3 mouth-watering five-minute snacks recipes for your weekend binge

From mint makhana to jhal muri, check out some super quick and delicious snack recipes that you can easily prepare at home in 5 minutes.

Snacks can satisfy all of your needs, whether you've had a busy day, desires at midnight, or unexpected visitors. Snacks, you see, are enjoyed everywhere. They are available anywhere you go, whether you're in a foreign country, a metropolis, or a private residence. Nutritionists advise eating small meals throughout the day rather than bingeing on the entire pantry at once. Our rumbling stomachs often signal the need for a snack, yet our busy schedules prevent us from making time for one. It is usually a better idea to cook healthy snacks at home with wholesome components rather than nibbling on premade and unhealthy packed snacks. (Also recipe: Easy-to-make and healthy travel snack recipes for your toddlers )

Saurabh Singh Chandel, Executive Chef, Crowne Plaza Greater, Noida, shared some super easy, quick and healthy snack recipes that are perfect for your weekend binge with HT Lifestyle.

1. Cajun spiced potato chips

Cajun spiced potato chips

Ingredients:

• 100 gm Potatoes
• 5 gm Cajun-All Seasoning
• 200 ml Frying Oil

1. Slice potatoes thinly (about 1/16”) and place in a large bowl of iced water. Let sit for at least 2 minutes.

2. Drain the potato slices and dry them thoroughly on paper towels. If the potatoes are wet they will splatter and pop.

3. Fry the potato slices in small batches for 3-4 minutes or until golden brown and crisp.

4. Remove the potato slices and drain them on a sheet pan lined with paper towels. Immediately sprinkle Cajun seasoning over the hot chips.

5. Cajun spice potato is ready to serve.

2. Minty foxnuts

Minty foxnuts

Ingredients:

• 20 gm Foxnut
• 20 ml Ghee Or Olive Oil
• 5 gm Mint Powder
• 1 gm Chat Masala Powder

Method:

1. Heat ghee in a pan and add foxnuts, and dry roast them on very low heat for 2-3 minutes until they are crisp.

2. Add a teaspoon of ghee to the middle of the same pan along with the roasted Foxnuts, add dry mint powder, chat masala powder, and mix everything together well on medium-low flame and roast for another minute and turn off the gas.

3. Foxnuts ready to serve

3. Jhal muri

Jhal muri

Ingredients:

• 10 gm puffed rice
• 3 gm boiled peeled, finely chopped potato
• 1 gm finely chopped ginger
• 1 gm finely chopped green chilli
• 2 gm Aaloo Bhujia
• 1 gm Salt
• 2 gm finely chopped onion
• 4 gm finely chopped tomato
• 4 gm small finely chopped cucumber
• 5 gm Raw Peanuts
• 3 ml mint chutney
• 1 gm coriander leaves

Method:

1. Take a deep glass bowl and add puffed rice, tomato, potato, onion, ginger, cucumber, green chilli, raw peanuts and bhujiya. Mix these ingredients gently with a spoon.

2. When everything is mixed well, add the green chutney and salt. Mix them gently again.

3. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.

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