Aditi's kitchen: Snacks/Appetizers

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Veg Puffs

Ingredients -

Frozen pastry sheets(You can find them in any grocery store like Fry's)
Frozen Peas
Potato
Red Onion
Jeera
Chat Masala/Amchur Powder
Pam cooking spray/Light Oil brush is good too

Steps -

First lets make the stuffing

Boil the potatoes
Put the frozen peas in a bowl filled with water and microwave for 1 minute
In a chopper, add some jeera and add the peas, make a coarse mix (don't make a paste)
Now heat a pan, add some chopped red onions and saute till light brown
Add the boiled potatoes and the peas mixture(Optional - Add little garlic powder)
Add salt to taste, pinch of chat masala or amchur powder(dry mango powder)
Cook for 2-3 minutes and set to cool

Now lets stuff the pastry sheets
Usually you get them as 3 fold sheet, open them up
Add the veggie mix in the middle fold, cover one fold, spread a thin layer of the mix again and cover it with the 3rd fold
Spray some Pam and bake the puffs in pre-heated over of 375 deg for 15-20 mins, until the top turns golden brown
Enjoy hot!!

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Deetzas

Ingredients -

Bread slices - 5
Cherry tomatoes (if you don't find it, that' ok. Chopped tomatoes is equally good) - about 10-15
Chopped Green Bell pepper - 1
Sweet Corn kernels - 1/2 cup
Chopped Red onions - 1 small
Tomato ketchup - 1/2 cup
Garlic powder - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Oregano - for taste
Shredded Mozzarella cheese (feel free to use any other cheese of your choice)

Directions -

Mix all the ingredients (except bread and cheese)
Spread some butter on the bread slice
Then spread the mixture on each of them
Top it off with the cheese
Optional - You can sprinkle some sesame seeds on top too
Bake it in the oven for 12-15 mins - 375 degrees till the cheese is nice and melted
Serve hot!

Vegetable Spring rolls

I love fried food and spring rolls are some awesome appetizers ideas or evening snacks. This is my shot at making them at home.

Ingredients -

Beans - 1 cup
Carrot - 1 cup
Spring onions - 1 cup
Red onion - 1 cup
Green bell pepper - 1 cup(you can add red and yellow bell peppers too if you like)
Cabbage - 1 cup
Green Chilies - 2 or 3
Garlic - 5-6 cloves
Boiled hakka noodles - 1/2 cup
Soy sauce - to taste
Ajinomoto(optional)

Steps -

Chop all the vegetables finely (cut it lengthwise)
Take a wok, heat 2-3 tbsp oil in it
Add green chilies, garlic
After 1-2 minutes, add all the vegetables
Saute it for 4-5 minutes
Add the boiled hakka noodles, soy sauce, ajinomoto and salt to taste
Stir fry for 2 mins and the mixture is now ready. Let it cool for 1/2 hr.
Buy some ready spring roll sheets, you can find them in Indo/Chinese grocery stores
Take a sheet, place it diagonally on flat surface and then apply water along the sides(optional - you can use egg yolk to seal it too but water works just fine)
Take a spoonful of the mixture and place it a little above the bottom corner
Fold left and right corners to the center and then start rolling from the bottom towards the top and seal the end
Finish up all the rolls. You can make these rolls and freeze them to make it at a later time
Now add oil in a pan, heat it at medium temperature, when ready drop the rolls and deep fry them at medium temperature. Make sure the oil is not too hot else the rolls will burn quickly
Remove them on a dish lined with tissue paper to remove the extra oil
Serve hot with Hot and Sweet Sauce/Chili sauce/Ketchup