Sudha's Veg Kitchen [ Food blog]

 Chamcham  (A sweet made of paneer /Chena) Good day everyone!! Today sharing a sweet dish made of paneer .Its a famous Bengali sweet which I have eaten in restaurants many times . So one fine day I thought of trying this sweet in my kitchen. I don't know if I really got that authentic taste or not but I can assure you that these sweets tasted yum .The two highlights of this sweet that I made is that firstly I used toned milk to make paneer/cheese and secondly I made homemade mava with milk powder (this recipe I shall share later).I didn't have dry coconut powder so I used fresh scraped coconut and dry roasted in a Kadai . INGREDIENTS Toned Milk - 1 Litre  Sugar - 1 cup  Water - 4 cups  Homemade mava -For filling  Tutti Frutti - For topping Dry coconut -1 tbsp (for topping) STEP BY STEP RECIPE  Boil 1 toned Litre milk (toned or full cream). After 4-5 minutes curdle the milk with help of curd or lemon juice .(I used 1 lemon juice in 1/2 cup plain water) Strain the paneer/ Chena w

MASALA DOSA Today's dinner everyone's favourite butter topped Masala dosa with sambar and onion & tomato chutney. Recipe For dosa- Clean ,wash and soak 2 cups boiled rice,1 cup raw rice together .In another vessel soak  3/4 cup urad Dal ,2 tsp methi seeds for 4 hours.After 4 hours grind finely in mixie.Let it ferment for 4 hrs to 5 hrs.Add salt to batter mix well.Add little water to adjust consistency. For masala Heat oil.Add 2 tsp mustard seeds,a pinch of hing,1 chopped onion,1 tsp chopped ginger,2 -3 green chillies chopped,curry leaves,1/2 chopped capsicum,2 tbsp chopped carrots,peas and saute for a while.Add turmeric powder,chilli powder,coriander powder, little salt and cook for sometime.Add 1 chopped tomato.Let it cook.Add 4-5 boiled potatoes,salt to taste, coriander leaves.Mix well.masala ready. Preparation of dosa -: Heat non stick tawa.sprinkle little water and wipe with tissue.Pour a ladle of dosa spread it thinly on tawa.Add 1/2 tsp oil .Once one side is

 PANEER BUTTER MASALA Recipe for 4-5 people INGREDIENTS Paneer -250 g Milk -1/3 cup Cashews -5-6 Onions-2 medium sized Tomatoes-2 medium sized Garlic/ginger -2 tsp Turmeric -2 tsp Red chilli powder-2 tsp Coriander powder -3 tsp Kitchen king/paneer masala -2 tsp Cumin powder-1 tsp Kasuri Methi -1 tsp Fresh cream - 1 tbsp Butter - 1 tbsp Whole spices-  cinnamon, cardamon Oil -2 tbsp or as required Coriander leaves Salt to taste Process : In a mixer jar grind onions,garlic and ginger and cashews. Heat 2 tbsp oil add 2 tsp cumin seeds, 2 cloves,1 small cinnamon,2 small green cardamon.Saute for 1/2 minute and then add ready paste of onion,ginger garlic. Add dry spices one by one. Grind the tomatoes in mixer jar. Once onion paste is cooked add tomato paste . Once the masala is cooked well add little salt to taste.Add milk and little water and let the masala simmer for 3-5 minutes. Once the masala is cooked well add small pieces of paneer . Add salt to taste.1 tsp garam masala and kasuri Meth

KADAI PANEER                 INGREDIENTS PANEER-150 g CAPSICUM-1/2 ONIONS-2 TOMATO-1 GARLIC-3-4 GINGER-A SMALL PIECE AND SOME JULIENS GREEN CHILLIES-3 CORIANDER LEAVES-FOR FLAVOUR AND GARNISH SPICES-: CORIANDER POWDER-1 TSP GARAM MASALA-1 TSP RED CHILLI POWDER-1 TSP TURMERIC/HALDI-1 TSP WHOLE SPICES-: CORIANDER SEEDS/DHANIYA-1 TBSP CUMIN SEEDS/JEERA-1 TBSP BLACK PEPPER/KALI MIRCH-8-10 FENNEL SEEDS/SAUNF-1 TBSP DRY RED CHILLIES-2 KASURI METHI-1 TSP SALT-AS REQUIRED WATER -AS REQUIRED               First of all heat a pan and dry roast  whole spices-cumin seeds,coriander seeds,red chillies,fennel seeds,pepper.                   Cool the dry roasted spices and grind in a mixie to a coarse powder.Keep it aside. Then grind tomato,onions,cashew,green chillies,garlic and ginger  to fine paste.         Cut half portion of onion and capsicum  into small pieces (petal shape) and saute