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67 Chinese Starters Recipes
Last Updated : 14 August, 2025
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70 Chinese Starters Recipes | Chinese Vegetarian Starter Recipes Indian style
Chinese Starters Recipes, Chinese Veg Starter Recipes. Whether you’re hosting a kitty party, or throwing a fancy cocktail party, we have a Chinese starter to match for every occasion. Let’s face it, good appetizers get the party started.
Famous Chinese Veg Starters at Restaurants
Chinese starters, with their crisp textures, fiery flavours and appetizing aromas, are best suited to start a meal on a high note! Options like Chilli Potatoes, Chinese Bhel, Vegetable Gold Coins and Chilli Paneer are on most restaurant menus and are ordered frequently by customers. But now, you can make these mouth-watering treats right at home!
Chinese bhel recipe | Indian style Chinese bhel | veg Chinese bhel at home
Light bites, jam-packed with juicy, saucy vegetables and deep-fried till golden brown, these crunchy spring rolls tastes best with schezwan sauce. They are a classic starter during Chinese New year.
spring rolls recipe | chinese spring roll | veg spring rolls | deep fried spring rolls | how to make spring rolls
Veg manchurian dry recipe | Chinese dry Manchurian | veg manchurian Indo Chinese starter | how to make dry veg manchurian is a popular street-food in India. Deep-fried, mixed vegetable balls are tossed in sauces to make a delectable Chinese starter. This can even be made into a gravy and relished with fried rice.
Paneer, a popular Indian cheese is widely used to make tongue-tickling Indo-chinese appetizer recipes. From frying and tossing them in an assortment of sauces to make Chilli Paneer to coating them in noodles or sesame seeds to make deep-fried starter recipes like Vegetable, Paneer and Noodle Balls or Sesame Paneer.
chilli paneer recipe | Indian style chilli paneer | chilli paneer stir fry | how to make chilli paneer
You can use paneer to make Chinese recipes like stir-fry, vegetable gravies or rice dishes.
honey chilli potatoes recipe | Chinese honey chilli potato | crispy honey chilli potato
Wontons are a must for Chinese Starters
Wonton is a stuffed dumpling that can either be fried or steamed. By far the most popular Chinese starter for vegetarians is steamed wontons with a stuffing of mixed vegetables, which we order without looking at the menu. They can even be added to soups.
veg steamed wontons recipe | Indian style chilli oil wonton recipe | chilli garlic wontons | steamed vegetable wontons
Fried Wontons with a colorful vegetable-noodle stuffing perked up with sauces make an irresistible appetizer. Serve them with schezuan chutney or hot garlic sauce. You can even steam the dumplings and toss in ginger, garlic and an array of sauces to make Pan Fried Dumplings.
pan fried momos | schezwan pan fried veg dumplings | chilli garlic momos
Crispy Chinese appetizer recipes
Schezuan sauce is the most versatile and common addition to several Chinese recipes including noodle and vegetable preparations. You can deep-fry various vegetables like capsicum, cauliflower or mix vegetables till crisp and toss in schezuan sauce to make oriental delights like Fried Capsicum in Schezuan Sauce and Cauliflower in Schezuan Sauce.
cauliflower in Schezuan sauce recipe | spicy gobi Schezwan | Indo Chinese Schezuan style cauliflower | crispy garlic Schezuan cauliflower
You can even deep-fry the vegetables and toss in burnt garlic to make a tongue-tickling delicacy crispy fried vegetables in burnt garlic sauce recipe | veg crispy in butter garlic sauce | Indo Chinese crispy veggies in butter garlic sauce that has an overwhelming flavour and aroma.
Enjoy our Chinese Starters Recipes, Chinese Veg Starter Recipes and other Indo-chinese recipes spanning across different courses below.
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veg fried wontons recipe | Indian style fried wonton recipe | fried vegetable wontons | with 29 amazing … More..
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Broccoli and potato are different in every way, from the flavour and appearance to the texture. Interestingly, the … More..
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These tasty spring rolls are packed with the goodness of vegetables. They contain a lot of ingredients and … More..
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25 May, 2012
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This versatile dish can be served as a starter or as an accompaniment to the main meal. More..
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You would generally have noticed that many starters are coated with bread crumbs or crushed cornflakes before deep-frying, … More..
calories per serving
sesame paneer recipe | tilwale paneer | sesame coated paneer fingers | with 19 amazing images.sesame paneer is … More..
calories per serving
These dim sums are a healthy treat, because they’re full of veggies and they’re steamed-not fried. Finely chopped … More..
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wonton wrappers recipe | Chinese wonton wrappers | easy wonton and dumpling wrappers | eggless homemade wonton wrappers … More..
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crispy fried vegetables in burnt garlic sauce recipe | veg crispy in butter garlic sauce | Indo Chinese … More..
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Corn rolls | Sweet Corn Bread Rolls | Indian vegetarian Corn Rolls | Corn rolls are a delightful Indian snack that transforms … More..
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veg fried wontons recipe | Indian style fried wonton recipe | fried vegetable wontons | with 29 amazing … More..
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Broccoli and potato are different in every way, from the flavour and appearance to the texture. Interestingly, the … More..
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These tasty spring rolls are packed with the goodness of vegetables. They contain a lot of ingredients and … More..
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