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67 Chinese Starters Recipes

Last Updated : 14 August, 2025


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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