Tag: appetisers

Broccoli Bites

Snacks

An easy snack to assemble and a healthy fried snack with just a tablespoon of oil. Crispy and spicy, these broccoli bites are crowd pleasing with its crunchy texture and beautiful colour.

Ingredients:

Broccoli florets – 10 -12

Panko bread crumbs or ordinary bread crumbs – 1 cup

Garlic powder – ½ tsp (optional)

For the Sauce:

Hot Sauce -1 1/2 tbsp

Ketchup – 1/2 cup

Soya sauce – 1 tbsp

Sugar – ½ tsp

Pepper powder – ¼ tsp

Vinegar – ¼ tsp

Olive oil – 1 tbsp + 1 tsp

Water – 2 tbsp

Corn starch – 1 tsp

Preparation:

To make the sauce, take a pan and heat it. Add 1 tbsp of oil and add the ketchup, soya sauce, hot sauce and 1 tbsp oil and mix well. Add the pepper powder, vinegar and corn flour mixed with a tbsp of water and put off the stove. Add sugar and mix well. Keep it aside and let it cool.

Spread ¼ cup of breadcrumbs in a plate and keep it aside.

To make the broccoli bites, dip each of the raw broccoli florets in the sauce, dip it in the breadcrumbs to fully coat it. Repeat this process with all the florets.

Arrange the broccoli florets in the air fryer basket in a single row. Heat it to 200 C for 10-13 minutes. The time will vary according to your broccoli floret size.

You can also make this in a pre- heated oven and turn it in between for crisper bites.

Enjoy with any sauceof your choice…

Chicken Malai Tikka

Non-Vegetarian

Chicken malai tikka is prepared with a marinade of flavourful ingredients. Juicy and tender, this tikka is not very spicy, yet mild and irresistable.

  • chicken pieces- 900 gms
  • Ingredients for marination
  • Roughly grind the green chillies
  • Thick cream
  • Marinade
  • Add chicken to the marinade
  • Place the chicken with skewers in the air fryer tray

Ingredients:

Chicken pieces – 900 gms

For marination :

Ginger garlic paste – 1 1/2 tbsp

Thick yogurt or Labneh – 1/2 cup

Thick cream – 4 tbsp

Corn flour – 2 tsp

Cheddar cheese grated – 4 tbsp

Green chillies crushed – 6

Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp chopped

Garam masala powder – 3/4 tsp

Black pepper powder – 3/4 tsp

Lemon juice – 2 tbsp

Oil – 2 tbsp

Salt – to taste

Preparation:

Clean and cut the chicken into small pieces. Pound the green chillies using a pestle and mortar or roughly with a knife. Soak wooden skewers for 1 hour in water.

In a bowl, add the ingredients for the marinade and add the chicken. Let it rest for atleast 6- 8 hours for a juicy and tender chicken. If you are short of time, rest for atleast 30 minutes.

Using wooden skewers, insert 5-6 chicken pieces in a skewer. Brush them with little oil.

Using air fryer

Preheat the airfryer for 5 minutes at 180 degree Celsius. Once it is done, place the skewers inside the air fryer basket. Do not over crowd the basket and keep the skewers in a singel layer. Air fry it for 15 minutes and then turn it and air fry again for another 15 minutes.

If baking:

Place the baking dish in a preheated oven for 25 minutes on 200 degree C. Turn to the other side and bake for another 25 minutes. Brsuh the chicken pieces with some oil before baking it.

Grilling on a pan:

You can grill it in a grilling pan on a stove top. Flip it to the other side, when it is cooked on one side.

Serve with coriander leaf chutney and any flat bread or lettuce wraps.