Evening Snacks Recipe Without Oil: Snacking is an excellent practice if done right! Consuming fried food is harmful, moreover, there are healthier and delicious snacks which can be prepared in a jiffy and satisfy your palette as well. Given below are few recipes which can serve as a quick and filling snack.
Moong dal ki chaat
Preparation Time: 20 min
Cooking Time: 5 min
Total Time: 25 min
Serves: 6
Ingredients
1 cup yellow moong dal
Salt to taste
1/4 cup grated carrot
1/4 cup pomegranate
1/2 cup chopped raw mangoes
A mixture of chopped coriander and mint leaves,
Chaat masala, as needed
4 teaspoons lemon juice
Steps to prepare
Mix all ingredients together in a bowl, for a tangy and healthy snack.
Steamed Dahi Vada
Preparation Time: 4 hrs
Cooking Time: 30 min
Total Time: 4 hrs 30 min
Serves: 4 Ingredients
150 g urad daal
150 g moong daal
(Soak both for 4 hours)
1-inch ginger, grated
A pinch of asafoetida
½ teaspoon Eno
Salt to taste
500 g yogurt
½ teaspoon pink Himalayan salt
½ teaspoon red chili powder
2 tablespoons coriander leaves, finely chopped
2 teaspoons roasted cumin powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup sweet tamarind chutney
½ cup dhaniya chutney
Cooking spray
Steps To Prepare
- Grind the urad daal and moong daal.
- Put the mixture into a bowl and add asafoetida, ginger, Eno, and salt to it.
- Mix well.
- Grease an idli maker using cooking spray.
- Spread the mixture on one level of the idli stand. Level the mixture with the back of a spoon.
- Cook for 10 minutes after you place the idli stand in the pressure cooker.
- Let the vadas cool for sometime before placing them in a bowl.
- Add two to three teaspoons of yogurt along with coriander chutney and sweet tamarind chutney.
- Sprinkle roasted cumin powder and garnish the vadas with coriander leaves.
Potato crisps
Preparation Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: 20 min
Total Time: 30 min
Serves: 2 Ingredients
1 thinly sliced potato
½ teaspoon powdered black pepper
Salt to taste
Steps to prepare
Mix the required spices with the potatoes and bake in a microwave, with regular 30-second increment in temperature till it’s cooked and crispy. Cool it down and serve.
Momos
Preparation Time: 20 min
Cooking Time: 30 min
Total Time: 50 min
Serves: 6 Ingredients
1 cup flour
Water to make the dough
Salt to taste
½ teaspoon pepper
1 cup bean sprouts, chopped
1 head broccoli, finely chopped
Steps To Prepare
- Make smooth dough using flour and water.
- Make thin chappatis with the dough.
- Add the filling, containing the mixture of broccoli, bean sprouts, and pepper.
- Join the edges and bring them together towards the center. It looks like a small pouch
- Steam the momos and serve them hot.
Pineapple chaat
Preparation time- 15 minutes, Serves- 2
Ingredients
1 cup thinly sliced pineapple
2 tablespoons lime juice
½ teaspoon black pepper
½ teaspoon pink Himalayan salt
⅙ teaspoon cinnamon powder
How To Prepare
Mix the pineapple slices with lime juice, black pepper, pink salt, and cinnamon powder.
Fruit salad
Preparation time- 15 minutes
Serves-2
Ingredients
6 thick slices of kiwi
6 strawberries, halved
8 black grapes
8 cubes of watermelon
6 pieces of peach
4 blueberries
2 bananas, cut into equal pieces
Yogurt(optional)
Steps to prepare
Mix all fruits together in a bowl and add yogurt for a delicious and healthy snack.
These are few recipes that should get you started on a healthy oil-free snacking practice. These recipes would reduce weight gain, so let us know which one did you like the most!