Chaat…irresistible mouthwatering street food famous all over India. There are variety of chaat recipes and I have shared some of the in my earlier blogs like Samosa chaat, papdi chaat basket, dahi poori papdi chaat and banana oats tikki chaat. Aloo tikki chaat is made from boiled potato flavored with spices and shallow fried on pan. You would need peas masala to prepare the chaat recipe. The chaat is topped with onion, tomato, sweet yogurt, date-tamarind and coriander-mint chutney, crushed papdi and thin sev. Spicy, sour, sweet and tangy Aloo Tikki Chaat creates a deep craving for it as soon as you hear or smell the aroma somewhere.
Category Archives: Snacks
Papdi Chaat Basket
Chaat, just hearing the word makes your mouth water. This tangy street food is very famous all over India and loved by everyone. There are many types of chaats like samosa chaat, dahi poori chaat, chana kachori chaat, aloo tikki chaat and so on. I have already shared papdi & papdi chaat recipes earlier. This is a variation to the actual papdi chaat as I have added mini papdi baskets instead of plain papdi. Mini papdi basket is made using all purpose flour, rava and some carom seeds. I have used vegetable shortening however you can use butter or ghee instead. In order to make crispy crunchy papdi baskets, the dough should be tight and after adding shorting it should be mixed very well. To give it a basket shape, I have used mini tin tart molds. The basket can also be baked instead of deep fried. This recipe is a perfect finger food for your gatherings or parties. The papdi basket can be prepared ahead of time and stored in air tight containers to keep it crispy.
Maddur Vada
Maddur Vada is a very popular spicy, crispy and mouthwatering snack. The name is based on a place called Maddur in Karnataka which is situated between Bangalore and Mysore. It was one of our favorite snacks while travelling by train between Bangalore and Mysore. Basically, Maddur vada has mainly three ingredients rice flour, fine rava and all purpose flour. The dough is flavored with onion, ginger, curry leaves, hing (asafoetida) and green chili. The beauty of this vada is that it’s crust is very crispy however it is soft inside. Generally, the Vada has round shape, however I tried some experiment with shape and it really looked very nice. I used cookie cutter to give it star and heart shape. You can always customize it’s size of the Vada and spiciness based on your choice. Maddur vada tastes great when served with coconut chutney along with a cup of tea or coffee. I am thankful to my friend Savitha Matad who taught this recipe to me. We had this Vada at her place after long time and it brought back the old memories and I thought of adding it to my recipe blog. Hope you all would enjoy this recipe!
Pomegranate Quinoa Dhokla
Dhokla is a savory steamed tangy, spicy and sweet Gujarati snack which is famous all over India. Dhokla is all time our favorite Snack. There are many dhokla recipe, like a, Khaman Dhokla, Rava Dhokla, Veg Sandwich Dhokla, Green Moong Daal Dhokla, Spinach Dhokla and so on.This dhokla recipe is little different with a slight twist to traditional one. Pomegranate Quinoa Dhokla prepared using Quinoa, fresh pomegranate juice with some spices which makes it more healthy with unique taste and beautiful color. Pomegranate juice gives a tangy-sweet taste to the dhokla. Delicious Dhokla can be served with meal or as an evening snack.
Poha Chivda (Maharashtrian) Snack
Poha chivda is a popular Maharashtrian craving snack which goes very well with tea or coffee. There are many variations of this recipe. Normally, this snack is made during Diwali however you can make it any time and relish. I learnt this recipe from one of my Marathi friend Shilpa Padole. She is expert in making this and whenever we go to her place, she packs us a full box of it. To prepare this recipe, you would need thin poha or chivda which could be easily found in Indian grocery store. Dry roasted chivda coated along with all the ingredients makes it a very delicious snack. You can add cashew nuts and raisins as per you taste.
Baked Bhakarwadi
Bhakarwadi is a tea time snacks item which is traditionally a spicy Maharashtrian snacks prepared using hot spices and deep fried in oil. In this recipe instead of deep frying, I have baked it in oven however both of them tastes similar. The fillings for the Bhakarwadi can be customized to your taste. Generally it has sweet and sour taste and nice aroma of spices. The outer crust is made either from all purpose flour or a mixture of besan and regular wheat flour. If you don’t like the baked one, you can just deep fry instead of baking. Bhakarwadi can be store in a air-tight container for weeks and goes well with cup of tea.
Dahi Chane Ke Kabab
Kababs are mouthwatering appetizer which everyone loves. There are varieties kababs both veg and non-veg. Dahi (yogurt) chane ke kabab is a delicious appetizer which is so soft that it melts in your mouth. This recipe is made using hung curd, boiled black chana (chickpeas) with flavorful Indian spices. This recipe is very simple & easy to make & slightly different than dahi ke kabab recipe. In the whole process the most time consuming part is preparing hung curd. For this recipe hung curd should be very thick otherwise you will not able to make kabab with good texture. This yummy kabab can be served with date & tamarind or/and coriander-mint chutney. You can pack it as side item for lunch boxes along with some tomato sauce.
Mix Veg Pakora
Pakoras are mouthwatering snacks and everyone loves it. Pakora recipe is very simple recipe. Mix of veggies coated with besan (gram flour) & spices batter and deep fried. Specially on a rainy day it goes very well with a cup of masala tea. There are varieties of pakora recipe like Poi Leaves Pakora, Spinach Pakora, bread pakora, onion pakora, paneer pakora, chili pakora and so on. The process of making all of them are similar however with little tweak depending on main ingredient. This recipe uses mix of vegetables like Lauki (bottle gourd), Baingan (brinjal), Zucchini, Potato, Bhindi (okra) for pakora. You can add any of your favorite vegetables. Pakora can be prepared on any occasion or just as a tea time snack. Adding rice flour makes pakora more crispy. The spicy pakora when served with tamarind & mint-coriander chutney tastes awesome.