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    Appetizer

    Looking for delicious appetizer recipes? This collection has got you covered!

    Discover appetizers, many of them Indian and Pakistani. Try our authentic aloo ki tiki that are packed with flavor, and perfect as an appetizer or a snack! Or, our keemay ki kachori for an easy way to kick off any meal. Or, try out these Golgappa Chaat or these basic but so delicious shami kababs. Let's get cooking!

    • a hand lifting a spoonful of dahi baray while dahi baray in a bowl in the background.
      Sweet Dahi Baray (Lentils Fritters & Creamy Yogurt
    • a half a picture of chana chaat cold version.
      10-Minute Pakistani Chana Chaat With Yogurt
    • 7 samosas resting on a plate white pick up 8th samosas with hand and green chutney in the background.
      Crispy Homemade Pakistani-Style Chicken Samosa (Video)
    • a hand holding a aloo pakora dipped into green chutney with aloo pakoras on the sides.
      Crispy Pakistani Aloo Pakora (Potato Fritters)
    • serval chicken patties in a bakery tray that's line with parchment paper hands holding a broken chicken patties that shows the inside of the chicken patties towards the camera.
      Bakery-Style Pakistani Chicken Puff Pastry (Chicken Patties)
    • 7 samosas resting on a plate white pick up 8th samosas with hand and green chutney in the background.
      Homemade Crispy Pakistani-Style Beef Samosa
    • Bihari Kababs garnished.
      Tender Pakistani Bihari Kababs (Beef)
    • black chickpea in a white bowl.
      Instant Pot Kala Chana (Black Chickpeas)
    • chapli kabab in a hand.
      Easy Pakistani Beef Chapli Kababs (Overnight option)
    • a cut paneer with paneer hariyali skewers in the background.
      Homemade Pan-Fried Hariyali Paneer Tikka
    • Achari Chicken Tikka in a grill pan with a skewer pointing to the camera.
      Achari Chicken Tikka With Homemade Achari Masala
    • Malai Chicken Tikka on skewers on the side with green chutney in a bowl.
      Stovetop Creamy Malai Chicken Tikka
    • a hand holding chicken malai kabab with some in the background in a white plate.
      Tender Pan-Fried Chicken Malai Kabab With Cheese
    • a hand lifting a papdi from the papdi chaat plate.
      Tangy And Sweet Papdi Chaat With Yogurt Mixture
    • three kababs in a back and one in the front chewed
      Tender Beef Shami Kabab (Instant Pot) With Resha
    • Lobia Chaat (Black Eyed Bean Chaat)
    • a plate with golgappa chaat.
      Quick 10-Minute Dahi Puri Chaat
    • 3 bowls of kala chana one in hand.
      Tangy Pakistani Kala Chana Chaat
    • half bowl of fruit chaat in a bowl.
      Sweet And Tangy Pakistani Fruit Chaat
    • 3 bowls of aloo chana chaat with one of the bowls lifted and the other two burry.
      Quick 10-Minute Pakistani Aloo Chana Chaat
    • a close up of the side of samosa chaat on a plate.
      Homemade Samosa Chaat With Yogurt
    • Aloo chaat in a white plate with a larger plate underneath it.
      Quick 15-Minute Homemade Aloo Chaat
    • Mix chaat in a white plate.
      Sweet And Tangy Mixed Chaat
    • half a picture of paratha in a white plate with achar in a bowl on side.
      Homemade Paratha Recipe (Flaky, Fried Indian Flatbread)
    • pan-fried paneer in a white plate with a hand lifting a piece of paneer showing to the camera.
      How To Soften and Make Crispy Pan-Fried Paneer
    • a hand holding skewer with beef tikka and a plate with 2 skewers with beef tikka in the background.
      Easy Tender Homemade Beef Tikka
    • some kababs on plate with one kabab a hand is holding a showing the inside of a bite of kabab.
      Easy And Tender Chicken Reshmi Kabab
    • paneer 65 in a fry pan in the background with a hand curry a bite pieces of paneer 65.
      30-Minute Homemade Indian Paneer 65
    • hand holding a plate with another plate inside with Lahore fish along with some onion and a little bowl filled with green chutney.
      Pakistani-Style Fried Lahori Fish
    • a grill pan has 3 skewers of fish tikka.
      Stovetop Fish Tikka With Homemade Tikka Masala
    • tandoori chicken on a skewer in a baking tray.
      Grilled Authentic Tender Tandoori Chicken
    • chicken tikka skewer in the front while the rest of the chicken tikka with the green chutney.
      Tender Homemade Pakistani Chicken Tikka
    • a picture of a half the bowl.
      Homemade Zeera Rice (Jeera/Cumin Spiced Rice)
    • a kachumber in a white bowl with some kachumber on a spoon.
      Fresh Kachumber Salad with Cilantro
    • 3 skewers filled with gola kababs in a white plate.
      Easy Pakistani-Style Chicken Gola Kabab
    • paneer pakoras in a plate with a hand holding paneer pakora with the inside of it exposing.
      30-Minute Deep-Fried Paneer Pakora
    • AUTHENTIC ALOO KI TIKKI
      AUTHENTIC ALOO KI TIKKI
    • 4 chicken seekh kabab on wooden skewers on a plate.
      Pakistani-Style Chicken Seekh Kabab (Chicken Skewers)
    • a side view of mutton chops.
      Easy Tender Pakistani Mutton Chaaps
    • beef patties break apart with hand white 3 of them sit on a plate in the background.
      Flaky Bakery-Style Pakistani Beef Patties
    • 3 samosa in a plates with green chutney half shot.
      Crispy Homemade Chicken Tikka Samosa Recipe (Video)
    • chicken 65 on a spoon with rest of chicken 65 in a fry pan in the background.
      Crispy-Fried Restaurant-Style Chicken 65

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