Evenings hit differently when there’s a delicious snack on your table at home — crispy, flavourful, and freshly made. And you don’t need to depend on restaurants for that.
Hello Home Chefs! Struggling with which snack to make today, restaurant-style to satisfy your last minute cravings? We can feel you!
Here is the good news: you don’t need fancy ingredients to prepare these recipes at home. A few simple ingredients and the right techniques can turn your home kitchen into flavorful restaurant corner.
In this blog post, we will discover easy Restaurant-Style Snack Recipes – perfect for last minute cravings or surprise guests.
1. Paneer Cutlet (Paneer Tikki)
Description:Also known as paneer tikki, offers the perfect touch of comfort and crunch. Soft inside and crispy outside!
How to make?
- Add grated paneer, mashed potatoes, onion, coriander, ginger, green chillies in a bowl.
- Combine the veggies properly.
- Add spices and salt and mix them properly. Then, add cornflour.
- Divide this mixture and shape into cutlets (tikki).
- Coat the cutlets evenly with breadcrumbs.
- Keep them in refrigerator for 15–20 minutes.
- Shallow fry the cutlets on medium flame until both sides turn golden brown and crispy.
- Once prepared, serve it with green chutney, or tamarind chutney.
Health-tip: Air-frying them makes these cutlets health-friendly, especially for health-conscious people.
2.Cigar Rolls
Description: Similar to spring roll, this snack is a deep-fried appetizer shaped like a cigar.
How to make:
Watch the video of cigar rolls to know the full recipe: https://youtu.be/1qRt5OX2ML0?si=x8PTtaVSuipIyj_c
3.Mushroom Chilli
Description: Popular Indo-Chinese appetizer or side dish that includes mushrooms tossed in sweet, spicy and tangy sauce.
How to make?
- Combine mushrooms with maida, cornflour, salt, red chilli powder, and black pepper. Deep fry until golden.
- Heat oil in a pan, sauté ginger, garlic, and onions, then add bell peppers.
- Stir in chilli sauces, vinegar, soy sauce, ketchup, black pepper, and salt. Add the cornstarch slurry and water, and cook on high heat until thickened.
- Add fried mushrooms to the sauce and toss to coat.
4.Cheese Corn Rolls
Description: Popular snack often served as starter or tea-time snack.
How to make?
- Combine corn, cheese, capsicum, chilies, salt, chili flakes & oregano.
- Cut spring roll sheets into rectangles; keep covered.
- Add filling, fold & roll tightly, seal edges with maida slurry.
- Deep fry on medium flame until golden & crispy.
- Enjoy with mayo, ketchup, or spicy dip.
5.Veg Manchurian Gravy
Description: Famous Indo-Chinese dish featuring crispy fried mixed vegetable balls served in a sweet, tangy, spicy, umami-rich Manchurian gravy.
How to make?
- Mix grated cabbage, carrot, capsicum, maida, cornflour, salt & pepper. Then, shape manchurian balls and fry till golden.
- To prepare the gravy, sauté garlic, ginger, green chilies.
- Add onion, capsicum, soy sauce, chili sauce, vinegar, salt & pepper.
- Then add water, bring to a boil, and thicken with cornflour slurry.
- Add fried balls into gravy, simmer 1–2 mins.
6. Noodles
Description: This popular Indo-Chinese dish is perfect for lunch, dinner, or snacking. It is easy to prepare and super-customizable.
How to make?
- Heat oil and then sauté garlic.
- Add onion & vegetables. Stir-fry on high flame.
- Add soy sauce, chili sauce, salt, vinegar & pepper.
- Add boiled noodles and toss on high heat.
7.Aloo Tikki Chaat
Description: Famous street style chaat recipe in India – crispy outside and soft inside.
How to make?
- Mash potatoes & mix onion, chilli, spices, maida & cornflour.
- Shape into round tikkis.
- Shallow fry on tawa till golden & crispy.
- Top tikkis with onion, pudina chutney & a sprinkle of chat masala.
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