Learn how put your air-fryer to best use. Many a deep-fried delight can become magically no-oil or less-oil dishes with this wonderful appliance. Everything from crispy snacks to satisfying main courses do well in the fryer, allowing you to eat healthier without sacrificing on taste.
Instead of deep-frying the koftas, like it is usually done for a sumptuous dish of Malai Kofta, Chef Guntas Sethi makes use of an airfryer and thus soft paneer and crunchy walnuts come together as flavourful koftas, air-fried to golden excellence with minimal oil and dunked in a teekha masala curry.
Please find the recipe here: Paneer Walnut Malai Kofta
Most of us love deep-fried sliced karela (bitter gourd) with salt and chilly powder. It can be made in the air-fryer and achieve exactly the same taste. Zelda Pande has a recipe for it and also provides the lowdown on this kitchen appliance -- both its advantages and disadvantages.
Pleae find the recipe here: Karela In The Air Fryer
Ramapriya Suresh offers an unusual kebab preparation for lazy, snack-eating days. Boiled eggs are rolled in mashed potatoes and a spicy masala, and then air fried to create mouthwatering kebabs.
Please find the recipe here: Crispy Egg Kebabs
Taruna Deepak makes her tikki chaat with green peas pattices, soaked in whisked yoghurt, and served with a drizzle of tamarind and green chutney. She air-fries the pattices.
Please find the recipe here: Mattar Tikki Chaat
Crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, Shristi Sahoo's chicken schnitzels deliver all the golden crunch of the classic without deep frying. Dipped in a mayo sauce and coated in seasoned breadcrumbs, it's a quick meal and a lighter take on a comforting favourite.
Please find the recipe here: Air-Fried Chicken Schnitzel
Patties made from home-set paneer, flavoured with herbs, gain a light red crust in the air-fryer and make for a hearty meal along with steamed and sauteed vegetable, discovers Deepa Mehrotra.
Please find the recipe here: Air-Fryer Paneer Patties With Sauteed Veggies
Manasi Sadarangani takes out her air-fryer to conjure up potato sticks that are sprinkled with oregano, black pepper, chilly flakes and mixed herbs.
Please find the recipe here: Crispy Spicy Potato Sticks
Yes, you can make dahi baras in an air-fryer and yes, they taste about 90 per cent as good as the real thing, that is usually deep fried. Another recipe from Zelda Pande... the soft lentil fritters, that have been air-fried are then slipped into yoghurt spiced up with chilly powder and ground cumin seeds, garnished with cilantro, and served with imli chutney.
Please find the recipe here: Air-Fryer Dahi Baras
Modaks can be eaten all year round as a somewhat healthier dessert, if you bake them instead of deep-frying. A different take on the classic coconut jaggery modak, these little parcels are stuffed with chopped apples that have been tossed with cinnamon, jaggery and sliced cashews and have a maida or all-purpose flour covering.
Please find the recipe here: Air-Fryer Baked Apple Modaks