched spring onion stalk as required

For garnishing

Salad bouquet
Tomato ketchup as required

Direction || How to prepare Sushi rolls

Cut the sides of the bread.

Flatten the bread with the help of a rolling pin.

Apply cream cheese on this bread.

On these bread slices fill cucumber juliennes, carrot juliennes, green bell pepper juliennes, yellow bell pepper juliennes, boiled corn, salt, chat masala powder and make a roll.

Cut the sides of the roll.

Wrap the rolled bread with the help of blanched spring onion stalk. Make similar rolls.

Place the rolls on the plate and decorate it with Bouquet of Salad (Tie the carrot,cucumber,green capsicum and yellow bell pepper with the help of blanched spring onion stalk).

Decorate with tomato ketchup.

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Prawns Popcorn(shrimps popcorn)

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Prawns Popcorn

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.

 

 

Prep time: 10 mins with 30 mins prawns to marinate

Cooking time: 10-15 mins

Serves: 4

INGREDIENTS

For marination

250gm Prawns washed and cleaned well.
½ tsp. of black pepper powder
½ tsp. of turmeric powder
½ tsp. of red chili powder
½ tsp. of ginger-garlic paste
1 tsp. of lemon juice
1 tsp of mint(pudina) paste.
Salt as required.

For cooking

1 cup all-purpose flour(Maida)
½ beaten egg
1 cup Bread crumbs
Oil to fry.

salt to taste

Directions | How to make Prawns Popcorn

First, marinate 250gm prawns for half an hour in: black pepper powder,turmeric powder,red chilli powder, ginger-garlic paste,
lemon juice, mint(pudina) and salt.
When ready to fry, take ½ cup of all-purpose flour mixed with quarter tsp. of salt and ½ egg, beaten well.

One at a time, roll the prawns in the remaining flour,then roll them once more in the bread crumbs.

This normally gets messy and sticky with hands but once you get hold of it,it will take much time.

Heat oil in a pan, then deep fry them in batches at medium heat until golden and crispy.

After frying, remove from heat and place the prawns on absorbent paper or paper towel to drain out excess oil.

Serve with fries or a simple tomato ketchup dip!!
TIP: Do not over-fry as prawns harden if over-cooked.