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    Snacks to get your party started

    Planning to host a house party for friends and family on New Year’s Eve? Delicious appetisers are a must to set the mood for the celebrations. Depending on the preference of your guests, you can try these simple vegetarian and non-vegetarian options

    Snacks to get your party started
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    Chicken fingers

    Chennai

    Chicken Fingers

    Ingredients 

    Chicken breast or boneless chicken (whichever is easily available): 300 gms 

    Egg: 1 

    Pepper: 1 teaspoon 

    Sugar: ½ teaspoon

    Salt: to taste 

    Breadcrumbs: 1 ½ cup 

    Oil: to deep fry

    Method 

    • Cut the chicken into long strips. 
    • Beat the egg in a bowl and add season with sugar, salt and pepper. 
    • Soak the strips in this egg mixture for 5 minutes.  
    • Take chicken strips and coat with breadcrumbs. 
    • Deep fry this in hot oil on medium flame till golden brown. 
    • Serve hot with ketchup or any dip.

    Recipe: Eliza Lincy of www. lincyscookart. com

    Soya kheema toast

    Ingredients 

    Soya granules: 1 cup 

    Onion: 1

    Tomato: 2 

    Ginger garlic paste: 1 tsp 

    Sambar powder: 1 1/2 tsp 

    Green chilli (optional): 1-2 

    Turmeric: 1/8 tsp Salt: as needed 

    Coriander leaves, chopped 2 tsp 

    Oil:  2 tbsp 

    Cinnamon: 1 inch piece 

    Cloves: 2 

    Fennel: 1 1/2 tsp 

    Curry leaves: 1 sprig

    Method

    • Boil the soya granules with enough water. Drain and wash it. Again boil it with enough water, salt and a tbsp of milk. Milk is to remove the soya smell. You can also pressure cook with water, salt and little milk for one whistle in a small pressure cooker. Drain water and keep aside. 
    • Heat pan with oil and add the items given under ‘to temper’ table in order. Add onion, green chillies and fry for a minute. Add ginger garlic paste and fry another minute in medium flame. Add tomatoes and salt and fry till mushy. Add the sambar powder, turmeric and mix well. 
    • Add the drained cooked soya granules and mix well. 
    • Cook for 5-8 minutes in medium-low flame or until the masala blends well with the soya and garnish with coriander leaves. Sprinkle water if needed. 
    • Spread this kheema in between your bread and toast both sides until golden in colour. 
    • The smell of the masala is just great! Fennel, ginger-garlic paste and curry leaves along with other masalas makes an awesome combination of flavour! The toast is ready to be savoured.

    Recipe: Rajeswari Vijayanand of www.rakskitchen.net

    Chilly paneer

    Ingredients

    For the batter 

    Maida: 1/2 cup 

    Corn flour: 1/3 cup 

    Red chilly powder:  1/2 tsp 

    Salt: to taste

    Other  ingredients

    Paneer: 20 pieces (cubed) 

    Onion: 1 

    Capsicum: 1 

    Ginger garlic paste: 1 tsp 

    Red chilly sauce: 1/2 tsp

    Soya sauce: 1/4 tsp 

    Tomato ketchup: 1/2 tsp 

    Black pepper powder: 1/2 tsp 

    Oil: to deep fry Salt: to taste 

    Spring Onion (chopped):  2 tsp (for garnishing)

    Method 

    • Make a batter with maida , corn flour, salt, red chilli powder and required amount of water. 
    • Cut paneer into cubes. 
    • Heat oil in a pan and dip the paneer pieces in the batter and deep fry them in hot oil. 
    • Take another pan and add oil, followed by ginger-garlic paste. 
    • Add chopped onion and fry till pink.
    •  Add chopped capsicum and add soya sauce, red chilly sauce and tomato ketchup. 
    • Add black pepper powder and salt followed by fried paneer pieces. 
    • Toss well and garnish with chopped spring onions. 

    Recipe: Nithya Ravi  of www.nithyas-kitchen. Com

    Corn Cheese Balls

    Ingredients 

    Boiled corn kernels:  1/2 cup (grind coarsely) 

    Grated Cheese: 3/4 cup (any cheese is fine ) 

    Corn flour: 1/2  tbsp 

    Maida: 1 tbsp 

    Chopped ginger bits: 1/2 tsp 

    Chopped green chillies: 1 tsp 

    Crushed Pepper powder: 1/2 tsp 

    Cooking soda: A pinch 

    Chopped coriander leaves: 1/2 tbsp 

    Lemon juice: 1/2 – 1 tsp 

    Cumin powder: 1/4 tsp 

    Red chilli powder: 1/2 tsp 

    Garam masala powder: 1/2 tsp (optional) 

    Water: 1-2 tbsp 

    Oil: for frying + for greasing your hands 

    Bread crumbs:  as needed 

    Salt: as needed

    Method

    • Grate the cheese, boil the corn and remove  the kernels.To remove the kernels, cut the boiled corn into two pieces. Take one piece and keep it on a  plate. Hold the corn with one hand. Keep the  knife on top of one side of the corn. Cut through the end. The kernels will fall down. Rotate the corn and do the next side. Repeat until all the  kernels are removed. 
    • Grind the kernels coarsely by just running once or twice in the mixer. 
    • In a bowl , take the ground kernels, cheese, flours and all the ingredients except oil and water. Mix and make a mixture. This itself forms a non sticky dough but you should add little water otherwise the  mixture will separate when you deep fry.  
    • Add water to make a dough. It will be sticky. Grease your hands with oil and make small balls.  Dip the balls in bread crumbs(optional). Cover the remaining balls while you deep fry. 
    • Heat oil to deep fry and fry one for the first time. Oil should not be too hot. You should fry gently by stirring the oil and the ball continuously for uniform frying. The ball will  come up once done. Remove when golden brown.  
    • Serve with ketchup or any dip.

    Recipe: Chitra Ganapathy of  www.chitrasfoodbook.com

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