Category Archives: starter
Sesame Cheese Toast
A wedding that I attended recently had a good spread of starters and cocktails. Among the more predictable paneer tikka fare, there was an interesting crispy fried bread geneously sprinkled with sesame seeds. Though I like to pretend that I … Continue reading
Posted in breakfast, easy dishes, experimental, snack, starter, tiffin
Tagged bread, breakfast, breakfast item, butter, calcium, cheese, herbs, mix herbs, multigrain, olive oil, pasta herbs, sesame, starter, tiffin, toast
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Paniyaram
What your mother cooks for you always holds a special place in your heart. Everyone has a long list of items that they love about their mother’s cooking. I have my list of items too, right from the jeeraka vellam (jeera/cumin … Continue reading
Posted in easy dishes, eating out, experimental, snack, South Indian, starter, tiffin, traditional, travel food
Tagged aduppunkarai, amma's evening snacks, chennai, chopped onions, chutney, fried snack, green chillies, morappam, muniyamma's paniyaram, paniyaram, snacks made of idli batter, South Indian starter, steamed snack, tasty snack
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Poha Cutlet
Ingredients: Poha (beaten rice/aval) – 3 fistfuls Boiled potato – 1 medium sized Bread – 1 slice (optional) Onion – 1 medium sized Coriander leaves – 4-5 stalks Curry leaves – 2 stalks Lemon juice – juice of 1/2 a … Continue reading
Peppy Paneer Starter
Paneer marinated in curd, ginger garlic paste, and pepper. Its a great starter, good way of protein intake for vegetarians. Be sure you make enough because you just cant stop munching these succulent paneer chunks! Ingredients: Paneer – 200 gms … Continue reading
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Tagged basil, bell pepper, capsicum, curd marinate, ginger garlic paste, paneer, protein snack
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Sharkara Varattti (Jaggery-coated Banana Chips)
Mildly spiced sweet chips synonymous with Onam, an indispensable item in sadya (feast). Ingredients: Unripe plantains (large) – 5 Nos Jaggery (Sharkkara/achu vellam) – 10 Nos (2 pieces of jaggery per plantain) Cardamom (Elakkai, elaichi) – 5 nos Dry ginger … Continue reading
Posted in dessert, Kerala recipes, snack, South Indian, starter, traditional
Tagged cardamom, chukku, coconut oil, difference between banana and plantain, dry ginger, elaichi, elakkai, fried snack, kerala, malayalam, onam, plantain, sadya, sharkara, soonth, uruli
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Tawa Paneer Tikka
Spongy, juicy chunks of paneer soaked in spicy masala and curd and shallow fried! Great as a starter and as an accompaniment with rotis. Ingredients: For making shallow fried paneer: Paneer cut into 2 cm cubes – 250 gm Sour … Continue reading
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Tagged paneer, paneer tikka, starter, tawa paneer, tikka
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