Author name: Siddhi Panchal

Crunchy basket puris filled with pizza sauce, capsicum, tomato, onion and sweet corn, topped with grated cheese, oregano and chilli flakes. A bite-sized party snack.

Farali sabudana vadas with a savoury stuffing of potato, coconut, peanuts, sesame, cashews and raisins, spiced with saunf and amchur and fried until golden and crispy.

Crunchy pakodas of boiled Maggi noodles with tomato, onion, capsicum and corn, spiced and bound with besan, sooji and rice flour, fried until golden.

Crispy fasting vadas of boiled potato and rajgira flour with cumin, sesame, green chilli and coriander, seasoned with rock salt and deep fried until golden brown.

Traditional falafel made from scratch: soaked chickpeas coarsely ground with onion, coriander, garlic and cumin, rolled into balls and deep fried until golden.

Stuffed aloo tikkis with a crunchy filling of vegetables, paneer, mint, masala boondi and roasted papad, coated in bread crumbs and deep fried until light golden.

Paneer cubes stuffed with schezwan sauce, dipped in a spiced batter, coated in bread crumbs and crushed roasted papad and deep fried until light golden. A quick party starter.

Crispy oval cutlets of leftover rice and potato with coriander, green chilli, chaat masala and sesame seeds, coated in semolina and fried until golden. A quick evening snack.

Thin, crispy fingers of grated potato and cooked semolina with coriander, green chillies and chaat masala, deep fried until golden brown. A tasty Indian party snack.

Soft, spiced fingers of crushed paneer with chilli flakes, chaat masala and coriander, shallow fried until light golden. A quick party and kids snack.