Spicy Kara Sev Recipe | Spicy Sev Recipe - Easy Diwali Snack Recipe

                   

Simple and Easy to Spicy Kara Sev Recipe with step by step photos.  Kara Sev is a simple and easy to make Diwali Snack recipe with minimal ingredients. I have already shared Milagu Sev Recipe and  Plain Sev/Omapodi Recipe, but this one is the spicy version using chilli powder.

Tapioca Pakoda Recipe | Tapioca Fritters | Kuchi Kizhangu Pakoda - Easy Tea Time Snack Recipe

Tapioca Fritters/Tapioca Pakoda are so easy to make 15 minutes snack recipe. We are using fresh Tapioca Roots/Tuber aka kuchi kizhangu or mara valli kizhangu and No grinding no soaking required for this Pakoda. I wanted to try this recipe for long time, finally made it last week and we all enjoyed munching these crispy spicy pakoda that reminds me of Salem(My home town) tea kadai style Moru Moru Onion Pakoda.

Aloo 65 Recipe | Crispy Potato 65 Recipe | Easy Potato Snack Recipe

Crispy Potato 65/Aloo 65 Recipe with video & step by step photos. Potato/Aloo is one of our family’s favorite veggie. We love potatoes in any form. Kids are having spring break this week and have been helping a lot in cleaning & organizing things at home. So as a treat made this crispy aloo 65/potato 65 and for them and they loved it very much. Like Gobi 65 recipe this is also very easy and quick to make and sure a crowd pleaser recipe.

Chickpea Masal Vadai Recipe / Kondakadalai Masal Vadai Recipe / Masala Vadai With Kabuli Channa

Tea Kadai Style Masal Vadai using Kondakadalai/Chickpea Recipe. The cold weather always demands for some Deep Fried Snacks and once in a while its not harm to enjoy such spicy delights and that too I prepared this Masal Vadai using Chickpeas/Kondakadali/Kabuli Channa. The usual Masal Vadai is prepared using Yellow Split Peas/Pattani Paruppu but this time I prepared it with Chickpeas.

Bajji, Bonda, Pakora Mix/ 5 In One Recipe /One Batter for Bajji, Potato Bonda & Onion Pakora

     

Bajji, Bonda(potato masala Bonda) & Onion Pakora all in One Recipe. One Batter Mix and you can make any varieties of Bajjis - Vazhakka Bajji, Potato Bajji, Mirchi Bajji, Onion Bajji, Eggplant, Paneer, Egg, Cauliflower, Appalam Bajji anything and also Potato Bonda & Crispy Onion Pakora. Yes., with this one batter you can prepare 8-10 varieties of snack

Moongdal Pakoda Recipe / Moong Dal Bhajiya Recipe / Moong Vada - Healthy Tea Time Snack Recipe

Moongdal Pakoda/Moongdal Vada recipe is similar to our Ulundhu Bonda, healthy and yummy tea time snack. This Pakoda doesn't need besan flour & cooking soda still you get a crispy outer and soft inner. Instead of giving store bought chips for snacks time, try this homemade moongdal pakoda for kids and family. Even if its deep fried once in a while it is ok. Moongdal pakoda/vada, sure a protein rich snack. I added 1/2 cup of chopped spinach you can also fine grated carrots & cabbage also. Now off to the recipe..

Veg Pakora Recipe / Crispy Pakora Using Mixed Veggies / Restaurant Style Pakora Recipe

Lets see How to make Restaurant Style Crispy Pakora/ Veg Pakora Recipe. Onion or Vegetable Pakora is most commonly served starter in all the Indian Restaurants here. This is North Indian style pakora and entirely different from the South Indian Onion Pakoda recipe. I learnt this recipe from my neighbor Aunt. I have already shared this recipe along with Punjabi Kadi Pakora recipe. I wanted to have this pakora as a detailed separate post and  the recipe as follows..

Sambar Vadai Recipe | Hotel Sambar Vadai Recipe | Hotel Style Tiffin Sambar Recipe

Today's recipe is an interesting and delicious South Indian appetizer recipe, Sambar Vadai. Sambar Vadai is nothing but a Soft Medhu Vada served with lots of Tiffin Ghee flavored Sambar. For Sambar Vadai you can use any tiffin Sambar recipe but the freshly roasted and ground sambar spices aka Arachivitta Sambar gives lots of flavor, perfect texture and taste to Sambar Vadai. This Arachivitta Sambar recipe was shared by my friend's Mom. I have tried this sambar a number of times with and without vegetables and every time it turned out finger licking good and flavorful. That too with a extra spoon of ghee on top ghee lovely flavor and taste.

Puzhungal Arisi Murukku | Idli Rice Murukku | Murukku Using Idli Rice | Diwali Murukku Recipe

Murukku is one of the must snack Menu in our house for Diwali festival. My mom & Grandma mostly makes Thenkuzhal & Rice Murukku/Mullu Murukku for Diwali and these both murukku are prepared using rice flour (homemade or store bought flour) and very rarely make this Idli Rice Murukku.  Last weekend when I was talking to my Mil I told about the Jalapeno Murukku recipe which kids liked it very much and that time she told me to try murukku using Idli Rice & Dry red chilli for this Diwali. Without any second thought I tried it today and it came out so good. 

Thattai Recipe | Thattai With Pottukadalai | Ginger Flavored Thattai

Thattai is a popular south Indian snack that is prepared using rice flour. I have already shared the regular version of Thattai & Ragi Thattai recipe. Today's thattai recipe is little different and I used more roasted gram dal flour/Pottukadalai maavu which gives perfect crunchy and crispy thattai. I also added ginger and onion for flavor.

Jalapeno Murukku | Jalapeno Rice Murukku Recipe | Spicy Rice Flour Murukku Recipe | Rice flour Chakli Recipe

I am feeling good to be back after almost 6 months break. I don't know why I took such long time, March month was bit busy with kids school project and final quarter work. Then end of may summer vacation started and thought to start once kids back to school. And after school has started every week one or the other work was there and couldn't get time to sit and write recipe. But I used to cook and click few recipes now and then.

Sabudana Vada Recipe - Vrat Recipe | Sago Pearls Vada | Sabudana Vada

As now Navarathri time and some people observe fasting and make different neivedyams to offer God. Those who observe Navarathri Fasting, have to eat no onion. no garlic, no grains recipes based on their family's tradition. This sabudana vada is one of the easiest fasting recipe, I made this sabudana Vada when I observed Shravan Somvar Vrat. Sabudana vada is nothing but a deep fried patties made using sago pearls, mashed potato, roasted and crushed peanuts as main the ingredients. These vadas are crispy, flavorful and delicious snack that you can make anytime and enjoy with a cup of hot Tea or Coffee.

Vada Pav Recipe | Vada Pav With Spicy Dry Garlic Chutney Recipe | Vada Pav(Mumbai Street Food Recipe)

Vada Pav is a popular street food of Mumbai, nothing but a soft Pav buns served with Batata Vada, green chutney and spicy dry garlic chutney. When I made this last year I tried with Homemade Pav Buns and Chaat Garlic Chutney, that time I was so tired and stressed because I baked Pav Buns and with the fresh pav made Masala Pav and Vada Pav(with Batata Vada) all on same day. It was really a tiring day and now I am wondering how I made everything single handedly on one day?! I didn't even concentrate on presentation and for name sake clicked few pictures, when compared to this new Vada Pav pictures, the pictures I took on that was too simple. Fortunately or Unfortunately, due to my laptop crash all my food pictures got deleted. So, now I am preparing all those recipes again with new and fresh pictures.

Batata Vada Recipe | How To Make Batata Vada | Easy Batata Vada Recipe

Batata Vada is a spicy and delicious deep fried snack prepared using potato/aloo/batata. This recipe is almost similar to the south Indian Urulai kizhangu Bonda/Masal Bonda, expect the use of spices and potato filling preparation is different. Anything with potato is most welcomed at home and that too a deep fried snack is sure a hit. My kids enjoyed this snack. Batata vada can be prepared in no time, if you have some boiled potato in hand then you will need only 10-15 minutes to make this yummy snack.
I prepared this batata vada last week especially to share here, because I lost all my drafted food pictures due to hard disk issue. I usually, I write the recipe and save it in blogger and only on the day of posting I upload the pictures till that time it will be in my personal laptop. And Now, all the food pictures were lost due to my laptop issue and we couldn't retrieve any data from hard disk. So, I have to cook and click for my further posts. I will try to cook and share some easy recipes.

Asparagua Pakora(Bajji) | Indian Style Deep Fried Asparagus - Vegan & Gluten Free !

Deep Fried Asparagus Or Asparagus Pakora/Bajji Recipe with Step by Step Photos. I have more recipes in my draft but in order to overcome my anxiety pangs I decided to cook or bake a recipe to blog at least once a week. And this week, I cooked this Asparagus Pakora/Deep Fried Asparagus. This is a simple and easy to make snack recipe.

We like to eat Oven Roasted Asparagus just like Roasted Broccoli. But, kids did not like the roasted asparagus and for them I made this Yummy and crispy Asparagus Pakora. These pakoras are vegan, gluten free with full of flavor and taste. To mask the slight bitterness of the stem, I added chaat Masala to the batter and it worked very well. My kids loved the pakoras to the core and enjoyed with sweet chilli sauce.

Vazhakkai Bhaji Recipe | Raw Banana Fritters | Vazhakkai Bhaji - Quick Tea Time Snack Recipe

Bhaji is one of the easiest and quickest tea time snack. Bhajis are the most common snack prepared instantly for unexpected guests at home. Mom often makes Bhajis for our snack time since my sister loves bhajis especially vazhakkai bhaji. And also these bhajis are easy and quick to make.
In my home town, vazhakkai bhaji is popular and you can find in most of the road side shops & Tea Shops during evening time. They serve Vazhakkai Bhaji with a Onion Masala and coconut chutney. I wanted to share this recipe along with onion masala but because of lighting problem I skipped it. May be I will share it later.

Savory Maida Biscuits | Spicy Diamond Cuts Recipe | Kara Maida Biscuits Recipe

Diamond cuts/savory Maida Biscuits are one of the easiest spicy crunchy snack that is perfect for any occasion or anyday for tea time snack. I have already shared the recipe of Sweet Maida Biscuits and for this Diwali sharing the savory recipe. This is almost similar to the Namkeen/Namakparre. I have tasted Namakparre prepared by my Neighbor Aunt, she added extra spices and kasoori methi. And also the shape is slightly different will share that recipe sometime later. Now coming to Spicy Diamond cuts, i added Andhra Chilli powder, and my diamond biscuits were bit spicy and also got nice reddish golden color. This recipe is so simple and anyone can make them perfectly. These spicy biscuits are so addictive, even though my biscuits were spicy my kids loved it and the biscuits vanished in no time.

Pasiparuppu Murukku Recipe | Moongdal Chaklis | Moongdal Murukku - Diwali Special Snack Recipe

Today's recipe is also a Diwali special snack, Pasiparuppu(Monngdal) Murukku recipe with step by step photos. This is one of my earlier post that I wanted to update with new pictures. Finally, for this Diwali I listed this crunchy melt in mouth Moongdal Murukku recipe along with other snacks & sweets recipes to share here. Like Butter Murukku, this is also a flavor rich, crispy and melt in mouth murukku. Traditionally, this Murukku is fried in coconut oil but I used Peanut Oil. Still the murukku got rich flavor due to dal and butter addition.

Milagu Karasev Recipe | Easy Pepper Sev | Black Pepper Karasev - Diwali Snack Recipe

Just 10 days for Diwali and I am yet to start my Diwali preparation. This year Diwali falls on our special day and it is double special for us, I have shared about how special day is Nov 10 to us on my old Post Here. It interested do checkout that post and some of blogger friends might have remember that I guess. Even though it is working day for V and kids, I planned few things to refresh and enjoy one of our life's special day.
Ok Now Coming to the recipe, Milagu Karasev. I am not much fond of Karasev but I like the Yellow colored Milgau Sev that is soft and mildly crunchy sev with full of black pepper flavor.

Thattai Recipe | Rice Flour Thattai Recipe | Diwali Snack Recipes

Crispy & Crunchy Instant Rice Flour Thattai Recipe with step by step photos. Thattai is one of favorite savory snack but I rarely make thattai, since every time my thattai will end in soft and not a crispy and crunchy thattai. I have tried many recipes and none have come out good. Finally after attempting so many failure experience I got to know the proper trick and recipe for making crispy and yummy thattai. I have already shared a easy thattai using Ragi Flour, Ragi Thattai and today I am sharing the best and no fail Rice Flour Thattai Recipe. This recipe uses instant/readymade/store bought rice flour.  No need to use processed raw rice flour.  Simple isn't ?! Do give it a try for this Diwali and let me know how it turned out to you. The only trick is always use cotton cloth or paper towel to flatten the dough, by this way the excess moisture from the dough is absorbed and when fried in oil you get a nice crispy and crunchy thattai. I also made some mini thattais to enjoy my hometown special snack, Salem Thattuvadai Set. But my kids finished most of the thattais as such, may be will make it some other time to enjoy my favorite thattai set. Now off to the recipe...