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Indian travel food dry snacks recipes | dry snack travel ideas for road trips | Indian vegetarian snacks to pack for trip | While flying or travelling anywhere for a vacation or a one day picnic, or going on a road trip we have grew up watching our mother’s always carrying something to binge on. There is a list of food that you can carry with you while travelling and one of category of food is Dry snacks. Dry snacks like Kolhapuri bhadang are for small hunger pangs!!

Kolhapuri Bhadang Murmura, Spicy Puffed Rice Chivda Recipe

Home-made dry snacks are any day better, healthy and nourishing than the packet food we buy for the vendors. Only thing that need to be taken into consideration while preparing these snacks is to keep in mind the shelf life of the snack.

The best kinds of snacks are the ones that you can just throw in your bag and not worry about keeping cold in the refrigerator or heating them in the microwave.

Chakli ( Jar Snack)

When I was a kid, I remember my mother and grandmother would start making dry snacks 2-3 days prior to the day of travelling, even when I would go to the hostel they would give me Jar full of dry snacks with a long shelf life so that I could manage while travelling to college and also while i would crave for home made food in the hostel.

Further we have segregated the Travel dry snacks into categories :

Fried Indian dry snacks for travel 

There are few travel snacks that are made with the process of deep frying. The most popular Dry travel snack are Shakarpara and Whole wheat flour chakli, whenever we would plan going out for a one day picnic or when I would leave for hostel, chakli and shakarpara were my favourite snack to carry.

sweet shakarpara recipe | Maharashtrian shankarpali | kalakala | tukdi |

Wheat flour chakli has a very different flavour and mouth-feel, equally tasty but slightly softer than the normal rice flour chakli. It is amazing and totally mind-boggling how changing just one ingredient in a recipe can give you something awesomely different! Well, in aate ki chakli we have replaced rice flour with whole wheat flour, tweaked the proportions of the other ingredients slightly, and tried making chakli with the steamed dough.

Whole Wheat Flour Chakli Recipe, Jar Snack

Mini bhakarwadi is a famous tea time snack – crispier and peppier like we all enjoy. Easy simple Indian snack bhakarwadi is one of the most famous of Maharashtrian snacks which is seen being sold on every corner in the city of Pune. It is a dry snack, which has an interesting spiral shape with alternate layers of masala and dough.

Mini Bhakarwadi

In this recipe, we have shown you how to make Maharashtrian bhakarwadi, which is in a handy size that is easy to pop into your mouth. Relish it with a cup of hot Elaichi Tea.

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Chorafali also called as Chola dal fritters are irresistible deep-fried fritters can be made in bulk and stored in jars. So, they come in really handy when a hunger pang strikes and you feel like munching on something!

Chorafali

Traditionally this Indian Diwali snack is made with chola dal flour. But since chola dal flour isn’t very easily available at most grocery stores, we have shown its modified version using besan and urad dal flour. You can make urad dal flour at home or buy it readymade.

Nimki recipe | Bengali jar snack | crispy Bangla nimki | namak pare tea time snack is a fried Indian snack made with maida as the main ingredient. Nimki is an all-time favourite Bengali jar snack, which has a very appetizing flavour and extremely interesting mouth-feel! Surprisingly, this snack requires only a few ingredients. Made of a plain flour dough flavoured elegantly with cumin and nigella seeds, the Nimki gets its unique texture from the way it is rolled and cut.

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My grandmother would make methi debras which is a Gujarati deep fried recipe which has a long shelf life.

methi makai dhebra recipe | Gujarati dhebra - tea time snack | methi makai bajra dhebra | makai na vada |

Baked Indian dry snacks for travel

Most Indian households use deep fried sev for sabzi, chaat and snacks. We now show you how to make baked sev with step by step photos.  See why we call this healthy baked sev recipe? Made mainly from besan and the recipe is not deep fried but baked. Besan has more good fat than whole wheat flour and also higher protein content. Rich in complex carbohydrates and with a low glycemic index, besan is good for diabetics too.

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Use baked sev as a topping for Bhel Puri, Low Calorie Sev Puri and sev tamatar nu shaak.

Low Calorie Sev Puri

Baked palak methi puri recipe is for weight watching and a healthy low fat jar snack that you can binge on without being guilty. Traditionally puris are deep fried and made with maida but the switching of ingredients by using healthy flours in the baked palak methi puri has made it super healthy. Healthy palak methi puris are my favorite munchies and is also an hit amongst weight-watchers!

Baked Palak Methi Puris

Baked tortilla chips recipe | oven baked nacho chips | healthy tortilla chips | how to make homemade baked tortilla chips is a non-fried version of famous nacho chips for all health conscious.

Quick and easy-to-make nacho chips is a popular choice in Mexico. The homemade baked tortilla chips are baked and made with minimal oil from a blend of more whole wheat flour than maize flour instead of the traditional Mexican tortillas made with maize flour and refined flour which are also deep fried.

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Baked chakli is quick and easy to make. We have made chakli healthier by baking it rather than frying it. This simple and delicious low fat chakli is a real treat for weight watchers. Chakli, the popular indian snack, is usually deep-fried and contains loads of calories. Here's how to make baked rice flour chakli with 1 tsp of oil to near perfection by baking them in an oven. Munch them at anytime of the day when hunger strikes.

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Roasted Indian dry snacks for travel

Chivda’s are one of the roasted dry snacks. The ingredients are roasted or sauteed together and this is how it is made. Poha chivda is one of the most famous roasted dry snack. Whenever I would go to my aunts place for vacation, she would make it for me and it would really help while travelling.

Jada poha chivda recipe | fried poha chivda | chivda namkeen snack | Indian thick poha chivda is a delicious Indian jar snack. Fried poha chivda is the homemade version of an all-time favourite Maharashtrian jar snack – poha chivda. With a mix of sweet, salty and nutty flavours, and a wondrous blend of textures, this chivda is sure to appeal to young and old alike.

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When hunger strikes suddenly, this oats poha chivda is sure to answer your appetite in a tasty and crunchy way. poha oats chivda is made of roasted oats, poha, peanuts and chana dal with a sprinkling of spice powders for a dash of excitement.

This tiffin and travel snack oats chivda is ideal to store in an air-tight container and munch on when you are hungry, or to even send to school in the tiffin box on a rushed day when you do not have much time on your hands to prepare elaborate treats.

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Kids love corn flakes. In this innovative corn flakes chivda, crisp-fried corn flakes are combined with crunchy peanuts, chana dal and spice powders to make a really exciting snack, which can be stored in an air-tight container for a few days.

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Khakhra chivda is where crushed khakhras are pepped up with roasted chana dal, peanuts, cashew nuts, sev and other interesting ingredients, which will make the taste buds – and of course, your kids – to jump with joy.

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