Snacks

Spicy, Crunchy, Delightful Indian Appetizers, Starters and Snacks!

Vada Pav

Vada Pav

Vada Pav is an easy to prepare fast food snack. Vada Pav is quite popular in the northern parts of India. Vada Pav can be had as an evening snack. It consists of Potato Vada (dumplings) sandwiched between two slices of Pav. You can serve Vada Pav with Chutney and/or by applying Chutney in between [...]

Pav Bhaji

Pav Bhaji

The secret of Pav Bhaji recipe lies in getting the right quality bread from the store. Being in Bangalore, I often get really good Pavs from Nilgiris store. If you follow my recipe for Bhaji below, my experience  has been that the Bhaji comes out really nice and yummy [...]

Filled Canapes

Filled Canapes

Filled Canapes can be served as evening snacks. Many children are attracted to Filled Canapes. You can be creative and have variety of fillings with Filled Canapes – American Corn (as below), Kabuli Channa, Mixed Vegetables filling etc.
Filled Canapes Ingredients:
Canapes – 10-15 (DIP Canapes)
Butter – 2 Tbsp
Capsicum chopped – 1
American Corn – 1/2 cup
Finely chopped [...]

Gobi Manchurian Balls

Gobi Manchurian Balls

Gobi Manchurian Balls Ingredients:
Gobi or Cauliflower – ½ kg
Maida / All Purpose Flour– 2 Tbsp
Corn Flour – 2 Tbsp
Baking Powder or Baking Soda – ½ tsp
Ajinomoto / China Salt – ½ tsp
Salt – ½ tsp
Garlic – 10 flakes
Green Chillies – 10-15
Ginger – 1 inch
Sugar – ½ tsp
Tomato Sauce – 1 Tbsp
Vinegar – 1 Tbsp
Soya Sauce [...]

Baby Corn Manchurian

Baby Corn Manchurian

If you tried preparing popular Gobi Manchurian before, you will find that preparation of Baby Corn Manchurian to be similar. You will love this Manchurian for its crispy, spicy taste just like the Gobi one. Served with Tomato sauce.
Baby Corn Manchurian Ingredients:
Baby Corn – 10-15
Corn Flour – 5 tsp or 2-1/2 Tbsp
Rice Flour – 2 [...]

Cabbage Pakoda

Cabbage Pakoda

Pakodas can serve as a great evening snack. The recipe is simple and preparation is easy. Serve Cabbage Pakoda hot with Chutney or with Tomato Sauce.
Cabbage Pakoda Ingredients:
Cabbage – 1 cup
Potato – 1 small sized
Rice flour – 2 tsp
Besan or Bengal gram flour – 3 tsp
Finely chopped Green Chillies – 2-3 or Red Chilli powder [...]

Sabudana Vada (Sago Patties) or Sabakki Vada

Sabudana Vada (Sago Patties) or Sabakki Vada

The recipe for Sabakki Vada/Sago Patties was told over phone by my friend Seema and I just tried this appetizer/snack for the first time. You can see that the Vada looks quite tempting and it tasted really good.

Potato Finger Chips or French Fries

Potato Finger Chips or French Fries

The taste and crispiness of Potato Finger Chips is surprisingly close to the french fries sold in the Burger King or MacDonalds. And you can make it as spicy as you want instead of having a bland version of it at these fast foods. Do let me know if you happen to try this at [...]

Ridge Gourd or Hirekai Bonda or Hirekai Bajji

Ridge Gourd or Hirekai Bonda or Hirekai Bajji

Ridge Gourd/Hirekai Bonda or Bajji is a popular appetizer/snack in Karnataka.

About Me

I am Hema Raghavendra from Bangalore. Thanks for stopping by. Here I keep posting a number of vegetarian recipes that ... (more)