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Showing posts with label partyappetizer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label partyappetizer. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Tortilla Roll Ups - Easy and Quick Mexican Appetizer



Tortilla Roll ups is an easy party appetizer filled with cream cheese, cheese, veggies or chicken. It can be perfect for any party. The best alternative for cream cheese in this dish can be hung curd. So I found it’s wise to use hung curd when cream cheese was not available with me.

Every bite of torilla roll ups just melts into your mouth.  The best part of this dish is it can be prepared a day ahead and refrigerate it until serving.  I tried these roll ups with two types of tortillas- regular tortillas and tomato garlic tortillas. Both flavors were amazing and in future posts will showcase these amazing roll ups with different flavors of tortillas

    

  To make Plain Tortilla

  • All-purpose flour – 1&1/2 cups
  • Yogurt – 1/4 cup
  • Baking powder -1&1/2 tsp
  • Salt – 1/2tsp
  • Water –as needed to make soft dough
  • Extra flour for dusting

 Method

  • Combine all the ingredients into a bowl.
  • Knead everything well until you get soft and smooth dough. Use water as needed.
  • Let the dough rest for 30 minutes.
  • Divide the dough into small balls and roll out each ball into round thin disc. 
  • Heat skillet or tava on medium flame and place tortilla on the skillet.
  • Roast the tortillas until you see brown spots on it.
  • Store the roasted tortillas wrapped in the cotton cloth, so that they remain soft for longer time.

 To Make Tomato Garlic Tortillas

  • All-purpose flour – 1&1/2 cups
  • Yogurt – 1/4 cup
  • Baking powder -1&1/2 tsp
  • Salt – 1/2tsp
  • Water –as needed to make soft dough.
  • Tomato puree – ½ cup
  • Garlic powder – ½ tsp

Method

  • Cook tomato puree until it becomes a thick kind of paste.
  • Then add garlic powder into it. Mix everything well.
  • Let the mixture cool down before we add it into the flour mixture.
  • Combine all the ingredients into a bowl. 
  • Add tomato garlic paste into the flour mixture.
  • Knead everything well until you get soft and smooth dough. Use water as needed
  • Let the dough rest for 30 minutes.
  • Divide the dough into small balls and roll out each ball into round thin disc.
  • Heat skillet or tava on medium flame and place tortilla on the skillet.
  • Roast the tortillas until you see brown spots on it.
  • Store the roasted tortillas wrapped in the cotton cloth, so that they remain soft for longer time.

 To Make Filling

  • Hung curd – 1 cup
  • Green olives or Black olives – 6 no’s , finely chopped
  • Red bell pepper (chopped) – 2 tbsp
  • Green bell pepper (chopped) – 2 tbsp
  • Garlic powder – ½ tsp
  • Cumin powder – ½ tsp
  • Red chilly powder – ¼ tsp
  • Shredded cheese – ½ cup
  • Salt – a pinch

 Method

  • Into a bowl, combine hung curd, chopped olives, chopped red and green bell peppers, garlic powder, cumin powder, red chilly powder, salt and shredded cheese.
  • Mix everything well and filling is ready.
To Assemble the roll ups
  • Spread even amount of the filling mixture onto the tortillas.
  • Roll tortillas and chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
  • To serve, slice the chilled, rolled tortillas into 3/4 inch slices and arrange on a large serving platter.

Look at these scrumptious bites.. They are awesome in all ways..Do try and leave me your feedback or suggestions in the comments section right below .
 


 









Friday, June 12, 2020

Grilled Chicken Kababs



Chicken Kababs is one of the popular non vegetarian appetizer.  Kabab is a piece of meat, marinated in flavorful Indian spices along with thick yogurt and then grilled in an oven. These chicken kababs can also be grilled on charcoal fire or on the stove top. The marination of the chicken pieces plays an important role in making these soft and flavorful kababs. These appetizers can be served with chicken biryani or in wraps and sandwiches. The taste of kababs are so flavorful, you do need any extra dipping. Otherwise these can be served with green chutney.

 INGREDIENTS

  • Boneless Chicken Pieces – 250 Gms
  • Thick yogurt – 4 tbsp
  • Lemon juice – 1&1/2 tbsp
  • Red chilly powder – 1 tsp (I used Kashmiri red chilly powder)
  • Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
  • Coriander powder – ½ tsp
  • Cumin powder – ¾ tsp
  • Garam masala – ½ tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil – 1 tbsp

 METHOD

  • Wash and drain the chicken pieces completely. Ensure that chicken pieces are free from moisture. If needed you can pat dry chicken pieces using kitchen towel.
  • Mix all the ingredients into a bowl. Marinate the chicken pieces. Rub each chicken pieces into the marination for few seconds.
  • Cover the marinated chicken pieces and keep them into the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
  • Arrange the chicken pieces on the skewers. Place it on the baking tray.
  • Preheat the oven at 200 deg Celsius.
  • Place the baking tray in the oven for 15 minutes.
  • Flip the kababs on other side and grill for another 15 minutes. When done, take out the kababs out of the oven and brush the chicken kababs with some butter or oil.
  • Here we go grilled chicken kababs are ready to serve.