A nice appetizer, quick to make and goes well with any type of soup.

Ingredients
(4 pieces)

• 2 hot dog rolls
• 2 table spoon crushed or minced garlic
• 2 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 cup shredded cheese

Method

• Mix butter and garlic in the bowl.
• Separate the hod dog roll.

• Apply the garlic butter on the top of the roll.
• Sprinkle shredded cheese on the top of the roll.

• Keep it in the pre heated oven(350F) for 8-10 min, depending upon the crispiness you want.
• Serve hot.

It is my favourite tea time snack. Its very filling and tempting. While drafting this recipe I was pondering what is the difference between pakora, vada,bonda and kofta, I searched on the net and came across some definition which I would like to share with everyone.

PAKORA-A piece of vegetable deep fried in a batter flavoured with spices.

VADA-A vada (also vadai, wada, vade), pronounced 'vah-daa' or 'vah-die', is a savoury snack from South India, shaped like a doughnut and made from lentils.

Bonda is a typical South Indian snack. Bonda comes in two major varieties: Sweet and Spicy. Keralites prefer the sweet one and follow a completely different recipe than the majority of Indians. The spicy version is called as Batada vada in Maharashtra.

Koftas consist of balls of minced or ground meat, mixed with spices and onions. The vegetarian varieties like lauki kofta, shahi aloo kofta, and malai kofta are popular in India.

This is also my entry to Hot and Spicy Pakora Contest

INGREDIENTS

for batter-

• 2 cup besan (gram flour)
• 1/2 tea spoon ajwain (seeds of carom plant)
• 1/2 tea spoon chilly powder
• 1/2 tea spoon turmeric powder
• 1/4 tea spoon baking soda
• salt to taste
• water as needed

others-

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6 slices of bread

METHOD
For Pakora Batter:

• Mix all the ingredients and make a thick paste.Keep aside.

For Potato Masala(Stuffing):

• Mash the potato.
• Heat 1 table spoon oil in the pan. Add cumin seeds.
• Add ginger, garlic and green chilles.
• Add spices.
• Add mash potato, mix well. Fry for 2 minutes and keep aside.

For pakora:

• Heat the oil in deep pan.
• Spread potato masala on first bread slice,corinader chutney on second and ketchup on third.

• Now put the bread slices one upon other in such a way that bread slice with potato masala comes in the center.

• Repeat the procedure for remaining three bread.
• Dip the layered breads in batter.

• Fry the battered dip bread slices in the oil.

• Serve hot with chutney of your choice or without chutney as it already has chutney inside it.

Poha is a very well known snack from the Western part of India. Here I present a variation of it with bread. Read ahead for your taste buds !!

The following recipe serves 1.

Ingredients :

• 4 bread slices of any variety
• 1 potato medium size
• 1 onion medium size
• 1 tomato medium size
• 1 green chilly
• 1 tea spoon minced garlic
• 1/2 tea spoon minced ginger

For tempering :

• 2 table spoon oil
• 1/4 tea spoon mustard seeds
• 1/4 tea spoon turmeric
• 1/4 tea spoon red chilly powder(optional)
• salt as per taste(keep in mind there is already salt in the bread)
• coriander/cilantro for garnishing
• Bhujia / Sev for garnishing.

Method

1. Cut bread into small square pieces.
2. Cut potato,tomato,onion,green chilly into small pieces.
3. Heat oil in the pan,add mustard seeds.
4. Add onion,potato, green chilly,ginger and garlic saute it for for 2-3 min.
5. Add spices and tomato stir it for minute.
6. Add bread pieces,mix it with vegetables for a minute.
7. Take it in serving dish and garnish with cilantro and bhujia.

NOTE
U can make Upma wth the same recipe. For upma in the end add 1/2 cup water,mix it well,put the lid of pan and cook more for 2 min.

Go ahead and feast to a tasty snack !!