5 Delicious Indo-Chinese Bar Bites That Will Be A Hit At Your Festive Gathering
Festive season is around the corner, filling the air with celebration and lively get-to-gathers. The spirit of festivals brings the desire of meeting loved ones, sharing laughs with them along with the love of feasting on tasty food. The one category of food that becomes even more popular around the festivities is fusion food, especially Indo-Chinese, that is fit to be eaten as bar bites.
What Is Indo-Chinese Food?
India as a country has adapted to the food palette from around the world and has given it its own spicy twist to suit the taste buds of Indians. Indo-Chinese bites also find their origin in the same adaptation.
Indo-Chinese food is also the result of the fusion of Chinese and Indian flavours and spices but in this case it was not the Indians who added spice to Chinese food.
The most popular story of the origin of Indo-Chinese food is that it started with Chinese labourers who immigrated to British India and opened restaurants in Kolkata. Estimating the taste of the local inhabitants and to make their business flourish they adapted their cooking to suit Indian tastes.
What Are The Dominating Flavours of Indo-Chinese Bites?
Indo-Chinese food, which is quite popular as Indian street food and is even served in varied forms in sophisticated restaurants, is known for its deep-fried nature and spicy flavours. To keep the Chinese flavours intact in these Indian versions of Chinese dishes, soy sauce and vinegar are used. It also has its own distinct flavour, such as Schezwan sauce, which uses dry red chiles instead of Sichuan peppercorns and goes well with the spice tolerance of Indians.
Which Indo-Chinese Bites Will Be A Hit At Your Festive Gathering?
Deciding the menu for your next festive gathering can be tedious and confusing but not when you know that your guests are going to love Indo-Chinese bites. Though the most popular Indo-Chinese dishes include Egg fried rice, Chicken Manchurian, Pineapple Sweet and Sour, Green Chili Chicken, etc., there is no dearth of options.
So, here’s a list of Indo-Chinese bar bites that will help you host your next party.
Veg Manchurian with Manchurian Sauce
This dish has crisp fried vegetable balls which are tossed in a spicy, sweet & tangy manchurian sauce. These can be served as an appetiser or with Hakka Noodles, Fried Rice or a plate of plain steamed rice to make a meal out of this tasty starter.
You can always give this dish a new twist by using Cauliflower instead of mixed vegetables and make Gobi or Cauliflower manchurian. The same can be done using chicken, instead of vegetables to provide this dish an altogether new taste and flavour.
Chilli Paneer [Cottage Cheese]
It is one of the most popular vegetarian appetisers served in Indian-Chinese restaurants and rightly so. A crisp batter fred paneer is tossed in slightly sweet. Spicy, hot and tangy chilli sauce to give it its rice flavours. While garlic and green chilies bring in hot and pungent aroma, sauces like chilli sauce, soya sauce and vinegar impart Chinese taste to these Indo-Chinese bites.
Spring Rolls
Another favourite of the masses has to be spring rolls which can be found pretty much everywhere from upscale restaurants to roadside stalls. These are flaky, crispy and filled with lightly seasoned crunchy vegetables. Meat can also be added to these rolls instead of vegetables.
And, if you are feeling it, you may even bake the rolls instead of deep frying.
Chicken Lollipop
These are the ultimate appetisers for any occasion. Crispy on the outside, juicy and tender on the inside, covered in hot and sweet sauce, who can say no to these hugely popular Indo-Chinese bites?
Schezwan Chicken
This tender, juicy and crisp chicken is going to be a hit at your next party. Tossed in hot and sweet sauce and served with plenty of red chillies and green onions, these bites can be served either as an appetiser or as a side with Noodles or Fried Rice.
Having a list of the most popular appetisers, you are prepared to throw your next festive gathering that is going to earn you loads of compliments on the selection of food. They are sweet, hot, tangy and spicy at the same time and can tickle all your taste buds. Do explore more dishes and add your own flavour to them so that you can discover something as unique as these Indo-Chinese bites.
