Whoever warned you not to eat between meals, obviously did not try these yummy snacks

Manchurian Rolls

Ingredients
>>4 crusty bread rolls
>>1 medium cabbage, gratedu00a0u00a0u1 medium carrot, gratedu00a0u00a0u1/4 small cauliflower, gratedu00a0u00a0uSalt to taste
>>3 medium spring onions with greens, choppedu00a0u00a0
>>1/4 cup refined flour (maida)u00a0u00a0u1/4 cup cornflouru00a0u00a0u00a0uOil for deep-frying

Sauce
>>2 tbsp oil u00a0u00a0u00a0u1 inch fresh ginger, choppedu00a0u00a0
>>4-6 garlic cloves, choppedu00a0u00a0
>>2-inch celery stalk, choppedu00a0u00a0
>>3 green chillies, choppedu00a0u00a0
>>2 tbsp light soy sauceu00a0u00a0
>>1 tsp sugaru00a0u00a0u00a0
>>1/4 tsp MSG (optional)u00a0u00a0
>>Salt to taste
>>1 cup vegetable stocku00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0
>>2 tbsp cornflouru00a0u00a0u00a0
>>1 tbsp white vinegar



Mix cabbage, carrot and cauliflower in a bowl and thoroughly rub in one tsp of salt. Add spring onions, refined flour and cornflour and mix thoroughly. Shape into lemon-sized balls.
Heat oil in a wok and deep-fry vegetable balls over medium heat in small batches for three to four minutes or until golden brown. Drain on absorbent paper.u00a0
Heat two tbsp of oil in a wok or a pan and stir-fry ginger and garlic for one minute. Add celery and green chillies and stir-fry for one minute more.
Add soy sauce, sugar, MSG and salt to taste. Stir in the vegetable stock and bring to a boil.
Dissolve two tbsp of cornflour into half a cup of water and stir into the hot stock. Cook, stirring continuously, for a couple of minutes or until the sauce starts to thicken.
Add the fried vegetable balls and vinegar and mix well.u00a0u00a0
Slit open the rolls. Stuff the vegetable balls and sauce into each one. Serve immediately.

Spring Onion and Mix Flour Savoury Pancake

Ingredients
>>2 cups rice flouru00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0
>>1/4 cup wholewheat flour (atta)
>>2-3 spring onions, choppedu00a0u00a0u00a0
>>6-7 spring onion green stalks, choppedu00a0
>>3/4 tsp ginger pasteu00a0u00a0u00a0
>>2 green chillies, choppedu00a0
>>3/4 tsp cumin seedsu00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0
>>Salt to taste
>>Oil for shallow-frying
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Method
Mix together the rice flour and wholewheat flour in a bowl. Add enough water to make a smooth batter of pouring consistency. Leave to rest for half an hour.
Add the spring onions, spring onion greens, ginger paste, green chillies, cumin seeds and salt to taste and mix well.
Heat a tawa and lightly grease it. When moderately hot, wipe it clean with a cloth.
Pour one ladleful of batter on the tawa and spread it with the back of the ladle as thinly as possible into a round.
Cook for a while and flip it over. Drizzle oil around and cook on both sides till golden brown.
Serve hot with chutney or tomato ketchup.

Banana and Fig Milkshake

Ingredients
>>3 ripe bananas, peeled and choppedu00a0u00a0
>>12 dried figs (anjeer), soaked and choppedu00a0
>>3 1/2 cups chilled milku00a0
>>2 tbsp sugaru00a0
>>2 tbsp honeyu00a0u00a0
>>Crushed ice as requiredu00a0