Heart Shaped Snacks for Valentine: Valentines Day is not just limited to gifts and roses, but it is also an opportunity to give a special feeling to your love. If you want to make your date night something different and memorable this time, then definitely try this unique combination of taste and love. Kanpur-based ‘Grihalakshmi’ homechef Tina Ahuja has shared 5 heart-shaped snack recipes on the special occasion of Valentine’s Day, which are as beautiful to look at as they are delicious. These easy and creative recipes will not only give a romantic touch to your dinner table, but will also make your date more fun and special.

Heart Shape Bread Pizza

Material

5-6 breads

2 onions

1 tomato

1 capsicum

3-4 sweet corn

1 teaspoon chili flakes

1 teaspoon oregano

2-3 spoons pizza sauce

4-5 spoons grated cheese

salt as per taste

Method

To make 1 bread pizza, first cut the bread in heart shape. Now cut all the vegetables into small pieces.

Now apply pizza sauce on the bread and preheat the oven at 180°. Now add onion, tomato, capsicum and sweet corn in a bowl and mix well. Now add salt to it and keep it mixed.

Now spread it on slices of bread applied with pizza sauce. Then spread cheese over the vegetables. Now sprinkle chilli flakes and oregano on it. Now place this bread slice on a stand and put it in preheated oven. Now set the oven again at 180° and let it bake for 10-12 minutes.

When the cheese melts well and the bread also becomes crisp, then this pizza bread is ready. Take it out from the oven. Now sprinkle some cheese, chili flakes and oregano on it and serve it with sauce of your choice. It looks very tasty. You should also prepare and eat it on this Valentine’s Day.

Rice Heart Bar

Material

2 cups boiled rice

3 tbsp finely chopped capsicum

3 tbsp grated carrots

4 tbsp finely chopped onion

1 finely chopped green chilli

1/2 cup grated cheese

2 tbsp coriander finely chopped

1 tsp salt

1 tsp red chilli flakes

1/2 tsp red chilli powder

1/2 tsp chaat masala

1/2 tsp garam masala

1/2 tsp cumin

1/2 cup semolina

2 tbsp corn flour

2 tbsp curd

1 tsp oil

Method

First of all, put rice in a mixer jar and grind it finely.

Now take out the ground rice in a bowl and mix all the ingredients in it to prepare the mixture.

Now grease a plate with oil and spread the mixture on it in 1/2 inch thickness and let it set for 10 minutes.

When the mixture is set, cut it into heart shapes with a heart shaped cookie cutter.

Now pour oil on a non-stick pan and shallow fry the rice hearts.

Now take it out in a plate and sprinkle chaat masala on the rice heart bar and serve it with tomato sauce.

Heart Shape Sabudana Tikki

Material

1 cup soaked sago

2 boiled potatoes

2-3 chopped green chillies

1 teaspoon chopped ginger

2-3 teaspoons chopped coriander leaves

1/2 tsp roasted cumin powder

1 tsp cumin

rock salt as per taste

oil for frying

Method

To make Sabudana Tikki, first wash the Sabudana thoroughly 2-3 times. Then add enough water to submerge the sago and keep it soaked for 5-6 hours or overnight.

When the sago swells well, strain it in a strainer so that not even a little water remains. Now peel the boiled potatoes and grate them.

Now put soaked sago in a bowl, add potatoes, cumin powder, cumin seeds, green chillies, ginger, coriander leaves and salt and mix well. You can also add chaat masala in it if you are not making it for fasting.

Now mix all the ingredients well and make big balls out of it. Now put oil in a pan and let it heat. You can also make it in a round shape. I have made it with a heart shape cookie cutter. Make heart shaped tikkis from all the sago balls and keep them aside.

When the oil is hot, put it on medium flame, put the tikkis in it and fry them well till they turn golden brown from both the sides. When the tikki becomes crispy, take it out in a plate. Fry the remaining tikkis like this.

When the tikki is ready, serve it with sauce or chutney of your choice. If you are making it to eat during fasting, then you can eat it with curd or coriander chutney. These tikkis taste very tasty and crispy.

Atta Besan Heart Shape Cookies

Material

1 cup flour

1 cup gram flour

1/2 cup sugar powder

3 spoons desi ghee

1/2 cup milk

1/2 tsp black cardamom powder

1 tbsp chopped pistachios

Heart Shape Cookie Cutter

Method

Add desi ghee, sugar powder and cardamom powder in a bowl and mix.

Now add flour and gram flour in a bowl of sugar and ghee and mix well with gentle hands. Also add milk and make a medium dough.

Now divide the dough into 2 parts and roll it into a thick roll. Now cut with cookie cutter. Garnish the cut cookies with almonds and pistachios.

Lightly heat a non-stick pan and place the cookies and cover it with a lid. Check in between so that the cookie does not burn. Keep the flame very low. Time will take 8-10 minutes. Turn the cookie over and turn off the gas. The cookie will be baked from both sides.

Delicious flour and gram flour cookies are ready.

Heart Shape Gulab Jamun

Material

1 packet gulab jamun ready mix

1/2 cup lukewarm milk

2 cups sugar

4 cups water

1/2 tsp cardamom powder

Ghee or refined oil as required

Method

First of all, take out the ready mix powder in a bowl.

Add lukewarm milk slowly as per requirement and knead it till smooth.

Apply ghee on the palms and knead the dough a little. Now make small balls. Give heart shape with heart shaped cookie cutter.

Heat ghee or refined oil in a pan. Fry these little hearts until golden brown on medium flame.

Boil sugar and water for syrup in a pan or pot. Add cardamom powder. The syrup should be made thick and sticky, not stringy.

Now put the fried little hearts in hot syrup. Gulab jamuns will be ready to eat in a few hours. They can be eaten either hot or cold. Garnish with pistachios or dry fruits and serve. Enjoy!

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