31+ BEST Indian Appetizers for Potluck

Indian cuisine has a vast selection of appetizers having tantalizing sweet, spicy, savory, and tangy flavors.

This is a list of the best and easiest vegetarian Indian appetizers that can be easily made for potlucks, parties, festivals, or get-togethers with friends.

These vegetarian Indian party appetizers can be served as starters or finger foods on a snack board with Indian chutneys and they will surely impress your friends as they are truly crowd-pleaser recipes.

At times you can just enjoy these mouthwatering vegetarian appetizers or snacks with a hot cup of tea or your favorite Indian drinks.

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Easy Sev Puri Chaat - Indian Potluck Appetizer

Sev puri is a chaat, a very famous Mumbai street food. If you are looking for Indian appetizers for potluck then sev puri is one of the easiest one! Check out how to make sev puri chaat recipe in a few minutes.

Sev puri recipe

Dal Vada | Lentil Fritters In Air Fryer

Dal vada or lentil fritters make a great snack for a party, potluck, special occasion, or an accompaniment with Indian tea. This is a vegan and gluten-free lentil fritters recipe made with chana dal and red lentils. The best part is they are made in a healthy way by using very little oil in the air fryer.

Dal vada recipe

Lentil fritters served in a plate with ketchup on the side.

Kala Chana Chaat

Kala chana chaat or black chana chaat is a popular Indian street food. It is savory, spicy, and tangy in taste. Kala chana is cooked in an instant pot to make this vegan and gluten-free chaat. It serves as a starter or appetizer for parties and potlucks. Check out how to make kala chana chaat at home with step-by-step details.

Kala chana chaat recipe

Black chana (kala Chana) Chat served in a shallow bowl and garnished with slide lime.

Easy Grilled Tofu Tikka Masala Recipe

This Easy Grilled Tofu Tikka Masala Recipe will make the perfect guilt-free dinner that is bold with flavors and rich in texture!

Grilled Tofu Tikka Masala Recipe

gobi 65 recipe, how to make gobi 65 | cauliflower 65 recipe

gobi 65 recipe with step by step photos - gobi 65 is a tasty starter snack of spicy fried cauliflower florets.

gobi 65 recipe

Ragda Samosa

Ragda samosa is a popular Indian chaat or a street side food. It is served as a side dish, appetizer, or meal. Check out how to make a vegan samosa chaat recipe at home.

Samosa chaat recipe

ragda samosa chaat in a plate with chutney and sev on the side.

Veg Cutlets In Air Fryer

Veg cutlets are a popular tea-time snack and easy to make at home with few basic ingredients. Check out how to make Indian-style veg cutlets in an air fryer with step-by-step details.

Air fryer cutlets recipe

Masala Puri Chaat (Popular Street Food recipe)

Masala Puri Chaat is a street side chaat with almost iconic status in southern region of India. Check out the detailed recipe with video.

Masala Puri Chaat

Droolworthy paneer fingers with a green cilantro-mint chutney

Crisp on the outside and soft inside, these paneer fingers are a scrumptious evening snack. You won't be able to stop at one!

Paneer fingers

Gobi Manchurian | Cauliflower Manchurian My Cooking Journey

Gobi Manchurian is an all time favorite Indo-Chinese style street food. Using an air fryer to fry the cauliflower is a guilt free way to indulge often.

Indo-Chinese Manchurian recipe

Paneer Majestic (Spicy Hyderabadi Appetiser + Video)

Paneer Majestic - a classic restaurant-style Hyderabadi appetiser made in a flavourful yoghurt-based sauce. This south-Indian style delicious paneer dish can be relished as an appetiser or with rice.

Paneer majestic recipe

Spinach Dhokla - Indian Gluten Free Savory Cake

Spinach DhoklaLow fat savory cake perfect for breakfast or tea time. With it's colorful hue, Spinach Dhokla is also great for celebrating Holi - the Festival of Colors! I encounter people all the time who struggle when they have to suddenly adhere to a gluten free diet when diagnosed with a gluten i…

Spinach dhokla recipe

SOYA MANCHURIAN | SOYA CHUNKS CHILLI - Cook with Kushi

Soya Manchurian or Soya Chunks Chilli is a hot and spicy, sweet and sour, chewy and crispy - all in one Indo-chinese starter or appetizer.

Soya chunks recipe

Savory Puff Pastry Recipe: Stuffed with Tandoori Vegetable Curry

Savory Puff Pastry filled with Tandoori Vegetable Curry is buttery flaky puff pastry stuffed with goodness of tandoori flavored curry.

Puff pastry with vegetable curry

Garlic Naan From Scratch

This Garlic Naan From Scratch is an Indian flatbread that is incredibly easy to make and a delicious side to any meal with a sauce to sop up! #garlicnaan #naan #bread #homemade

Garlic naan from scratch

Instant Khaman Dhokla (Savory Chickpea Flour Cake)

Soft and fluffy Khaman Dhokla is a popular Gujarati delicacy. These steamed savory chickpea flour cakes are perfect to enjoy for breakfast or snack!

Instant Khaman Dhokla

Kala Chana Chaat (Dark Chickpea Salad) | Vegan & Gluten Free

One loaded chana chaat coming at ya! A popular South Asian street food, Kala chana, aka dark chickpeas are tossed in a delicious blend of Indian spices, citrus fruits, and fresh herbs to create a simple, yet irresistible dish - perfect for breakfast, lunch or anytime really! Vegan and gluten free.

Dark Chickpea Salad

Masala Puri Chaat - Bangalore Masala Puri • Simple Sumptuous Cooking

With a full serving of vegetables, this masala puri street food stands out from other foods... Masala Puri Chaat - Bangalore Masala Puri.

Masala Puri Chaat

Crispy Moong Dal Pakora

Moong dal pakora is one of the most popular moong dal recipes! These fried and crispy lentil fritters are easy vegan appetizers that pair well with your evening tea/coffee.

Crispy Moong Dal Pakora

Baked Spinach Cauliflower Pakoras

These tasty Baked Spinach Cauliflower Pakoras are super easy. You only need 6 ingredients and 25 minutes for this tasty Indian snack or curry side dish.

Baked Spinach Cauliflower Pakoras

Lighter Easy Air Fryer Onion Bhaji

An onion bhaji or bhajiya as an Indian snack, starter or side that is in all but name a pakora. My version is generously spiced although not hot with chili and is cooked in an air fryer. Don't worry though I have frying instructions too!

Air Fryer Onion Bhaji

Hara Bhara Kebab Recipe with video and step by step photos.

Hara Bhara Kebab Recipe with step by step photos and video. Kabab made from spinach, peas and potatoes Nutritious as well as delicious.

Spinach and peas kabab

DRY CHILLI PANEER RESTAURANT-STYLE

Chilli Paneer is a lip-smacking spicy most popular Indo-Chinese dish. This flavourful restaurant-style dish is perfect as a starter or appetizer.

Indo Chinese Chili paneer

Vada Pav Fondue Recipe - Yummy Tales Of Tummy

Vada pav Fondue recipe is fusion of two classic recipes where mini pavs/burger buns are stuffed with spicy potato & is served with cheesy sauce.

Vada Pav Fondue

Bakery style vegetable patties | Vegetable puffs | Spicy potato puff pastry

These Pakistani bakery style vegetable patties or vegetable puffs are a perfect tea time snack with a spicy potato and peas filling encased in crispy flaky puff pastry.

Bakery style vegetable patties

Chilli Mogo Recipe (step-by-step!) | Shivani Loves Food

A step-by-step recipe for chilli mogo - an Indo-Chinese dish of crispy chunks of fried cassava in a spicy, sticky sauce, which is also vegan-friendly!

Chilli Mogo Recipe

Masala sweet corn recipe | spicy sweet corn chaat | corn chaat recipe

Masala sweet corn recipe is made by sauteing boiled corns in butter and later seasoned with exciting spices makes a tongue tingling chaat.

Masala sweet corn recipe

Soft Dahi Vada | Dahi Bhalla Chaat (Video Recipe) |TheBellyRulesTheMind

Dahi Vada - Dahi Bhalla chaat are absolutely melt in mouth delicious fritters served by street vendors throughout India. This tasty handheld fried lentil fritter are protein packed and gluten free that will delight your taste-buds with its combination of flavors.

Dahi bhalla chaat

Hara Bhara Kabab Recipe (Restaurant Style Recipe of Hara Bhara Kabab)

Restaurant Style Hara Bhara Kabab Recipe with step by step photos - Patties are made from spinach, peas, potatoes, spices and then deep fried till crispy and golden brown.

Spinach and peas patties

Easy Onion Bhajis {Step by Step Recipe} - Sandhya's Kitchen

VEGAN Onion Bhajis are a delicious side to your favourite Indian curries. Learn to make Crispy Indian Onion Bhaji RECIPE with tips & tricks! Ready in 30 Min

Easy onion bhaji recipe

Sweet Potato Samosas

Sweet potatoes are cooked with fresh peas and spices are a delicious filling for pastry triangles.

Sweet potato samosa recipe

Mushroom Bhaji

The easiest and most flavourful mushroom bhaji recipe! Made with simple ingredients, this dish is ready in under 15 minutes.

Mushroom bhaji recipe

Hara Bhara Kabab - Air Fryer

Hara bhara kebab is a popular Indian snack or appetizer made with potatoes, spinach, peas, and spices. Check out how to make vegan hara bhara kebab in air fryer with step by step details.

Hara bhara kabab recipe

Hara Bhara kabab served in a plate with raw onion rings.

Kathal-Kachhe Kele ke Kebab | Vegan Jackfruit Kebab Recipe - SpeakingAloud Magazine

No exaggerations, but this super easy and delicious vegetable kebab recipe using young unripened jackfruit and green bananas might turn you into a veggie lover! It has the same texture as that of regular kebabs, so you aren't missing out on anything there. Plus it has all the deliciousness and nutri…

Jackfruit Kebab Recipe

Samosa Pinwheels - Oven | AirFryer | Spice Cravings

This Samosa Pinwheels recipe is a crispy take on the popular Indian chaat that's wrapped in puff pastry and baked in the Oven or AirFryer.

Samosa Pinwheels

Air Fryer Cauliflower Bites (Indian)

These air fryer Indian cauliflower bites are perfect as a side dish or an appetizer. They are marinated with spices and cooked to perfection. Check out how to make these vegan and gluten-free cauliflower bites in air fryer.

Air fryer Indian cauliflower

Bowl full of cauliflower florets cooked in Air Fryer.

Cheese corn Canapes | White sauce vegetable Canapes - Yummy Tales Of Tummy

Cheese Corn Canapes is a delicious snack that is made of crisp Canapés that are topped with an awesome mix of veggies, maida free white sauce, and cheese.

Cheese corn canapes

Chettinad Masala Cheeyam / Masala Seeyam Recipe

Chettinad Masala Cheeyam / Masala Seeyam Recipe - Appetizers, Beans and Legumes, Indian, Kids Friendly, Snacks Chettinad Masala Cheeyam

Masala Seeyam Recipe

Cheese Balls In Air Fryer

It is easy to make cheese balls in an air fryer. They are absolutely delicious and just melt in the mouth. They are perfect for parties, potlucks, get-togethers, and a true crowd pleaser.

Air fryer cheese balls

Close-up view of Cheese corn balls in a plate with ketchup in the background.

Phyllo Cups Appetizer - Indian Chaat

This is an easy, delicious, mouth-smacking, and no-bake phyllo cups appetizer, an Indian chaat. It is perfect to serve it cold to a crowd for parties, potlucks, and other occasions. Check out this easy recipe.

Phyllo cups appetizer