Healthy Indian Appetizer Board
Flavorful low calorie, non fried Indian snacks that can be served as appetizers
Instructions
Grilled Corn
- Grill the corn on a stove top and coat it with butter, and sprinkle some salt, Kashmiri red chili powder and lemon juice.
Tomato Slice Chaat
- Combine finely chopped red onion, grated carrot and chopped corinader leaves. Slice the tomato and sprinkle some salt. Top it with onion mixture, salt, red chili powder, coriander chutney and sweet date chutney. Top it with puri/sev and masala peanuts. Enjoy immediately.
Chirumuri
- In a large bowl add finely chopped onion, grated carrot, chopped tomato, chopped coriander, little oil, salt, red chili powder and lemon juice. Gently mix them. Add puffed rice (make sure they are crispy) and gently toss everything. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
Chickpea Sundal
- Soak chickpeas over night and next day cook them with some salt. Do a tempering with mustard seeds, channa dal and cumin seeds. Add slit green chili, curry leaves and a pinch of asafetida. Add the cooked and strained chick peas, fresh coconut and lemon juice. Mix and enjoy!
Dhokla
- I used Gits Instant Dhokla mix which we get in Indian stores. cooked according to package instructions and finally did a tempering with mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Topped the dhokla with fresh coriander leaves.
Green Moong Dal Sprouts Chaat
- In a large bowl add sprouted green moong dal, chopped red onions, tomato, grated carrot, coriander leaves, salt, red chili powder, green chutney, date chutney and lemon juice. Toss everything and adjust the seasoning. Top the sprouts chaat with masala peanuts.
Notes
- For all the chaat recipes, I like to soak the chopped onion in some lemon juice and water for few minutes. Its takes away the strong pungent flavor from raw onion.
- Make green chutney up to three days in advance. Sweet chutney is easily available in Indian stores.
- Prep the onion, tomato, carrot and coriander in advance and store them in separate containers.
- Store bought instant dhokla mix works great on busy days.