Delicious Vegetarian Snacks For Navratri

Monday, October 7, 2013, 17:23 [IST]

With Navratri on the cards, most of you must be keeping a fast or are on a strict vegetarian diet for the next few days. This calls for some delicious and tempting vegetarian recipes. A vegetarian diet has some advantages. You have a variety of ingredients to choose from. Adding a few spices here and there to the simplest of these vegetarian items can give you some very interesting dishes.

Let us make these days of vegetarianism a bit colourful and interesting for you. Here we have some tasty snack recipes which you can have during these days of Navratri. Most of these snack recipes are simple and of course they are all one hundred per cent vegetarian! People fasting during the period can also have these dishes, provided you substitute a few things according to the fasting rules. For example you can avoid putting onions and garlic or use rock salt in place of normal salt.

So, what are you waiting for? Check out these awesome and delicious vegetarian snacks for Navratri. They are all worth a try.

Crispy Corn Fingers

Crispy corn fingers are an excellent tea time snack with the goodness of corn and the mushy taste of cheese inside. The recipe for crispy corn fingers is extremely easy. You just have to keep some corn kernels handy. Fry up these mouthwatering snacks in minutes and enjoy your coffee by the window side munching on these crispy delights.

Aloo Moong Dal Pakora

Moong Dal pakodas are really easy to prepare and healthy too, as green gram is a rich source of nutrients. It is low in saturated fats and cholesterol. This will definitely spice-up your tea sessions and definitely provide an excuse for a simple celebration at home.

Sabudana Cutlet

Sabudana cutlets are crispy, crunchy and absolutely a delicious snack recipe. Sabaudana cutlets are basically made with mashed potatoes and soaked sabudana. A perfect recipe for those who are fasting during Navratri.

Potato Cheese Balls

Potato cheese pakoras are small balls that are deep fried. The potato and cheese stuffing in this pakora makes it a filling and delicious snack. Avoid the garlic if you are fasting.

Masala Paruppu Vada

Vada is a traditional South-Indian snack. This fried snack is crisp and is sometimes teamed up as a side dish with sambhar and coconut chutney. Vada is made with Bengal gram dal (chana dal) and spices.

Paneer Cutlet

The cutlets can be either deep-fried, shallow fried or even baked if you are a calorie conscious person. Here we are shallow frying the cutlets. The coating of the breadcrumbs give it a crispy, crunchy taste which is simply hard to resist.

Chana Chaat

One of the easiest, quick and nutritious snack you can ever prepare. Just add a few spices, vegetables and lemon juice to the soaked horse gram. You can have this lip-smacking snack ready in less than 10 minutes!

Hariali Samosa

This samosa has a filling of green peas, french beans and beaten rice (poha) which makes it a better option than traditional aloo samosa. Hariali samosa tastes yummy and is very easy to make. You can team up Hariali samosa with hot tea or coffee. And can also serve it with chutney or sauce.

Palak Pakora

Palak pakora is one of the best snack recipes that you could try out on this Navratri.This dish is made with spinach (known as palak) that is coated with besan (Bengal gram flour) and madeinto golden, crispy pakoras.

Beguni

This Bengali recipe is nothing complicated. Beguni can be prepared in just ten minutes. The flavour of this vegetarian snack recipe comes from kalonji or onion seeds, so you must add plenty to get the flavour of these seeds.

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Story first published: Monday, October 7, 2013, 17:23 [IST]

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