Easy Starters Recipes

Starters are the first course of a meal. It has its own uniqueness in Indian food menu. So here I have shared two such easy and quick recipes for starters. Hope you will enjoy these recipes.

Veg Lolly-Pop

Ingredients:-
7-8 tablespoon Corn flour,
3 tablespoon Maida (All-purpose flour),
2 tablespoon green chilly sauce,
2-4 drops soya sauce,
½ cup tomato sauce,
Chopped onion, cabbage, carrot, capsicum, ginger, and garlic

Method for Lolly Pop-
1. Mix all the above ingredients together and prepare oval shaped lolly pop.
2. Deep fry these oval shaped lolly pops.

Method for Gravy-
Take ½ tablespoon oil in a pan. Add chopped vegetables (carrot, ginger, garlic, capsicum, cabbage, spring onion) and fry it for 2-3 minutes.

Method for Sauce-
1. Take 1 tablespoon oil in a pan and add chopped ginger and garlic, tomato sauce, red chilly powder and salt to taste.
2. Now add 1 cup water to it and cook for 5 minutes.
Now take those fried lolly pops in a plate and put the above prepared sauce on it. Finally serve this lolly pop with the above prepared gravy.

Packet Parcel

Ingredients-
200gm Chole (soaked in the water for 7-8 hours and then grind it in a mixer),
Chopped vegetables onion, coriander, ginger, garlic,
Chilly powder, garam masala, black pepper, lemon juice, salt,
7 tablespoon corn flour,
½ cup bread crumbs.
Maida (All-purpose flour) dough (for making chapattis)

Procedure-

1. Mix all the above ingredients together and make round shaped cutlets.
   
2. Take oil in a pan and deep fry these cutlets.
3. Now make 4-5 chapattis and cut them in halves.
4. Open the chapattis from the center apply mayonnaise and put a piece of cutlet in it.
5. Garnish it with vegetables (carrot, capsicum) and serve it with tomato sauce.

How to Make Easy Sandwiches? Here's the Recipe!

Ketchup Sandwich:-

Ingredients-

1 packet white/brown bread,

½ cup Tomato ketchup,

½ cup Chickpea/gram flour (besan flour),

1 spoon red chilly powder,

Salt according to taste,

Butter

1 Tomato, onion, and cucumber.

Procedure-

Step 1- Take chickpea/gram flour in a vessel. Add salt, red chilly powder and water to form smooth batter.

Step 2- Take a slice of bread and apply butter over it. Now take a frying pan and place it on the gas with medium flame. Keep the bread in a frying pan apply the batter over it. Now put oil on the bread and on the sides. Turn the bread that is the batter side touching the pan. Roast both sides of the bread for two minutes.

Step 3- Take out that bread from the pan in a plate, apply tomato sauce over it and put tomatoes, onion, and cucumber that is cut in round pieces and garnish it with coriander.

Russian Sandwich-

Ingredients-

1 cup curd,

Chopped vegetables (carrot, green peas, french beans, pomegranate),

¼ cup canned and chopped pineapple,

1 packet white/brown bread,

Black pepper powder, salt to taste.

Procedure-

For Russian Salad:

Combine mixed vegetables, pineapple, curd, black pepper, and salt in a bowl and mix it well.

Proceed For Sandwich:

Step 1- Place 2 bread slice in a plate and apply little butter on each bread slice.

Step 2- Put some portion of prepared Russian salad in the center of one buttered bread slice and spread it evenly using a back of the spoon and cover it with another buttered bread slice.

Step 3- Take a frying pan and put 1 spoon oil on it. Now add little mustard seeds in the oil then keep prepared sandwich (step 2) in that pan and fry it for 2-3 minutes. Finally serve this sandwich with tomato ketchup.

Sweet Corn Sandwich:-

Ingredients-

½ cup boiled sweet corn,

1 chopped onion,

1 chopped tomato,

1 packet white/brown bread,

Ready-made mayonnaise

Salt, red chilly powder, coriander powder.

Procedure-

Step 1-Take oil in a pan and fry onion and tomato in it. Now add boiled sweet corn and again fry it for 5 minutes.

Step 2- Add salt, red chilly powder, coriander powder, and chopped coriander. Fry this for more 10 minutes.

Step 3- Allow the mixture to cool down for some time. Now take a bread slice and apply butter over it. Keep the mixture in the center of that slice and crush cheese cube on it. Now keep another bread slice (apply mayonnaise) on it. Now roast it in a sandwich maker and then serve it with tomato ketchup and potato wafers.

Looking for Easy Cake Recipes?

I would like to share some of the cake recipes that I have learned recently. Believe me they are not only delicious but also very easy. So try one of these homemade cake recipes.

Sponge Cake
Ingredients –
250 gm All-purpose flour (Maida),
400 gm Milkmaid,
1 teaspoon Baking powder,
1 teaspoon Baking soda,
120 gm butter,
2-3 tablespoon Sugar powder,
Vanilla essence,
Soda water.

Procedure- Take butter, milkmaid, and sugar powder in a vessel and mix it well. Then add baking powder, baking soda, and vanilla essence in the mixture. Now add all-purpose flour (maida) and soda water and make a smooth batter. Now you can bake it in microwave oven or pressure cooker for 30 minutes.

Folding Cake:-
Ingredients-
Sponge cake batter – 6 table spoon
Soda water
Mix fruit jam.

Procedure – Take sponge cake batter and add soda water. Then put this batter in the pot and bake it in the oven or pressure cooker. After the cake is fully baked allow it to cool for some time. Now apply fruit jam over it and roll the cake. Wrap the cake in the foil paper and keep it in the refrigerator (freezer) for 10-15 minutes. Now remove the roll and cut it into 1-1 inch pieces.

Chocolate Cake Using Curd:-
Ingredients- 1 cup curd,
1 cup sugar powder,
2 cup all-purpose flour (Maida),
2 table spoon coco powder,
½ cup oil,
½ teaspoon baking soda,
1 teaspoon baking powder,
milk.

Procedure:- Take curd and sugar powder  in a vessel and mix it well. Now add baking powder, coco powder, oil, and baking soda in then again mix it properly. Then add all-purpose flour (maida) and milk to form a smooth batter. Now put this batter in a pot and bake it in the oven or pressure cooker for 30 minutes.