Pakistani Snacks

Ingredients:

  • Prawns 1 kg
  • salt as per taste
  • Garlic Paste 1 tsp
  • White pepper 1 tsp
  • Dalda Cooking Oil for frying

For the batter:

  • Plain Flour 1 cup
  • Corn Flour 3/4 cup
  • Egg 1
  • Soda Water(chilled) as required

Directions:

  • Shell and devein the prawns.
  • Leave the tails on for presentation. Make 3 slant cuts in each prawn to keep from shrinking.
  • Marinate them with salt,garlic and white pepper and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  • To make the batter,sift both flours together in a bowl.
  • Add egg and soda water to make the thick paste and refrigerate for 10-15 minutes.
  • In a wok, heat Dalda Cooking Oil on medium heat for 3-5 minutes.
  • Dip each prawn in the batter and deep fry until golden brown are cooked throughly.
  • It is best to fry the prawns in batches to allow the batter to rise fully.
  • Place the prawns on a tissue and serve with stir fried vegetables.

Prep Time: 30-40 Mins
Cook Time: 20-30 Mins
Serves:As desired.

Bhelpuri Ingredients:

  • 3 cups puffed rice (available at stores)
  • A handful of roasted and salted peanuts
  • 2 potatoes boiled, peeled and chopped into tiny cubes
  • 1 large onion chopped fine
  • 1 large tomato chopped fine
  • Half a bunch of coriander chopped fine
  • 2 green chillies chopped fine
  • Tamarind chutney to taste
  • Mint-coriander chutney to taste
  • A handful of coarsely crushed papdi (savoury biscuits made from flour)
  • 1 cup sev (vermicelli-like snack made from gram flour and available at stores)

Howto make Bhelpuri:

  • Mix the puffed rice, peanuts, potato, onion, tomato, coriander and green chillies together in a large bowl.
  • Add the tamarind chutney and mint-coriander chutney according to your own taste preferences (that’s the beauty of bhelpuri!), mix well, garnish with plenty of sev and papdi.
  • Serve and eat immediately.
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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup Noodles (boiled)
  • 1 carrot (grated)
  • 2 onions (sliced)
  • 2 cup cabbage (shredded)
  • 1 tsp Soy Sauce
  • ½ tsp Ajinomoto
  • 2 tbsp Oil
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for deep frying

For Dough:

  • 1 cup Maida
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • 2 tbsp Oil
  • Water to knead

Method:

  • To make filling, heat some oil in a pan, and add cabbage, onions, carrot and ajinomoto to it. Cook till the vegetables become tender.
  • Now add noodles, soy sauce and salt to the above. Stir it.
  • After 2-3 minutes, put off the flame and allow it to cool.
  • To make dough, mix maida, warm oil and salt in a thick bottomed vessel. Add water occasionally to the above till the dough becomes a slightly stiff.
  • Cover the dough with a moist cloth and keep it aside for 15-20 minutes.
  • After the due time, take the dough and roll out small circles of 5’’ diameters from it.
  • Cut each circle into two halves and run a moist finger along the diameter. Join the edges of each semi-circle to make a cone.
  • Place a tbsp of filling in the cone and seal third side as above.
  • Repeat the same procedure for the remaining circles.
  • Now deep fry these stuffed cones in oil on low to medium flame till light brown.
  • Chinese Samosa is ready to eat.
  • Serve hot with tomato ketchup.
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Ingredients:

  • 10 Sheets spring roll wrappers
  • 1 White cabbage (chopped)
  • 2 Carrots (chopped)
  • 200 gms Bean sprouts (chopped)
  • 1 Cup soaked soy mince
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Method:

  • Mix chopped cabbage, beans sprouts and carrots.
  • Add soaked soy to the mixture.
  • Mix salt and pepper.
  • Wrap the mixture into spring roll sheets.
  • Fry the wrapped mixture till it gets cooked.
  • Serve hot with tomato sauce.
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Ingredients:

  • French beans and peas (chopped finely) 1 cup
  • Soda bi-carb 1 pinch
  • Green chillies 3
  • Ginger (ground) 1″ piece
  • Garam masala 1/4 tsp
  • Sugar 1/2 tsp
  • Scraped coconuts 3 tbsps
  • Chopped coriander leaves few
  • Juice 1 lemon
  • Oil as needed
  • Salt to taste

For Coating:

  • Atta 3 cups
  • Oil 4 tbsps
  • Salt

Directions:

  • Heat a little oil and put the vegetables in it.
  • Stir, add salt and a pinch of soda bi-carb.
  • Cover and cook. When nearly done, add green chillies and ginger paste, a little sugar and lime juice.
  • Cool, add garam masala, coriander and grated coconut.
  • Mix well and leave aside.Make a dough with flour, a little oil, salt and water. Roll small balls into puris.
  • Stuff each puri with the vegetables stuffing, roll back again and deep fry a golden brown.
  • These could be made in any desired shapes.

Prep Time: 10 Mins
Cook Time: 20-30 Mins
Serves: As Desired

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