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
(L) Macaroni upma and (R) Lentil Falafel

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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