No matter the part of the world you come from, snacks are an integral part of any cuisine. In India, there are a variety of snacks that are prepared. The recipes and method of making some of these snacks differ from region to region. However, what we would be focusing on in this post are Indian vegetarian snacks.
- Chakri
Chakri or Chakli are crispy spiral-shaped Gujarati snack usually made from rice flour. Ingredients for this snack include rice flour, urad flour (wheat gluten), water, green chillies, ginger, salt, sugar, cumin seeds, sesame seeds, chilli powder, ajwain, citric acid, sunflower oil.
- Fafda
Fafda is a popular Gujarati snack particularly famous during festivals. It is generally eaten alongside fried green chillis and chutney. This snack is one of the most sought-after sweet and salt combinations in Gujarati cuisine.
Ingredients include plain flour (wheat gluten), gram flour, water, sunflower oil, chilli powder, sugar, ajwain, sesame seeds, turmeric powder, asafetida.
- Pani Puri
Other Indian Vegetarian snacks that you most definitely will enjoy is pani puri. This snack consists of a round, hollow puri, deep-fried crisp crepe and filled with a mixture of flavoured water, tamarind chutney, chilli, chaat masala, potato, onion or chickpeas.
Modern chefs, eager to take their culinary expertise to the next level, have come up with interesting variations to the “gol gappa” like the cucumber pani puri, in which cucumber juice is used to fill up the puris. Some of its ingredients involve flour, spiced water, onions, potatoes, and chickpeas.
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