Tea-time is the best time of the day and we cannot disagree on this. When it is 5 in the evening, we wait to have a cup of fresh tea with some amazing snacks. This article is about some yummy and amazing tea-time snacks that are perfect companion of your sham ki chai.
Evening snacks are very important. It is that time when we have had our lunch like 3 hours ago and the dinner is still 3 to 4 hours away. This is that time of the day when we calm all the rush in our mind when a hot cup of chai. There are so many snacks that we consider the ideal evening snacks. Be it samosa or pakodas, there has to some or the other thing with our chai. No, this article is not just about the evening snacks, but the ones made with suji or sooji or semolina.
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It’s high time that we realize that sooji’s potential is much more than what we see in sooji ka halwa. Many of you won’t know that these little granules also make up for some amazing evening snacks. Wanna know what we are talking about? Scroll down.
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Sooji Rolls
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These sooji rolls looks fancy and tastes delicious. Made with just a few ingredients, these rolls get ready in no time and can be your perfect sham ka snack. When topped with sesame seeds, this snack may look exotic but is desi by heart.
Ingredients
- ½ cup semolina
- ¼ cup wheat flour
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 3 tbsp curd
- ½ tsp red chili powder
- Salt to taste
- ½ tsp sesame seeds
- Handful of curry leaves
Method
- Take a bowl and add semolina to it.
- Add wheat flour and curd to the mixture.
- Add water, red chili powder, cumin seeds and turmeric powder.
- Mix well and make liquid consistency.
- Grease a thali and pour a thin layer on the thali.
- Steam it for like 2 minutes. Repeat with the entire mixture.
- Then cut slices in the sooji sheet and make rolls. You have to do it carefully otherwise the rolls with break.
- Heat a pan and pour little oil. Add sesame seeds and curry leaves.
- Temper the rolls a little and serve with a chutney of your choice.
Sooji Potato Cutlet
This is not your regular cutlet but with sooji and this is what makes it different and delicious. For you, here is the recipe of this scrumptious sooji snack.
Ingredients
- 3 potatoes (boiled and mashed)
- ½ cup sooji
- ½ tsp red chili powder
- ½ tsp coriander powder
- ½ tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- ½ tsp cumin powder
- 2 tbsp peanut seeds
- ½ tsp chaat masala
- Oil for frying
Method
- Take a bowl and add mashed potatoes.
- Add sooji and all the spices mentioned above.
- Mix well and make cylindrical shape cutlets.
- Heat some oil and start frying these cutlets.
- Fry the cutlets in medium flame so that it gets cooked properly.
- Drain the excess oil and serve with green chutney.
Sooji Fingers
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Get over potato fingers and try these sooji fingers with your evening tea. One can make these in less than 15 minutes and this snack is quite efficient to impress your taste buds.
Ingredients
- 1 cup sooji
- 2 onions (chopped)
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup water
- ½ tsp black pepper powder
- Handful of coriander leaves
- Oil for frying
Method
- Heat a pan and add oil.
- Add chopped onions and fry until brown.
- Add suji and keep stirring it. Make sure it doesn’t burn.
- Add milk, water, coriander, black pepper and salt. Mix well.
- Cook it and make sure there are no lumps.
- Set it into a greased thali and let it stay like that for 5 to 6 minutes.
- Cut fingers like pieces and serve with green chutney and of course, a cup of chai.
Enjoy!
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