Easy Recipes for House Parties

Mom & Dad were out. So friends had to be in. It was time to experiment my cooking skills and what better critics could I get than my dear fussy friends.

It took more than a week’s time to nail down a menu that wouldn’t be much of a burden on me and will be easy to receive appreciation. Well here are the easiest recipes I have tried and tested at all such times and are a surefire hit especially as appetizers with young crowd and a couple of drinks.

Easy Pasta-
•Boil any form of pasta
•Assort chopped capsicum / carrot / onions / corns (only onions also taste very good)
•Add any of these or a combination of available sauces- Salad dressing / Mayonnaise / Tomato ketchup / Schezuan sauce / Chilly flakes / Oregano / Olives / Pasta Sauce
•Mix it all and chill it before you serve.

Easy Garlic Bread-
•Chop enough number of garlic cloves and saute it in oil.
•Mix it with some mayonnaise, salt, oregano & chilly flakes.
•Apply the blend on plain sliced bread and layer it with mozzarella cheese. (Garlic bread would be an add-on)
•Grill it till cheese melts & serve hot

Easy Chips & Dips
•Tie up yoghurt in a cloth for 4-5 hours
•Drain the water out & mix it with finely chopped spring onions, green chilies and salt.
•Serve it cold with flavored or plain Potato chips

Easy Frankie / Rolls
•Saute some chopped onions and tomatoes.
•In heated oil, roast some Chana Dal flour (besan) and add some diced Paneer or potatoes
•Mix the blend with different sauces and spices readily available at home and the tomato onion mix.
•Make huge and very thin chapattis from the regular dough
•Apply a bit of green chutney & tamarind chutney if available on the chapatti
•Put a spoonful of paneer / potatoe mixture, spread a few chopped raw onions and sprinkle chaat masala and grated cheese
•Wrap up the chapatti and heat it on tawa from both sides.
•Cut the wraps in 4-5 pieces to serve it along drinks

Easy Dahi Chaat
•Prepare a few fried bread crumbs
•Spread them in a bowl and layer them with boiled potatoes, green chutney, tamarind chutney, sweet yoghurt & chaat masala on the top.
•Chill it before you serve

Easy Corn Mix
•Saute some chopped onions and garlic well in a pan
•Add some boiled corns to it
•Mix a spoon of honey in the preparation and serve it hot

Easy Sprout Salad
•Steam some sprouted moong dal
•Give it a tadka of jeera, spices and salt
•Add some soaked peanuts and chopped tomatoes in the mixture and serve it.

Many more easy recipes coming soon!!!