SUDHA'S VEG KITCHEN [A vegetarian food blog]

  CHOCOLATE MUFFINS  Good day all, After some time posting again .Today sharing recipe of chocolate muffins .I made this using normal flour this time and it came very good.Next time I will try making this using Whole-wheat flour. This recipe requires very few ingredients and can be made really fast too. INGREDIENTS White Flour /Maida -1 cup  Powdered Sugar - 3/4 cup  Cocoa powder -4 tbsp  Baking powder - 1 tsp  Baking soda - 1/2 tsp  Salt - a pinch  Instant coffee powder -1 tsp  Milk - 1 cup  Oil - 1/3 cup  Vinegar - 1 tsp  Vanilla essence - few drops (I didn't have this so skipped this .So for flavour I added instant coffee) How I Made (RECIPE)- Sift flour / maida,baking powder,baking soda,cocoa powder, instant coffee together and keep aside. In a bowl / utensil take oil and powdered sugar (this time I used store bought powdered sugar ) together. Then add vinegar and 1/2 cup milk .Mix well. If you have vanilla essence add now. Now slowly add dry ingredients in the mixture slowly .

 BLACK CHANA CURRY / KALA CHANA CURRY (Without onion and garlic) Good day everyone . During some religious functions ,days we avoid eating onion and garlic .In one of those days I made this Kala Chana Curry without onion and garlic. Though adding onion and garlic make the curry tasty even without them you can enjoy a good curry  . INGREDIENTS Black chana / Kala Chana - 1 cup (boiled) Tomatoes- 2 big Garlic -1 inch piece Green chillies -3-4 Cumin seeds/jeera-1 tsp Oil-as required Spices -turmeric,red chilli powder, coriander powder,garam masala as per taste. Salt to taste Recipe Wash and soak 1 cup chana at night and in morning pressure cook the chana with 1 & 1/2 cups water, little salt and turmeric .It may take 5-6 whistles to cook. In a mixer grind tomatoes, chillies,ginger to fine paste . Heat 2 tbsp oil in kadai .Add 1 tsp cumin seeds/jeera and a pinch of asafoetida/hing. Add the grinded paste and let it cook.After 4 minutes add turmeric,2 tsp red chilli powder, 2 tsp coriander

 OATS ENERGY BAR Hi all, Finally tried energy bars .Made this with oats,dry fruits,sesame seeds, cornflakes,jaggery etc.Was very tasty😋 INGREDIENTS Oats (Kellogg's)- 1 big steel glass Jaggery -1 big steel glass Dry fruits - 1 small cup (chopped into pieces like almonds cashews raisins and peanuts).you can also use pistas,melon seeds. Sesame seeds -1 tbsp Cornflakes - a handful Ghee to grease plate How I made it- Dry roast 1 cup/1 steel glass oats.keep aside. Dry roast handfuls of dry fruits chopped to small pieces (I used almonds,cashews,raisins,peanuts).keep aside  Dry roast 1 tbsp sesame seeds.keep aside. Now take 1 cup/glass jaggery broken into pieces. Heat kadai and add jaggery and little water.once the jaggery dissolves strain it. Reheat the strained syrup for 5 minutes.In a bowl of water add little syrup if the jaggery syrup forms thin undissolved strings then switch off gas. Add 2 tbsp honey.Add all roasted above ingredients.Add a handful of cornflakes.Mix all in jaggery sy

 EGGLESS ATTA AND OATS CAKE Hi all, After long time tried cake in cooker .Made this cake with atta,oats,milk. The taste was very good. INGREDIENTS -: Atta / Whole-wheat flour -1&1/2 cups Oats - 1/2 cup Milk -1 cup + more Curd - 1/2 cup Custard powder -1 tbsp Oil - 1/2 cup Baking soda -1/2 tsp Baking powder - 1 tsp Vanilla essence - 2 drops  RECIPE-: In a mixie jar grind 1&1/2 cup atta,1/2 cup oats,1 cup sugar(can increase to 1 & 1/2 cup),1/2 cup curd,1 tbsp custard powder,1 cup milk (add little by little) together.keep the batter aside for 7-10  minutes. You can also  add tutti fruitti and nuts like cashews,raisins and almonds to this cake.chop the nuts.In a bowl take handful of nuts and tutti fruitti and add 1/2 tsp atta over it and mix well keep aside. After 7-10 minutes  add 1 tsp baking powder,1/2 tsp baking soda.(I have used common rice eating steel spoon of which I took 1 spoon of baking powder and 1/2 tsp of of baking soda.I have not taken it heaped though.) to the b