Vegetable Lollipops

Have you ever had one of those strange cravings when you really want to smell deep fried stuff, hear crackle, bite with a crunch that you can’t resist? Yeah this would be the perfect remedy for such cravings.

Roasted phool Makhana/Roasted Foxnuts/Lotus Seeds

Phool Makhana or lotus seeds are very common ingredients used in North Indian cooking. But I was not aware of it until I was here in Chandigarh. So when I saw these round white balls here in stores I thought they were a desi kind of popcorns.

Vada Pav-Mumbai Street Food/Chaat

Vada pav is a famous street food of Mumbai. It is the Indianized version of sandwich with batata vada as the filling and green chutney to pep it up. The best part of the vada pav is the spicy dry garlic chutney that totally makes a difference in taste. I can simply nibble some potato chips with this chutney.

Thattai/ Thattai Murukku

Thattai is a crispy dry snack famous in Tamil Nadu, made to relish during tea time and also during festivals in bulk as it has a pretty good shelf time. Anyone from a traditional tamil family will be familiar or in fact be a fan of this tasty snack.

Noodle-Bread Rolls/Noodle Magic Rolls

Noodles are my absolute favorite. I can have them for any meal/all meal of the day. Well this recipe, of course shows how far one can go for the noodles. But this idea truly came from a snack I had an year ago from a food outlet while I was shopping for groceries. I should say the moment I saw ‘maggi’ on the menu I immediately ordered it before I could completely read the name of the dish.

Mushroom Kola Urundai/Savory Mushroom Bites

Kola Urundai is one of the traditional recipes from Chettinad cuisine that makes many drool over. Now how kola urundai made with mutton/minced lamb is gonna feature in a vegetarian blog? Well it’s gonna transform into mushroom kola urundai just so even vegetarians can get a bite of this drool worthy dish. Having said that it’s a drool worthy dish the looks may not be that inviting but sure when you take a bit you ll get to know what I mean.

Peas Potato Cutlet

Cutlets are one healthy snack that can deep fried, shallow-fried or baked. I like cutlets but I usually prefer the shallow fried version as they are healthy and less greasy. You know at times you have to give up on your cravings and you have to indulge in guilty goodness.

Ammini Kozhukattai/Steamed Rice dumplings

Ammini kozhukattai is one of those dishes that bring everlasting memories. My Periyamma likes these ammini kozhukattai a lot. So Amma makes these lovely little balls whenever Periyamma visits us. Nothing fancy about this steamed rice balls, but makes a perfect home-made snack that can be made easily. Now off to the recipe.

Jhalmuri

Jhalmuri is a snack/chat item made using puffed rice. Jhalmuri is a street snack of Bengal like Beach pori in Tamil Nadu. One day i was watching ‘eat street’ in Fox life. They featured about a Briton Jhalmuri seller who was addicted to this Jhalmuri when he visited Kolkata and later took it as a business. The way he made the Jhalmuri was mesmerizing and it made me drool over and urged me to try it. So here it is.

Channa Dal Namkeen/Fried Channa Dal

Channa dal namkeen is a crispy, crunchy fried snack perfect for this late monsoon season. M and I love to munch these with a cup of cardamom chai. When i was working in Chennai i used buy packets of these channa dal and moong dal to munch after work.

Milagu Urundai/Milagu Kozhukattai

Milagu kozhukatttai is one of the traditional snacks that Amma makes often at home in the evenings. Its healthy and can be fed for infants. I am not a big fan but i make it for Abhi,my son. Today Amma made this for Abhi as an after-school snack and i clicked it. Here is the recipe.