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 Snacks – Part 4

Contents
Nippat Bhel - Sirisha A................................................................................................................................... 3
Mushroom Zucchini Sandwich - Anu ............................................................................................................ 3
Bread Snack - Swapna K ................................................................................................................................ 4
Oats Jaggery Bars - Aarthika R ..................................................................................................................... 5
Seviya Bhath - Teju ........................................................................................................................................ 5
Leftover Idli Snacks....................................................................................................................................... 6
a) Masala Idli - Yahita K ............................................................................................................................. 6
b) idli manchurian - Swapna K .................................................................................................................. 6
c) schzewan idli - Mamatha ...................................................................................................................... 6
Whole Wheat Pizza - Anu............................................................................................................................. 6
Butter Cookies - Soma................................................................................................................................... 7
Black Sticky Rice /Kavuni Batter for Idly /Dosa/Panniyaram - Agila T ....................................................... 8
Tangy Upma - Sirisha A ................................................................................................................................ 8
Sabudana Idli - Mahadevi H .......................................................................................................................... 9
Sabudana Dosa - Mahadevi H ...................................................................................................................... 9
Murmura Chevda - Teju .............................................................................................................................. 10
Honey Chilli Potatoes - Mamta G............................................................................................................... 10
Honey Chilli Potatoes - Nimisha .................................................................................................................. 10
Paneer Capsicum Sandwich - Shubada ...................................................................................................... 12
Nippat Bhel - Sirisha A
Ingredients:

 Puffed rice - 2 cups

 Ghee - 4 spoons
 Peanuts - fist full
 Roughly powdered nippat - 1 cup
 Powered sugar - 1/2 spoon
 Onion - 1/4 cup finely chopped
 Carrot - 1 grated
 Coriander leaves finely chopped
 Salt
 Fine sev

Masala:

 Jeera powder - 1/2 spoon

 Fresh coconut - 1 cup
 Garlic - 10 pods
 Green chilli - 6-8
 Salt

Method

1. Grind all the above ingredients in the masala column into fine coarse powder and keep aside.
Don't add any water.
2. In a mixing bowl add puffed rice, ghee, onion, carrot, coriander leaves, powered nippat and 2
spoons of masala, peanuts, salt, icing sugar and mix well. Garnish with sev.
3. Serve when its crisp.
4. Store themasala in a air tight container and refrigerate for 15 days and prepare whenever u want
to.

Mushroom Zucchini Sandwich - Anu

Ingredients:

 1big onion or 2 medium onions finely chopped

 Capsicum red or green 1/2 chopped nicely
 Zucchini small piece yellow or green nicely chopped
 Pepper powder 1/2tsp
  Salt as needed
 Mushroom 1 packet finely cut so they cook faster
 Jeera powder 1 tsp
 Garam masala 1/2 tsp
 Butter 1tbsp

Method

1. Take pan add 1 tbsp butter add onions let it fry nicely until light brown.
2. Add pepper powder. Then add zucchini, capsicum.
3. let it sauté and close lid.
4. when little moisture comes then add mushrooms also and sauté a bit. Put the lid back .
5. Put it in medium sim After it gets cooked
6. U can add a pinch of chilli powder [Link] stir. put the lid back . After 5 minutes add garam
masala. Stir for 3 min and off the gas
7. Take 2 slices of bread and put it in sandwich maker.
8. In one of the bread add stuffing put a cheese slice on top and put 1 more slice of bread and close
the sandwich maker.
9. After 4 min check for golden colour and grill marks on top . put little ghee or butter on top and
close for 2 min. then it’s done
10. For those who do not have sandwich grill can use tawa. toast bread with little ghee on one side
for both bread. put stuffing on top of one slice. Add cheese . Add the other bread toasted side on
top of it . Put a lid on the tava for 3 minutes until cheese is melted

Bread Snack - Swapna K

Ingredients :

 malai
 sooji 2to 3 spoons
 onion 1 nicely chopped (small pieces)
 tomato 1(nicely diced)
 green chilli(deseeded and chopped finely)
 coriander leaves
 Bread slicessalt(very less)

Method:

1. Mix all ingredients in a bowl and keep aside for at least half an hour.
2. Apply this mixture on one side of bread and first toast with this side on tava.
3. Then toast on other side. If u want u can apply ghee on this side(I apply ghee for kids not for me).
 4. For me I put chilli with seeds but for kids I don't use chilli instead I use Capsicum. U can use both.
For this I didn't like any other veggies. I keep this for snack box for kids also.

Oats Jaggery Bars - Aarthika R

Ingredients:

 One cup oats

 One cup dry fruits
 One cup jaggery
 Dry roast oats in a kadai
 Dry roast dry fruits (cashew, badam and kismis)
 Two tsp ghee

Method

1. Kadai add ghee add all the ingredients and mix well in a medium flame.
2. When jaggery melted mixed will add in greased tray and press well and put pieces with knife

Seviya Bhath - Teju

Ingredients:

 Vermicelli: preferably patanjali or mtr brand: 2 cups

 Onion: 1 medium size
 Oil: 1 Tablespoon
 Chana daal: 1/2 Teaspoon
 Udad daal dhuli or white: 1/2 Teaspoon
 Mustard seeds: 1/2 Teaspoon
 Curry leaves: 5-6
 Water: 3 Cups
 Curd: 1 Tablespoon
 Sugar: 1 teaspoon
 Ghee: 2 teaspoon
 Salt to taste
 Coriander to garnish
 Dessicated coconut: 2 Teaspoon (optional)

Method

1. Dry roast vermicelli till light brown and keep aside.

2. To oil add chana and udad daal and let them change colour but do not burn them. Add mustard
seeds till crackle.
 3. Add curry leaves and after 30 seconds add onion till it turns translucent. Add green chillies.
4. Add water now and bring to boil. To this add sugar, salt, ghee and curd and keep stirring at high
flame. Reduce the flame after 30 secs and add vermicelli and dessicated coconut.
5. Cook till water dries out. Ensure to stir it after every few seconds else they will stick to bottom of
the pan. Garnish with coriander.
6. Ready to serve as breakfast or kids tiffin.

Leftover Idli Snacks

a) Masala Idli - Yahita K
1. Cut idli into cubes, take non stick pan pour some oil and ghee (together 1tbspn)
2. Add mustard seeds (optional) chopped garlic,chopped onions, curry leaves, now add idli cubes
and saute them till little crispy now add spices turmeric,chilli powder,salt and in the last chopped
coriander leaves.
3. Really tasty snack kids would love it

b) idli manchurian - Swapna K

1. Keep idly in fridge for sometime just to get hard idly, then cut into small cubes and add to u r
manchuria sauce

c) schzewan idli - Mamatha

2. Follow same as above with schzewan sauce

Whole Wheat Pizza - Anu

Ingredients

 Whole wheWt flour 1 1/4 cup

 1/2 tsp sugar
 1/4 tsp baking soda
 1/4 tsp salt
 1/3 cup plus 2 tbsp water
 2 tbsp curd

Toppings according to ur taste don’t add carrot pieces it tastes little crunchy if u need to put u can grate

 Zucchini, capsicum, paneer

 Mozzarella cheese and cheddar cheese grated

Pizza sauce

 Garlic 3 cloves cut in small pieces

 1 onion
  Tomato 2 small pieces
 Tomato purée 1 tbsp optional
 Italian herbs
 Jeera powder

Method

1. In a vessel add whole wheat flour, baking soda, salt and sugar then add curd oil and water mix it
nicely until all the dough comes together nicely like roti ka Atta .
2. Then put a moist cloth over it and rest for an hr.

Sauce

1. In a pan take some oil ( if olive it will be better) add garlic and stir then add onions and sauté till
raw smell goes.
2. Add little salt then add finely chopped tomato and sauté nicely. put the lid on .
3. After 3 minutes sauté again add pepper and jeera powder. mix nicely.
4. At this stage if it is too dry add little tomato purée maybe 1 tbsp and stir till raw smell is not there.
5. Sauce ready

Assembling

1. After 1 hr remove the cloth and nicely make 4 balls.

2. Roll the dough like how u do for chapati but little thicker than chapati.
3. Heat the tava on sim once heated put this on it and when it swells little from all sides turn it and
apply oil over it.
4. Put the prepared sauce add grated cheese.
5. Add toppings put Italian seasoning red pepper flakes add little oil for bottom of the pan and put
lid on top. after 2 min check if little brown remove it.

Butter Cookies - Soma

Ingredient

 Flour- 210grm
 Sugar- 80 gm
 Corn flour- 50gms
 Unsalted butter- 210gm
 Vanilla - 1tsp

Method

1. Whipped room temperature butter & sugar in a bowl for 4-5 mnts then add vanilla.
2. Add corn flour & half of [Link] the rest of flour mix until smooth.
 3. Take a baking tray with butter [Link] piping bag with any type of nozzle.I used 1m & make
cookies.
4. Bake cookies for 20 mnts at 180°C.
5. Let it cool then enjoy your cookies

Black Sticky Rice /Kavuni Batter for Idly /Dosa/Panniyaram - Agila T

Ingredients:

 Black sticky rice 2 cup

 Idly rice 2 cup
 Rice flakes 1 tsp
 Urad dhal 1 cup

Method

1. Soak all for 4 hrs separately (can combine rice and soak).
2. Grind batter as usual and ferment for 8 Hrs .
3. Prepare dosa or idly . it will be little sticky as the name calls for.

Tangy Upma - Sirisha A

Ingredients :

 Rice / Rava - 1 cup

 Water - 4 cups
 Shallots - 1 cup / onions - 1cup chopped vertically
 Green chillies - 8 - 10
 Tamarind & jaggery solution - 1 cup
 Oil - 3-4 spoons
 Mustard -1/2 spoon
 Curry leaves few
 Channa dal - 1 spoon
 Urad dal - 1 spoon
 Peanuts fist full
 Turmeric powder - 1/2 spoon
 Salt to taste

Method

1. Dry roast rice till it changes its texture and color into light brown . Cool it and prepare coarse
powder of it.
2. Soak tamarind, jaggery and salt in hot water 30mins prior.
 3. Prepare extract of this and keep ready. (tangy and sweetness flavours according to personal
choice ).
4. In a Kadai add oil, mustard, curry leaves, channa dal, urad dal,peanuts & sauté them.
5. Now add slit green chillies & shallots and sauté till they are soft.
6. Now add turmeric,salt and mix again. Now add tamarind extract, water and allow it to boil.
7. Add the rice powder and stir continuously to avoid lumps.
8. Once its mixed we’ll, leave it in sim flame for 5-10mins closing the lid. Serve hot with ghee topping.

Note if ur using rava plz use roasted rava and while adding rava keep mixing to avoid lumps in low flame.
Tastes Gud with gun powder and curd too

Sabudana Idli - Mahadevi H

Ingredients:

 1)1cup—Sabudana
 2)1cup—Idli Rava
 3)2 cups—curds
 4)1/2cup—water
 5)Salt to taste
 6)Soda—1/4 tsp

Method:

1. Soak overnight 1-3, that is Sabudana,Idli Rava,Curds in a bowl .

2. Next day morning add water, salt and soda. Steam idlis like rice 🍚 idlis for 10-15 minutes.
3. Serve hot with yummy chutney

Sabudana Dosa - Mahadevi H

Ingredients

 1)Sabudana 1cup wash and soak in water for 3 hours

 2)Rice 1 cup, urad dal or whole 1/4 cup,methi seeds 1 tsp,wash and soak together

Method

1. Now grind Sabudana separate and next grind raw 🍚 rice, urad dal, methi seeds separate, and mix
all, now add 1/4 cup curds.
2. Let this ferment for 8hours. Add salt 1tsp and to make smooth and fluffy dosa it is ready to serve
with yummy � chutney
I always grind thick whether for dosa or Idli. When you grind the batter thick, you can keep the batter for
4-5 days. Don’t add salt after you grind. Add salt only when you prepare Idli or dosa. It will be nice batter
long days

Murmura Chevda - Teju

 Heat kadai and add 4 tbsp groundnut oil (I use patanjali brand).
 Then add 1/2 cup ground nut and fry for sometime.
 Add 2 teaspoon mustard seeds and let them crackle. Add 1 teaspoon hing and 2 teaspoon haldi.
 Add curry leaves and let them fry.
 Add mumra pack of 500 gms and stir well.
 Add 1 or 2 teaspoon red chilli powder and salt to taste. Fry well.
 Add sugar powder (1 tbsp) if you like sweet as we love in gujarat.
 Fry properly upside down till it becomes crunchy.

Method

1. Let it cool outside for a while before storing in air tight dabba. If you store it hot or warm, will
become soggy. Try and let me know how it tastes. I bet every kid will love it.

Honey Chilli Potatoes - Mamta G

1. Make French fries
2. Add some oil in pan.
3. Put chopped garlic. U can add some chopped ginger too. That is optional. roast the garlic . Add
some tomato ketchup, red chilli sauce, salt. Add French fries .
4. Add some honey and saute for 30 sec. Switch off the gas. garnish with seasame seeds and
chopped spring onion.
5. U can add some chili flakes if u like spicy

Honey Chilli Potatoes - Nimisha

INGREDIENTS

 Potato -4
 Water
 Cornflour + Rice Flour ( For Coating)
 Oil For Deep Fry
  For Making Sauce
 Sesame Seed
 Oil-2tbsp
 Small Onion Cut Into A Slice
 Garlic 4-5 Crushed
 Capsicum -1/4 Cup Cut Into A Slice
 Tomato Ketchup-1tbsp
 Red Chili Sauce- 1tbsp
 Salt
 Sugar-1/2tsp
 Honey- 2-3tbsp
 Red Chili Powder -1tsp
 Red Chili Flakes -1 Tsp
 Cornflour -1tsp+3tbsp Water Mixture
 Water -1/2cup

METHOD

1. Take A Kadhai Add Potato and Water 1/2tsp Of Salt Bring It To Boil Than Cook For 5min On Sim
Flame
a. Or
2. Take A Hot Water Keep Potato On That For About 20-25min.
3. Than Strain The Potato and Coat With Some Cornflour and Rice Flour
4. Deep Fry When Potato Comes On Lite Golden Brown Take It Out and Another Batch Of Potato
When Second Batch Comes On Lite Golden Brown Than Add First Batch Init and Cook It Till Golden
Brown Comes.

For making sauce

 Roast some sesame seeds and keep it a side

 Add 2tbsp of oil in a pan
 Add onion and garlic and saute them
 Add capsicum saute it for a min
 Add water bring it a boil
 Add conflour water mixture and stir
1. When it becomes little bit thick add sauses, salt , sugar give a nice mix and add honey and potato
mix [Link] honey chilli potato are to serve garnish with some sesame seed and spring
onion(optional)
2. Enjoy it hot.
Note: dont keep your french fries so long on plate otherwise it will become soft try to put directly on the
sauce.

Paneer Capsicum Sandwich - Shubada

Ingredients:

 Paneer
 Capsicum
 Bread
 Butter
 Cheese cubes
 Pepper power
 Pasta seasoning (optional)

Method:

1. Cut paneer into small cubes (1/2 cm) length.

2. Chop capsicum finely. Take a slice of bread, apply butter on one side, spread paneer cubes,
capsicum, add grated cheese, sprinkle salt, pepper powder, pasta seasoning.
3. Cover with another slice of bread.
4. Apply butter on outer sides of sandwich and roast in pre-heated sandwich maker.
5. Serve hot with tomato/tomato-chilli sauce.