Snack party with your buddies
While there are many ways to share love and appreciation with friends, Friendship Day calls for something special. How about throwing a house-party with delicious cocktails and some yummy party snacks?
By : migrator
Update: 2016-08-29 12:16 GMT
Chennai
We give you a few options to get your party going
CHICKPEA PATE WITH PITA BREAD
INGREDIENTS:
Walnuts: 40 gms
Cooked Chickpeas: 100 gms
Roasted vegetables (carrots, red and yellow peppers, mushrooms, onions and potato): 300 gms
Basil Pesto: 1 tbsp
Extra virgin olive oil: 3 tbsp
Pita bread: Pick ready made pita breads from supermarket (depends on number of friends you expect)
METHOD:
- Add the walnuts and chickpeas to a food processor, and blitz until a coarse paste has been formed.
- Add the vegetables and pesto, and blitz again until smooth.
- Adjust the thickness of the pâté with as much extra virgin olive oil as you need.
- Serve with pita bread.
CRAB PATE WITH LAVASH STICKS
INGREDIENTS:
Plain flour (Maida): ¾ Cup
Dry yeast: ½ Tsp
Sugar: A pinch
Roasted sesame seeds: 4 Tbs
Poppy seeds: 3 Tbs
Olive oil: 2.5 Tbs
Salt: To taste
METHOD:
- Combine the yeast and sugar with ½ cup of warm water in a bowl. Cover and keep aside till it becomes frothy. (approx. 5 minutes.)
- Sift the flour. Make a well in the center and add the yeast and sugar mixture and enough water to make a soft dough.
- Keep the dough for 20 minutes under a wet cloth till it doubles in volume.
- Divide the dough into 5 equal portions and roll each portion into a circle of 150 mm. (6”) diameter. Cut each circle into 5 equal triangles. Repeat with the remaining portions to make 20 more triangles.
- Brush each triangle with a little oil and sprinkle some sesame seeds and poppy seeds on top.
- Arrange these triangles on a greased baking tray and bake in a pre-heated oven at 180°c (360°f) for 10 minutes or till the chips turn golden brown.
- Garnish the Lavash sticks with finely cut tomatoes, onions, spring onions and caviar.
CRAB PATE
INGREDIENTS:
Pot brown Cornish crabmeat: 110g
White crabmeat: 200g
Fresh white breadcrumbs: 4tbsp
Lemon juice: 1tsp
Worcestershire sauce: 1tbsp
English mustard: 1tsp
Single cream: 3tbsp
Slices wholemeal bread, toasted: 8
Lemon wedges: to serve
Make crab pâté in two simple steps
METHOD:
- Put brown and white crabmeat into a bowl. Add breadcrumbs, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, mustard and cream. Season with ground black pepper and mix together.
- Spoon into pots or ramekins and serve with toast, lemon wedges and watercress.
RECIPE: CHEF MOHAMED, CROWNE PLAZA CHENNAI ADYAR PARK
LENTIL FALAFEL
INGREDIENTS:
Chickpeas: 1kg
Black Lentils (Horsegram): 500g
Spring Onion: 500g
Coriander: 500g
Mint: 500g
Garlic cloves: 10
Coriander powder: 25g
Cumin powder: 10g
Salt to taste
METHOD:
- Soak the chickpeas and the lentils overnight. Cook the lentils.
- Take the spring onion, Coriander and mint. Cut them up and clean them and drain them of the water and keep aside in the bowl.
- Take the cooked lentils, the soaked chickpeas and add it to the bowl along with the herbs.
- Add the coriander and cumin powder as well as the garlic cloves and keep aside.
- Put this through the mincing machine and mince it twice to ensure a thorough mince.
- Then shape these falafel and top them with white sesame seeds.
- Fry them and Serve Hot.
RECIPE: CHEF VAMSI KRISHNAN, CHEF DE CUISINE – THE FLYING ELEPHANT, PARK HYATT
MACARONI UPMA RECIPE
INGREDIENTS:
Macroni: 100 gms
Shredded Carrot: 25 gms
Colour Capsicum: 15 gms
Onion Slice: 10 gms
Green Chilly: 05 gms
Chopped ginger: 03 gms
Mustard Seeds: 03 gms
Urud Dhal: 05 gms
Curry Leaves: a sprig
Turmeric Powder: 03 gms
Salt: to taste
Refined Oil: 15 ml
Cashew Nut: 05 gms
METHOD:
- Boil the macaroni in hot water for 3-4 mins stain it and refresh with cold water.
- Sprinle little oil on the macaroni to avoid sticking in an kadai with little oil allow the mustard to crackle along with curry leaves, green chillies and a pinch of turmeric powder.
- Later add the vegetables along with chopped ginger.
- Toss the macaroni along with that veg with seasoning of salt.
- Garnish with cashew nut and chopped coriander leaves.
RECIPE: CHEF S V GANESH, EXECUTIVE CHEF OF THE RESIDENCY
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