Aarti’s recipe for baked samosas with mint chutney represents the “quintessential Indian snack food.”

Wok-Tossed, Twice-Cooked, Crispy Salt and Pepper Prawns

This dish is as good with soft shell crabs as it is with shrimp. For the crab version, skip the salt rub and simply cut the crabs in half before dipping in the egg white.