Veg Paneer Cigar Rolls

Imagine this...its a rainy day and you are sitting in the balcony with a pipping hot cigar!!! No no no...I'm not talking about the smoking one. I'm talking of a edible, very tasty and yummy snack. :) If you are a paneer lover you sure would fall in love with this snack. It gets its name since the rolls look pretty much like cigars. No prizes for guessing that ;-)

Sweet Corn Tikki

There was a packet of sweet corn lying around in the fridge for a couple of days. As I was browsing through various food blogs, I hit upon a very nice recipe "Corn Tikki Patties" on http://www.flavorsofmumbai.com.

I decided to try it out with sweet corn instead of the corn cob. I also added in few additional spices that weren't used in the original recipe. The tikkis came out superb. They tasted heavenly. Tikki is definitely a very nice evening snack.

Punugulu

Punugulu is a quick to make snack with idly batter at hand. Tastes very good and can be prepared in 10 minutes flat. This dish does absorb a little more oil than other dishes. This can be reduced to a larger extent by adding a pinch of salt to the hot oil which is used for deep frying.

Punugulu tastes much better when the idly batter is a little sour.

Mixed Vegetable Pakoras

Yummy, crunchy are the words that come in my mind when I think of vegetable pakoras. They are best for evening snack, starters for lunch or dinner or just for crunching in between meals. :)

Here are some of the most commonly used veggies for the pakoras - Onion, Capsicum, Brinjal, Cauliflower, Raw Banana. The veggies are cut as thin slices and dipped in a besan based batter and deep fried.

Maida-besan Chakli

Chakli is the north version of our crispy murukku. I decided to stock in some murukku for snacking in on evenings or for side dish in lunch. Since I was trying chakli for the first time, dint want to take a risk. I checked it out from Smt. Chithra Vishwanathan's recipe on indusladies.

Nippatlu or arisi thattai

My mom gave me this recipe after watching it on a cookery show on TV. She told me that it tastes awesome and my dad just loved it. The fact that it is made from rice flour it absorbs very less oil. I tried it today and it came out really well. I think you should just give it a shot. As usual I tweaked the original recipe by adding chopped cashews.

Veg Noodles

As I was shopping at Spencers Hyper at Musheerabad, Hyderabad, I came across the plain veg noodles pack. I picked it up and it lay on the shelf unused for days. One day I decided to try it out. I asusual, added in the sauces that were available at home. My husband loved it instantly. :)

One good thing about this noodles is that it does not carry any masala sachet as that in maggi. So you have the freedom to experiment.

Masala Pori

This snack is probably the fastest one that can be made. My husband loves this snack. When I'm out of time or ideas I make this one in a jiffy, ofcourse with all the ingredients at hand. :)