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Five easy tea-time snacks you should try
Last updated on Jul 27, 2020, 12:19 am
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All Indian families are big time fans of evening tea with homemade snacks.
From kids to the elderly, everyone enjoys zesty and crunchy snacks with a cupful of piping hot tea. What's more, they are pretty easy to prepare.
Here are five easy-to-make and delicious snacks you can try with your tea-time breaks.
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#1
Masala peanut
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These crunchy and crispy snacks are a great accompaniment for your tea-time breaks.
Start by adding gram flour, corn flour, rice flour, garlic paste, asafetida, baking soda, turmeric, chilli powder and some salt in a mixing bowl.
Then, put in the peanuts with some oil. Add one cup water and sprinkle some rice flour. Mix everything well and deep fry them.
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#2
Namak para
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Neither too spicy nor too sweet, namak para is the go-to snack to have with tea.
To prepare, take a bowl, and add to it wheat flour, semolina, ajwain, pepper, and salt. Then, pour some hot oil in it. Mix well.
Post that, add water and knead into a dough. Roll the dough flat and cut equal-sized vertical strips. Deep fry.
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#3
Banana chips
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Banana chips are great. But can you really make them at home? Of course, you can!
Take a raw banana and slice it into fine pieces. Then, take a bowl, put these pieces in it, add turmeric and salt over the banana chips. Add some water.
Finally, filter the water, and deep fry the chips until they turn crispy.
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#4
Baked Chaklis
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Crispy chaklis go pretty nicely with tea.
In a bowl, mix 1 cup rice flour, 1/2 cup curd, 2 teaspoons sesame seeds, 1 teaspoon chilli powder, 1 teaspoon oil, and salt. Prepare a semi-soft dough.
Add the dough to a Chakli press and press out round/spiral shapes on a greased baking paper. Bake the Chaklis in a pre-heated oven at 180°C for 20-25 minutes.
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#5
Dry fruit laddu
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Grind one cup chopped dates in a blender and keep aside.
Next, finely chop 1/4th cup each of cashew nuts, almonds, figs, pistachios, and raisins.
Then, heat ghee on low-flame and saute these dry fruits for 4-5 minutes.
Add blended dates to the mix. Stir well and turn off the flame. Let the mix cool for 2 minutes.
Prepare round laddus.