Delicious and tasty Indian snacks which can be served as appetizer or enjoyed as a evening snack with a cup of tea or coffee.
Evening tea time is a big thing in Indian cuisine, its generally paired with savory dishes to compliment the sweet chai. Not just for tea time, snacks are a huge part of celebrations like wedding, birthday or get togethers.
Indian cuisine has many versatile dishes from different parts of the country. Sharing some of our favorite Indian snacks, hope you enjoy the round up!
The collection includes dry snacks (which can be stored for few weeks), deep fried, steamed, street food, chaats and more. Please do check back, as I will be updating this post periodically.
Indian Snacks
Indian spin to the famous Charcuterie board made with favorite desi snacks like Samosa and Dhokla and served with lip smacking chutneys.
Poha Vada (flattened rice fritters ) is a quick and easy snack or appetizer, ready in under 20 minutes.
A tasty and refreshing Indian style salad made with roasted peanuts. Its crunchy, spicy, sweet and tangy flavors will surely tingle your taste buds
A popular South Indian snack made by frying green chili in a chickpea batter.
Murmura or Spicy Puffed Rice is a popular tea time snack from India.
Crescent Samosa is the baked version of samosa made with crescent rolls. Buttery crescent is filled with a spicy potato filling and baked till golden crisp. A prefect appetizer for your upcoming party.
Refreshing salad, sweet pineapple, crunchy nippatu and masala peanuts combined with sweet and spicy chutneys make this sandwich lip smacking good.
Crispy and tasty snack made with rice flour
Gunta Ponganalu or Kuzhi Paniyaram is a savory dish made with left over dosa batter.
Simple and tasty Indian style Masala Fries made in the Air Fryer. This tasty, golden crisp fries makes for a delicious snack or appetizer. Enjoy with your favorite dipping sauce.
A guilt free snack to enjoy any time of the year.
Chana Chaat (chickpea chaat) is a popular street food from India. It is made with boiled chickpeas, fresh veggies and chutneys.
Masala vada is crispy, deep fried tea time snack from South India. Its traditionally made with chana dal but today I am sharing the masala vada recipe made with toor dal.
Punugulu aka Punukulu is a deep fried dish made from left over Dosa batter. Its a very popular evening snack in Coastal Andhra. Its a great way of using up the left over Dosa batter.
Congress Kadlekai is the Kannada name for masala peanuts. This quintessential snack from Karnataka, is famously found in condiment stores and iyengar bakeries.
Indian style fruit salad made with assorted fruits, chaat masala, mint and lemon juice. Refreshing chaat which is sweet and tangy with a hint of spice.
Indian style sandwich made with paneer, coriander chutney, spicy mayo and cheese. You will love this variation of the paneer sandwich which can be enjoyed for brunch or snack.
Pineapple Chaat – sweet, spicy and tangy chaat made with fresh pineapple pieces.
These Masala Smashed Potatoes baked with Indian spices will soon become your favorite way of enjoying potatoes. Enjoy these potato with this delicious and creamy cilantro jalapeno chutney.
A very popular Bombay street food.
A healthy spin to the Mumbai’s street food favorite, is made with spiced potatoes, cilantro chutney, date chutney, chaat masala, cheese and crusty bread.
Indian Corn Salad – refreshing salad made with fresh corn, bell pepper, coriander, chili powder and chaat masala.
Peanut Chaat is a tasty, refreshing and healthy chaat made with boiled peanuts, colorful veggies, spices and tasty chutneys.
Easy and delicious masala toast made with sweet corn, cheese, chili and masala powders.
The combination of crispy soya chunks with the sweet, spicy, and tangy tomato based sauce makes for a lip smacking appetizer.
A variation to the traditional Chivda, this one is made with corn flakes.
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