Category: Quick Snacks

Kurkure Bhindi/Crispy fried okras|| 100% veg|| Serve as an appetizer or as a snack

Kurkure Bhindi/Crispy Fried Okras is one of my favorite side with rice and daal (lentil soup).

Since childhood one of my favorite vegetable was bhindi/dhyarosh/okra/ladies finger. One of the popular recipe is Saarso bhindi or Okra/ladies finger cooked in mustard sauce (We’ll be sharing the recipe below), with okra we make Sambaar or we can simply fry with some salt and green chilli.

But this crispy or kurkure bhindi is an extraordinary dish with a tangy and spicy combo.You can have it as a side dish or you can serve it as an appetizer or snack.

Let’s make Kurkure Bhindi/Crispy Fried Okras….in my style 👇👇👇
Type- Appetizer,Snack

Preparation time- 12-15 minutes

Cooking time- 1-1:30 minutes each batch when optimum temperature reached

Ingredients:

  • 250gm Bhindi/ Okra/ladies finger
  • 1/4 th cup gramflour (besan)
  • 2 tbs riceflour
  • Salt to taste
  • 1/2 tsp amchur/mango powder
  • 1/2 tsp chaat masala
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • 1 tsp red chilli powder

Procedure:

  • First cut the okras/bhindi from the middle and then if you want you can or cannot remove the seeds
  • In bowl add 1/4 th besan (gramflour)+2 tbs riceflour mix and keep aside
  • In the bhindi/okra add 1/2 tsp amchur or mango powder+1 tsp cumin powder+1 tsp coriander powder+salt to taste+1/2 tsp chaat masala+1/2 tsp turmeric powder and add the besan (gramflour) and rice flour
  • Now mix the bhindi/okra
  • Coat all the bhindi/okra/ladies finger
  • Heat your oil to medium heat
  • Fry the okras until crispy
  • Enjoy the Kurkure Bhindi or crispy fried okras

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Saarso bhindi/Shorshe dhyarosh/Okra cooked in mustard sauce

Sambaar South Indian Style/ Lentil stew

Masoor daal ki pakoday/Mussoorir daaler bora/Red Lentils Fritters|| Enjoy as a snack or add to your rice bowl with lentil soup

Masoor daal ki pakoday/Mussoorir daaler bora/ Red Lentils Fritters is a very easy dish. It is very popular in Bengali Cuisine.
In our Bengali Thali,we always start our food with some saada bhaat (steamed rice), daal (lentil soup) accompanied by some fries like potato fry, eggplant fry or any bora or fritters with a squeeze of 2-3 drops of gondhoraj lebu (lemon or lime). You can say that it came from the same concept of having soup with croutons (something crunchy).This is bora/Pakoda/ fritter is such a fish which can accompany your rice as well as you can enjoy this with your tea or coffee ☕.Just need lentils,onion,green chillies,salt and 1-2 spice that all.So,let’s start making Mussoorir daaler bora/Masoor daal ki pakoday/Red lentil soup 👇👇👇
Type- Fritter,Snack, AppetizerPreparation time- 12-15 minutes + 30 minutes of soakingCooking time- 3-5 minutes each batch (approximately)Ingredients:

  • 1 cup masoor daal /red lentils
  • 1/2 cup chopped onions
  • 2-3 chopped green chillies
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp red chilli powder
  • 1 tsp bhaja masala/dry roast spice powder
  • Salt to taste

Procedure:

  • Take 1 cup of masoor daal/ red lentil,wash it and then soak it for 30 minutes
  • Then drain the excess water
  • Now put it in a blender and coarsely blend it
  • The blending should be like you can feel grainyness when rubbed between fingers,it will add an extra crunchyness
  • In the mixture now add 1/2 cup chopped onions,2-3 chopped green chillies and salt to taste
  • For the spice you add 1 tsp turmeric powder,1 tsp red chilli powder and 1 tsp bhaja masala/dry roast spice powder
  • Now our mixture for pakodas/fritters are ready
  • Heat oil on a medium high and then start frying the pakodas/ fritters
  • Fry your pakodas until you get a golden brown color
  • Our Masoor daal ki pakoday/Mussoorir daaler bora/red lentil fritters are ready

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Mini Chicken Cutlets

Egg Devil

Chicken Spring Rolls

Fish ‘n’ Chips style-Fish batter fry||Step by step video to oefect,crispy fish||perfect for gatherings

Fish batter fry is such a dish,that it has many name but one taste. It is served with potato chips as a side in European countries as fish ‘n’ chips, while it is serve as fish’n” chips in here America with a side of French fries,in India it is named as Fish Orly and served with potato wedges. In Bengal, it has a variety of name fish munia,fish butter fry with melted butter in its butter.

My family absolutely enjoys this dish,when served on movie nights or on Sunday lunches.

I simply take fresh tilapia fillets and marinate with lemon juice,crushed black peppercorns,ginger garlic paste and then dipped in cold batter and fried in hot oil.

But you can also use Cod,Barramundi, Bhetki.

Are you already drooling???

Ok,don’t worry get the easiest and crispiest fish ‘n’ chips, recipe step by step from my kitchen to your kitchen👇👇👇👇

Type- Appetizer

Preparation time- 15-20 minutes

Cooking time- 6-8 minutes each batch

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 lb boneless fish fillets (use soft fish not any oily fish)
  • For the self raising flour- 1 cup all purpose flour+2 tsp baking powder+1/4th tsp salt
  • 2 tbs rice flour
  • 200 ml soda or sparkling water or you can use Beer 🍻
  • 2 tsp+1 tsp crushed peppercorns
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tbs ginger garlic paste
  • 5-6 ice cubes
  • 1 cup flour for rolling the fish
  • Juice of 1 lime or lemon

Procedure:

  • In a bowl add 2 tbs ginger garlic paste,2 tsp crushed black peppercorns
  • Squeeze juice of 1 lime or lemon
  • And mix
  • Add in the fish fillets and marinate for 20-25 minutes
  • Let’s make the self raising flour,by adding 1 cup of all purpose flour+2 tsp baking powder+1/4 th tsp salt
  • Now add 2 tbs rice flour,it adds crunch to the fish
  • We added 200 ml Soda,you can use any unflavored sparkling water or if you are comfortable add beer
  • There is a trick,which we always do while making batter fries
  • Add 5-6 cubes into the batter and whisk
  • Whenever this chilled batter touches the hot oil,it makes your fish cruchier for long
  • Now roll your fish pieces on dry flour,dust the excess flour
  • Dip into the batter and coat,drip off excess batter and deep fry them on a medium flame
  • It will puff and rise up
  • Fry till golden brown or the desired color is reaches
  • Drain excess oil on tissue paper and transfer in a different plate or your batter fries will be soggy
  • Enjoy with some tartar sauce, classic Ranch with a side of some chips,you can use any sauce of your choice

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Amritsari fish

Kolkata Style breaded fish fry

Fowl Cutlet/Chicken Cutlet

Banana Chips/plantain chips||100% veg|| Best teatimes snacks

Raw Banana is also known as plantains. It is very healthy and makes a good substitute of potato chips for weight watchers.

We live abroad and have no chance getting them in stores easily,so we started making our own batches at home and to our utter surprise thus was fresh and tasty than the store boughts.

Unlike the potato chips,that you have to wash the starch first and dip in cold water etc…..just peel off the banana,take a mandoline slicer and slice them and fry them.

So,let’s make raw banana or plantain chips….in my style 👇👇👇

Type- Snacks

Preparation time- 12-15 minutes

Cooking time- 6-8 minutes each batch

Ingredients:

  • 3 plantain or raw banana
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 4 tbs water
  • For spice mix- 1 tsp amchur/mango powder,1 tsp red chilli powder,1 tsp chaat masala powder,1 tsp black salt

Procedure:

  • Cut your plantain or raw banana thin,like if you cut in a mandolins slicer the mode should be 1
  • In a bowl add 4 tbs water +1 tbs salt and mix
  • Heat your oil to medium heat
  • Add your plantain pieces
  • Don’t touch first 2-3 minutes just swirl your pan
  • Then move your laddle and ad. 1 so of salt water
  • This cold water drops on hot oil will bubble up from inside and will make your chips crispier
  • More 3-4 minutes of cooking,after adding the salt water our banana chips/plantain chips are ready
  • Sprinkle our spice mix and toss
  • Let it cool and then store it in a airtight jar

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Chirer Polou/Bengali Style Poha/Sweetened flattened rice||Perfect for breakfast,snacks||100% veg

Bengali Chirer Polou is a staple breakfast dish from Bengali Cuisine. It’s a bit different from the concept of Poha, from other states.

It is basically a flattened rice which we run under water and quickly drain to dry. It needs some simple ingredients like nuts and some veggies. It is a very common tiffinbox item when we used to go to school and colleges.

So,let’s start making Chirer Polou/Bengali Style Poha/Sweetened flattened rice….in my style 👇👇👇

Type- Breakfast, Snacks

Preparation time- 10-12 minutes

Cooking time- 15-20 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 cups of Chire/Flattened rice/Chirua
  • 1/2 cup small cubed potatoes
  • 1/4 th cup peanuts
  • 1/4 th cup cashew nuts
  • 1/4 th cup raisins
  • 1 tsp cumin seed
  • Salt to taste
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  • 2.5 tbs sugar
  • 2-3 chopped green chillies

Procedure:

  • Take your chire or flattened rice into a strainer and run through water and drain it,make sure all of your flattened rice gets wet
  • In a pan add 3 tbs oil
  • Fry 1/4 th cup cashew nuts,1/4 th cup of peanuts and 1/4th cup of raisins
  • When your raisins get plump add 1 tsp cumin seeds and fry
  • Now add 1/2 cup cubes potato and fry
  • When the potatoes are bit softened add the flattened rice
  • Add 1/4 th tsp turmeric powder+3 tbs sugar and salt to taste
  • This dish will be on the sweeter side
  • Now add 2-3 chopped green chillies can keep on cooking on a medium low flame
  • After 10-12 minutes if your chire or flattened rice cooking your dish is now ready

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Aloo Kabli/Aloo Chaat/Hot ‘n’ tangy potatoes with bhaja masala ( dry roasted spices)|| lip smacking snacks

Aloo Kabli/Aloo Chaat/Hot ‘n’ tangy potatoes is a famous street food of Kolkata.

No school is there in Kolkata,where you will not find these small mobile vans,where the vendor is always ready to sell fresh aloo Kabli/aloo chaat.

The smell hits you when,the vendor (Kaku) squeezes fresh lemon juice on the spices boiled potatoes. Its my all time favorite and whenever I feel nostalgic and want to enjoy the fond memories of childhood…I make some of these.

Let’s make Aloo Kabli/Aloo Chaat/ Hot’n’tangy potatoes 👇👇👇

Type- Snacks, Appetizer

Preparation time- 15-20 minutes

Cooking time- Actually mixing time 6-8 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 3-4 boiled potatoes cut into small slices
  • 1/2 cup chopped onions
  • 1/2 cup chopped tomatoes
  • 1/2 cup chopped cucumber
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tsp black salt (adjust accordingly)
  • Juice of 1/2 a lime
  • Tamarind pulp 4-5 tbs mixed with 2-3 tbs water
  • And the most vital spice ‘bhaja masala’ roasted and grind spices- 1 tbs coriander seeds,1tbs cumin seeds,4-5 whole red chillies
  • 1/2 cup chopped coriander or cilantro
  • 3-4 green chillies chopped (adjust accordingly)

Procedure:

  • Dry roast the spices for 4-5 minutes and allow it to cool and then grind it
  • In a bowl add the potato slices
  • Add the chopped onion, chopped tomatoes,chopped cucumber
  • Add salt and black salt
  • Add the tamarind
  • Add 2-3 tbs bhaja masala / roasted and grind spices
  • Add chopped green chillies
  • Add chopped coriander/cilantro
  • Mix them up until everything is coated with the spices and the tamarind pulp
  • Always remember the Aloo kabli/aloo Chaat/hot and tangy potatoes must not be dry,it must be smothered with the tamarind pulp with the spices

We’ve added a step by step video of the recipe 👇👇👇

We’ve also added the recipe for bhaja masala/dry roast and grind spices 👇👇👇

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