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Masala kadala is a popular snack of south India. You can have this crunchy and crispy snack  with evening tea or while watching TV:)

Ingredients

1. Raw peanuts –  2 cups
2. Chick pea flour(besan) – 3tbsp
3. Red chilly powder – 1tbsp
4. Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
5. Cumin seeds(lightly crushed) – 1tsp
6. Asafoetida powder – 1 pinch
7. Garlic (cut lengthwise) – 1 tsp
8. Curry leaves
9. Salt
10. Water – 5 tbsp
11. Oil for frying

Preparation

1. In a bowl, put the peanuts. Mix besan with red chilly powder,turmeric powder,chopped garlic,cumin seeds and salt.
2. Add water to it and mix to get a thick paste.
3. Pour this over the peanuts and mix well until the peanuts are thoroughly coated.
4. Heat oil in a pan .Fry the peanuts in batches for about 2-3 minutes on medium heat until light brown. stir slowly so that peanuts doesn’t get stick to each other.
5. Drain on kitchen paper.In the same oil,fry curry leaves till brown and add it to the peanut mix.Once it is cool it will be crispy.
6. Store in air tight jar for up to 2-3 weeks.
7. Serve as tea time snack.

Chaats are a variety of particularly common snacks which are popular in India. There are different varieties of chats and most common are aloo chaat,chana chaat,chicken chaat.This chaat is a mix of sweet,hot and sour flavors and it tastes great if you make chat the day before you serve it.

Ingredients

1. Chick peas   – 1 cup
2. Onion(finely chopped) –1
3. Tomato(deseeded and the flesh diced) –1
4. Green Chilly(chopped) –1
5. Kashmiri chilly powder – 1 tsp
6. Garam Masala – 1/2 tsp
7. Chat Masala – 1tsp
8. Tamarind Paste – 1tbsp
9. Ketch up – 1tbsp
10. Salt –1 tsp
11. Coriander leaves – 1tbsp

Preparation

1. Boil chick peas with little salt and turmeric powder.soak a gooseberry sized  piece of tamarind in 1/4 cup of hot water for 30 minutes.Squeeze out the pulp and discard solids and seeds.
2. In a bowl, mix all the above ingredients well . Serve.

Recipe Source:The New Curry Secret by Kris Dhillon

Pakoda or Pakora is a common starter snack in most Indian party menu. It is nice to have a crispy pakoda with hot tea when it rains outside.:) You can make pakoda with variety of ingredients such as Potato,Spinach, Cauliflower or may be using non-veg either Chicken or prawn..I am sure you will really enjoy this crunchy crispy pakoda.

Ingredients

1. Onion – 3
2. Besan(gram flour)- 1 cup
3. Ginger- garlic paste – 1/2 tsp
4. Green Chilly – 3
5. Red Chilly Powder – 1tsp
6. Coriander powder – 1 tsp
7. Curry Leaves(chopped) – 1tsp
8. Lime juice – 1 1/2 tsp
9. Baking Powder –1/4 tsp
10. Ghee – 2 tsp
11. Oil

Preparation

1. In a bowl, Mix besan with baking powder,red chilly powder,coriander powder,salt and ghee(just warm ghee before adding to the flour mix).
2. Then Add lime juice,ginger-garlic paste,green chilly(chopped),curry leaves and finally add chopped onions. Mix well using hand.
3. Heat Oil in a frying pan. Once oil is piping hot,take small amount of mix and drop it into oil.
4. Fry pakodas till golden in color and crispy.
5. Serve with ketchup or chutney