Perfect quick snacks for World Cup fans
Here are some easy-to-make snacks that are just perfect for all footie fans
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-06-20 15:30 GMT
Hyderabad: The many posts on Facebook and Twitter, your tired sports loving colleague, those lengthy arguments about favourite teams and obviously the late night matches. You’re right, the Fifa World Cup 2014 is on. So, for all those late night matches, we bring you a few recipes, that you can whip up. Recipes from US-based food blogger, Prashanthi, who has her roots in Anantapur. Her page Yummily Yours’ on Facebook and her blog yummilyyours.com are very popular with foodies.
Crunchy buttermilk rings
Ingredients:
1 cup rice flour
1 cup yogurt
¾ cup water
1-2 green chillies finely chopped
2-3 curry leaves finely chopped
2 tbsp chopped coriander
½ tsp cumin seeds
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying
Method:
- Whisk the water and yogurt together to make a smooth mixture without any lumps. Set aside. Heat 1 tsp of oil in a pot. Once it is hot, add the cumin seeds, chopped curry leaves and green chilies. Add the whisked yogurt-water mixture and bring to a boil. Once the yogurt breaks and separates, add salt.
- Now add the flour into the pan. Do not mix, do not try to distribute. Just add the flour in a pile and let it cook on medium heat for 5-7 minutes. Turn off the heat. Now, mix the flour and stir well. Mix well to make sure there are no flour-pockets.
- Let it cool for about 5 minutes. Knead the dough once again.
- Grease your palms with a drop of oil. Take a ping-pong ball sized dough mixture; place them onto a parchment of paper and roll them out into thin long cylinders. Join the two ends of the cylinder.
- Repeat the process with the rest of the dough. Heat oil for frying. Drop in 3-4 dough rings at a time. Turn them around after a minute. Once they are golden on both sides, take them out and drain on paper towels. Enjoy them hot with ketchup or a dip of your choice.
Raw Mango Cucumber Salsa filling
Ingredients:
¼ cup chopped raw mango
¼ cup chopped cucumber
¼ cup chopped tomato
¼ cup chopped white onion
1 tbsp lemon juice
Salt to taste
2 tsp chilli flakes
Method:
- Wash the raw mango well before using. Chop the mango with the peel on for a crunchy texture. You can also choose to not use the peel.
- Mix all the ingredients together and the salsa is ready. If you like to increase the heat level, add some chopped green chilies too.
Baked potato chip cups
Ingredients:
1 large potato
1 tbsp oil
Salt for seasoning
Method:
- Peel the potato skin. Use a slicer or the same vegetable peeler to make thin strips of the potatoes. Save the strips in a bowl of water until you are done with stripping away the entire potato.
- Later, spread them in a thin layer over paper towels. Dab them dry. Then, toss them together with 1 tbsp oil and a dash of salt.
- Line them along muffin tins, so that once they are baked, they will come out in the shape of tiny cups. Bake at 204°C for about three minutes. The baking time will vary from oven to oven.
- Keep an eye on the potatoes rather than the timer. Once they turn golden, turn off the oven. Let them cool in the muffin tin for about two minutes. Then, loosen the potato cups out of the pan. You can fill the potato cups with a raw mango and cucumber salsa.
Vegetable shami kebabs
Ingredients:
1 cup shredded paneer
¾ cup boiled and mashed potato
200 gm spinach
2 tbsp oil
1 tbsp minced garlic
2 tsp paprika/red chilli powder
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp cumin powder
Salt to taste
Oil for frying
Method:
- Add spinach to boiling water for a minute. Strain the hot water and submerge the leaves in cold water. This helps keep the spinach green.
- Take the spinach out of the water. Be sure to squeeze out excess water. Chop the spinach leaves and set aside.
- Add the shredded paneer, mashed potatoes and chopped spinach in a mixing bowl. Heat 2 tbsp oil, add the minced garlic. When the garlic turns golden brown, add the powdered spices (red chili powder, garam masala and cumin powder). After about 30 seconds when the spice powders are coated with oil, take it off the heat, add this to paneer mixture. Top it with some salt and mix. Divide them into 12-15 equal portions and shape into patties/nuggets.
- Heat oil for frying and fry each patty till golden on both sides. Serve hot.