11 Popular Air Fried Versions Of Indian Recipes

Are you a foodie and health-conscious at the same time? Do you love Indian cuisines but avoid them due to excess oil?

Indian cuisines are well known for their flavour but have a terrible reputation for being high in calories, which can lead to various medical conditions like hypertension. 

While most Indian dishes, like fried samosa, fried Jalebi, paneer cheese sautéed in Manchurian sauce, and chicken tikka masala, are tasty, they are not the healthiest options to fill your tummy. 

Deep-fried Indian delicacies are the "guilty pleasures", and you consume them on rare occasions due to the excess oil. But thanks to air fryers, you can now enjoy those dishes more frequently and with less guilt and grease!

Moving forward, continue reading the blog to find some healthy air-fried Indian recipes you can make to satisfy your taste buds.

Table Of Contents

1. What Is An Air Fryer?

2. 11 Healthy Air Fried Versions Of Indian Recipes 

   2.1 Spicy Bombay Potatoes

   2.2. Air Fryer Onion Bhaji

   2.3. Air Fryer Aloo Gobi

   2.4. Air Fryer Pakora

   2.5. Paneer Tikka

   2.6. Air Fryer Samosa

   2.7. Tandoori Aloo

   2.8. Tandoori Chicken

   2.9. Indian Bread Rolls

   2.10. Gobi Manchurian

   2.11. Tandoori Paneer Naan Pizza

3. Dietitian's Recommendations

4. The Final Say

What Is An Air Fryer?

An air fryer is a fantastic kitchen tool that can air fry, bake, roast, broil, dehydrate, and reheat food. You can cook either fresh or frozen food in it.

Air fryers reduce cooking time, which cooks approx. 25% faster than a conventional oven and produces less mess. It also can make the most delectable food, regardless of cuisine. While some Indian dishes are usually deep-fried or baked, an air fryer gives foods a crispness that you will want to enjoy without too much oil.

It uses 360-degree air circulation to cook the top and bottom of the dish and provides an even crisper upper part than the oven.

11 Healthy Air Fried Versions Of Indian Recipes 

While you work on your weight loss diet plan and wish to satisfy your cravings by maintaining a healthy regime, here are some famous healthy Indian air-fried cuisines you can try at home:

1. Spicy Bombay Potatoes

The spice blend is the key to making the tastiest Bombay potatoes. First, you will partly boil the potatoes before tossing in a mixture of cumin, coriander, Kashmiri chilli powder, amchur (dry mango powder), turmeric, and chaat masala.

They will crisp up on the outside while remaining fluffy inside when cooking in the air fryer.

2. Air Fryer Onion Bhaji

Onion bhaji is a simple yet delicious snack made from thinly sliced onions and seasoned batter. You will use various spices and sifted gram flour to make the batter.

Gram flour is simply chickpea flour to add flavour to these delectable treats. Though you can use all-purpose flour, the taste will be different.

3. Air Fryer Aloo Gobi

Air fryer aloo gobi is a great side dish with any supper, even a simple roast chicken. It includes potatoes and cauliflower with a unique flavour and texture.

While you cook the dish, remember that the cauliflower cooks faster, so chop the potato into smaller chunks or par-boil it until fork-tender.

4. Air Fryer Pakora

Pakoras are virtually like onion bhaji's carby relatives!

You will make them with a similar spicy gram flour batter, but instead of onions, you will stuff them with cauliflower and potatoes.

Again, par-boiling the potatoes may be a good idea to ensure enough cooking, or you will need to cut them very small.

5. Paneer Tikka

While replacing chicken with Indian cheese, this recipe makes an excellent meatless Monday lunch. 

Paneer is an Indian cottage cheese that resembles tofu. As it is unsalted and does not melt like conventional cheese, you can grill it in the same way as halloumi.

The marinade is a yoghurt and spice blend that is creamy, sour, and warm together.

6. Air Fryer Samosa

Samosas are pastry pockets filled with spicy potatoes and vegetables.

They are usually deep-fried to get that crispy texture, but in this case, the air fryer will take care of everything without the fat.

Here, you can spray the samosa with cooking spray to acquire the best crispy texture. In addition, it will aid the heat in producing attractive flakes.

If you do not have time to create the special pastry, use phyllo for an extra crispy layer on the outside instead.

7. Tandoori Aloo

These crispy potatoes are similar to the aloo gobi from earlier, but you will marinate them in a yogurt and spice blend, which makes them tangy and wonderful. Here, one thing is that your marinade should not contain any salt because it will take moisture out of the potatoes, preventing them from turning golden and crispy.

Also, avoid overcrowding the basket because they require room to cook evenly.

8. Tandoori Chicken

Tandoori chicken derives its name from the tandoor, a cylindrical clay oven. As the enzymes are naturally present in the yogurt marinade, it helps to tender the chicken. 

Making this dish in the air fryer yields delicious results with a flawless crisp outside and a luscious inside.

9. Indian Bread Rolls

This air-fryer recipe for Indian bread rolls produces golden-brown slices of rolled bread loaded with a flavorful mashed potato (and sometimes pea) filling. 

As bread rolls are kid-friendly appetisers, they are commonly preferred for school lunches or evening snacks.

10. Gobi Manchurian

This amazingly delicious cauliflower meal combines tandoori gobi and sweet and sour flavours from Chinese cuisine.

To make this dish, start pre-cooking the cauliflower for a few minutes to ensure it is soft, and dip it in a traditional gram flour batter.

You will crisp them up in the air fryer before tossing them in a frying pan with sticky-sweet manchurian sauce and get the perfect flavour and texture to make your day.

11. Tandoori Paneer Naan Pizza

Garlic naan is the ideal pizza base because it is already seasoned and has the perfect thickness for various delectable toppings.

This vegetarian recipe calls for marinated paneer, but you can also use chicken for a non-vegetarian pizza. To make it healthier, you can add different preferable vegetables with a homemade low-calorie pizza sauce.

Dietitian's Recommendations

Air frying is one of the best techniques to make foods healthier and reduce cooking time with its calorie content. You can use an air fryer in your daily cooking and make the best use of it to make tasty yet healthy meals.

- Dietitian Aditi Upadhyay

The Final Say

The air fryer includes a heating element that radiates heat, and a fan circulates hot air around the food, allowing less oil use and making the food crispier and healthier without the guilt that comes with nibbling on deep-fried meals.

One must not think less of it because you can cook most of the famous Indian cuisines in an air fryer and enjoy them. So, do not wait anymore to make it a part of your cooking tools.

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