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50 Quick Evening Indian Snacks Recipes

Here is a list of 50 quick and easy-to-make evening snacks Indian recipes. Indians are food lovers or foodies. We are extremely fond of food. We are always up for eating most of the time or munching on something.

Anyone can guess this by looking at the wide variety of dishes we have;- both traditional and innovative fusion recipes. This has rightfully earned us a moniker, “Chatore”It means voracious or someone having a voracious appetizer.

Henceforth, we are always on the lookout for something to make and/or eat. For the majority of the day at least, even subconsciously sometimes. This happens specifically during the evening tea time.

We Indians need something to have with tea (or if you are having coffee). The beverage just seems incomplete to use without a snack. Thus we have come up with multiple food dishes to satiate this need.

So here’s a list of quick evening snacks. It will also come in handy when you want something light in your stomach or if you have skipped lunch and want to silence your hunger pangs. Or you are just feeling lazy to cook in general. This list has you all covered.

1. Bombay Bhel – Mumbai Street Food Recipe

2. Papad Bhel – Quick Tea Time Indian Snack

Papad Bhel is a newly added instant snack to the list of street food. This savoury snack is tasty, fuss-free, and easy to make.

Prep Time: 10min;

3. Basket Chaat or Tokri Chaat

Basket Chaat is a popular chaat in Lucknow. It is full of flavours and crunchy. This chaat is also known as Katori chaat. 

Prep Time: 10min;

4. Kurkure Chaat or Kurkure Bhel

Kurkure Chaat will be your kid's favourite once you make it for him/her. Click to watch the recipe video. Follow similar chaat recipes.

Prep Time: 10min;

5. Popcorn Bhel – Indian Street Food

Popcorn Bhel is one of the innovative lip-smacking snacks of India. This chaat is delicious, full of flavours, and less fussy. 

Prep Time: 10min; Cook time: 5min;

6. Dahi Papdi Chaat – Quick Tea Time Snack

Dahi Papdi Chaat is a mouth-watering and refreshing street snack recipe. It is an easy & quick recipe with the base of yoghurt and papdi.

Prep Time: 20min;

7. Instant Maggi Bhel Recipe

Maggi Bhel is an Indian fusion recipe. It is made up of two dishes, that is Maggi and Bhel. A lip-smacking dish, fuss-free recipe to enjoy.

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 10min;

8. Lays Kurkure Chaat

The Lays Kurkure Chaat is a jhatpat and fatafat chaat recipes amongst all. Click to read what you can add to enrich the taste of this chaat.

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 5min;

9. Gujarati Sev Mamra

Sev Mamra is a classic tea-time Indian snack for ages. Click now to see the list of 8 different items to spice up a plain puffed rice snack.

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 15min;

10. Quaker Masala Oats for Weight Loss

Masala oats are the ideal meal for breakfast with an Indian twist. This is tasty, healthy and a complete meal in itself. 

Cook time: 15min;

11. Ajwain Leaves Pakora

Ajwain Leaves Pakora is a crispy and tasty fritters recipe. This is an easy and quick-to-make fritter that is easily digestible.

Prep Time: 10min; Cook time: 10min;

12. Yellow Moong Dal Chilla for Weight Loss

Yellow Moong Dal Chilla is a tasty, healthy, and nutritious breakfast recipe in India. Watch the recipe video or download the recipe card.

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 10min;

13. Surti Tomato Bhajiya – Tomato Fritters

Tomato & Carom Leave Bhajiya is a tasty & deep-fried snack. It is a tasty & easy Gujarati snack recipe mainly from Surat.

Prep Time: 10min; Cook time: 10min;

14. Paneer Nuggets | Cottage Cheese Nuggets

Paneer Nuggets is a snack with paneer as its core ingredient. Watch the recipe video or download the recipe card.

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 10min;

15. Cheese Pakoda Recipe

Cheese Pakoda is a delicious and cheesy variation of our typical pakodas. Watch the recipe video or download the recipe card

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 15min;

16. Multi Grain Chilla Recipe for Weight Loss

Multi-Grain Chilla is an easy breakfast consisting of multiple grains. Watch the recipe video or download the recipe card

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 15min;

17. Instant Rava Dhokla | Suji Dhokla

Instant Rava Dhokla recipe in a very simple and easy process that anyone can follow. Watch the recipe video or download the recipe card

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 17min;

18. Instant Rava Chilla | Suji Cheela for Healthy Breakfast

Rava Chilla is an easy-to-make Indian vegan breakfast recipe. It is a savoury food and requires less effort in making. Watch the recipe video.

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 10min;

19. Rice Chilla Recipe | Chhattisgarhi Chawal Cheela

Rice Chilla is a quick & easy-to-make breakfast recipe. It resembles a pancake & is a spicy version of it & is more popular in South India.

Prep Time: 10min; Cook time: 10min;

20. Cheese Stuffed Potato Cheese Balls

Filled with cheesy goodness, potato cheese balls are an easy-to-make snack. They are a quick & fuss-free starter recipe & extremely delicious.

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 15min;

21. Poha Papad Chivda – Tea Time Snack One Can Store

Poha Papad Chivda is a unique snack of flaked rice and papad, along with spices. It is a popular snack among Gujarati people.

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 15min;

22. Rice Flour Nachos (Indian Style)

Rice Flour Nachos are our version of Mexican Nachos. Here, rice flour is a core ingredient instead of cornflour. They are tasty and crisp.

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 25min;

23. Suji Puri | Rava Poori | Semolina Poori

Suji Puri is a traditional puffed Indian fried bread that is made of all-purpose flour or wheat flour. Other names for it is Puri or Luchi.

Prep Time: 10min; Cook time: 10min;

24. Crunchy and Crispy Rava Maida Puri

Rava Maida Puri is a traditional recipe that is crispy. People consume this snack during festivals like Diwali or Navratri.  

Prep Time: 10min; Cook time: 15min;

25. Chorafali Gujarati Farsan | ચોરાફળી Tea Time Snack

Chorafali is an interesting deep-fried, flaky snack. This is a traditional Diwali snack that Gujaratis love to make. It is less fussy snack.

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 20min;

26. Sukhi Bhel or Dry Bhel | Mumbai Street Chaat

Sukhi Bhel is a street food of puffed rice & chopped vegetables with dry chutney. It is popular in the streets of Mumbai as a snack.

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 10min;

27. Suvali Puri | Farsi Puri

Suvali Puri is a crispy and delicious deep-fried traditional Indian flat-bread. It is a specialty of Gujarat and is very similar to crackers.

Prep Time: 10min; Cook time: 10min;

28. Crispy Sabudana Namkeen | Chivda

Sabudana Namkeen is a crispy & delicious snack of tapioca pearls. This recipe is prepared at festivals like Navratri during fastings.

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 10min;

29. Bread 65 Restaurant Style

Bread 65 is an extremely delicious, quick, and easy-to-make snack recipe. Typically, paneer or gobi is used to make this, instead of bread.

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 15min;

30. Bread Samosa | ब्रेड समोसा

Bread Samosa is an innovative snack recipe for regular samosa where bread slices are used to make samosas instead of dough strips or sheets.

Prep Time: 15min; Cook time: 15min;

31. Sweet Corn Bhel | Corn Chaat

Sweet Corn Bhel is an excellent no-cook snack version of the classic bhelpuri variety. It is easy, delightful and requires less ingredients.

Prep Time: 10min; Cook time: 5min;

32. Tamarind Corn Chaat | Corn Imli Chaat

Tamarind Corn Chaat is a very unique and mouth-watering chaat recipe. It has a crunchy texture and is sweet, tangy, fiery, and spicy in taste. 

Prep Time: 10min; Cook time: 15min;

33. Murmura Laddu – Puffed Rice Laddu

Murmura Laddu is a traditional Indian sweet that's made with melted jaggery and puffed rice. It is an ideal sweet for winter, especially for Uttarayan.

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 15min;

34. Veg Omelet – Without Egg

Veg Omelet is a fluffy & delicious alternative for vegetarians. Simple & easy to cook. It takes 10 minutes to prepare and to fill your tummy.

Prep Time: 10min; Cook time: 10min;

35. Grated Boiled Egg Sandwich

Grated Boiled Egg Sandwich is a quick, easy, super yummy and super healthy breakfast recipe. A protein-rich recipe for your kid's lunch box.

Prep Time: 10min; Cook time: 10min;

36. Chatpata Corn Chaat

Chatpata Corn Chaat is a popular street food which you can find almost in every city of India. A kid pleaser and youngsters will surely love it.

Prep Time: 10min; Cook time: 5min;

37. Onion Fritters – Pyaj Bhajiya Recipe

Onion fritters also called as Onion Pakoda is a crispy recipe especially enjoyed during monsoon. The cold atmosphere gets candid with these onion fritters.

Prep Time: 10min; Cook time: 5min;

38. Brinjal Fritters – Baingan Bhajiya Recipe

Brinjal fritters are an amazing snack recipe which crispy outside & soft inside. It tastes delicious and perfect for your evening snack time.

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 5min;

39. Date Fritters – Khajur Bhajiya Recipe

Date fritters are sweet indulgence, deep fried & look too amazing. It is a nutritional fritter recipe & the taste is unique.

Prep Time: 10min; Cook time: 6min;

40. Mirchi Fritters – Chili Fritters Recipe

Mirchi fritters are an amazing & refreshing recipe for your mood-boosting. It is filled with tangy and spicy chaat masala & lemon juice.

Prep Time: 8min; Cook time: 10min;

41. Palak Fritters – Spinach Fritters Recipe

Palak fritters are crispy and have a distinct flavour. The crunch munchkins are made of gram flour batter and deep fried.

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 5min;

42. Maggi Canapes Chaat Recipe

Maggi canapes are a new-age dish for kids & teens. It's crunchy, sizzling, soupy food that you can enjoy in your home or for a party.

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 5min;

43. No Cook Kite Sandwich Recipe – Uttarayan Special Recipe

Kite sandwich is a very simple sandwich with fewer ingredients. It has toasted bread with toppings like veggies & chutneys.

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 5min;

44. 3 Ways Monaco Biscuit Canapés Without Fire

Monaco biscuit canapes are no-cook recipes for your snack ideas. These are small and usually decorative finger food.

Prep Time: 5min; Cook time: 10min;

45. Potato Spiral – A Famous Street Food

Potato Spiral has all kinds of masala taste and crunchiness. It is a famous street food recipe, especially for kids & teens. 

Prep Time: 10min; Cook time: 10min;

46. Bombay Veg Sandwich

Bombay veg sandwich for the people who need something cheesy at the same time easy to make. It is a recipe for a few ingredients & more taste

Prep Time: 10min; Cook time: 5min;

47. Chapati Ribbon Noodles Recipe- Chapati Ribbon Noodles

Chapati Ribbon Noodles Recipe is a simple and healthy eye attracting quick recipe. It's a great idea to reuse your leftover chapati.

Prep Time: 10min; Cook time: 10min;

48. Vermicelli Upma Recipe-Semiya Upma

Vermicelli Upma recipe is a simple and easy south Indian style breakfast recipe. We can prepare this with or without vegetables. Step by step presentation.

Prep Time: 10min; Cook time: 10min;

49. Fruit Chaat Recipe – Karachi Fruit Chaat

Fruit chaat is a delicious and refreshing salad and iftar fruit dish, made by combining juicy fruits with Salt, Honey, Chaat masala and Black Pepper. It is the perfect summer delight and must-have dish on iftar table. It will brighten up any meal and can be eaten at any time of the day.

Prep Time: 15min;

50. Surti Bataka Puri – Potato Fritters

Surti Bataka Puri is all time favourite snack option for people of Surat. It is usually served as a tea snack & a special snack in the monsoon.

Prep Time: 15min; Cook time: 15min;