Sudha's Veg Kitchen [ Food blog]

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...

SHAKKARPONGAL / SWEET PONGAL Good day friends , I prepared Shakkarapongal / sweet pongal.A South Indian delicious sweet dish most importantly prepared during Pongal.Its also prepared as prasadam /prasad on special occasions at every South Indian homes and temples.It is one of my most favourite dish.I even don't mind standing in queue to get sweet pongal as prasadam in temples. Ingredients-: Raw Rice - 1/2 cup Moong Dal dhuli / Pasiparappu - 4-5 tbsp Jaggery / Gud / Vellam - 1/2 cup  ( depends on sweetness you want) Cashews and raisins - around 10 Cardamon - 2 Ghee / Clarified butter - 1/4 cup  + 1 tbsp  Recipe -  Dry roast 4-5 tbsp moongDal  in a kadai / vessel.Wash and clean 1/2 cup rice.Mix Dal and rice ,add 2 cups water and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles.In another vessel take  1/2 cup jaggery and add little water.When the jaggery get dissolved strain the mixture.Again heat the jaggery syrup and add boiled rice and Dal mixture well.Add ...

TOMATO RICE Today sharing an easy rice based dish called Tomato Rice.If you have left over rice for the evening or morning you can very easily prepare this dish.You can prepare this dish as a change to break the monotony of eating plain rice and dal .This recipe is a good lunchbox recipe too not taking much time and nor  requiring many ingredients.You can serve this dish with papad. INGREDIENTS BOILED RICE -1&1/2 CUPS TOMATOES -2 ONIONS -2 GREEN CHILLIES -2-3 GINGER -A SMALL PIECE MUSTARD SEEDS(SARSON)-1 TSP BENGAL GRAM (CHANA DAL)-1 TSP BLACK SPLIT GRAM (URAD DAL )-1 TSP CHILLI POWDER -1/2 TSP TURMERIC /HALDI -1 TSP ASAFOETIDA (HING) -A PINCH SALT -TO TASTE SALT -TO TASTE STEP BY STEP PROCESS OF MAKING TOMATO RICE    We shall chop onions ,tomatoes and green chillies to small pieces and grate ginger,                                Now heat...

DAL MATAR KHICHDI / PEAS KHICHDI             Hi friends,  A healthy dal and rice dish made more delicious  and healthier with peas.A comfort food for people suffering from sickness . It  can be prepared easily in cooker too.Its also a one pot meal for bachelors or busy office goers .Hope you like it. INGREDIENTS RAW RICE - 1/2 CUP SPLIT GREEN GRAM / MOONG DAL - 1/2 CUP PEAS / MATAR - 1/2 CUP TOMATO -1 GREEN CHILLIES -2 -3 WATER -2 & 1/2 CUPS TO 3 CUPS SALT - TO TASTE GHEE - 1 TBSP GRATED GINGER - 2 TSP CUMIN SEEDS / JEERA - 2 TSP  PROCEDURE                                We shall heat ghee.Add cumin seeds,grated ginger.Saute for sometime.                                         ...