Sudha's Veg Kitchen [ Food blog]

ONION PAKORAS With the advent of rainy season one of the most sought out snacks is pakoras.So, today sharing an evergreen recipe of crispy onion pakoras. INGREDIENTS BESAN/GRAM FLOUR-1 cup Onions-2 big Green chillies-1 Red chilli powder-2 tsp(according to taste) Turmeric-1 tsp Salt-as per taste Curry leaves/Coriander leaves Ajwain/Carom seeds-1/2 tsp Water-as needed Oil-as required Recipe : In a bowl take 1 cup besan. In it add red chilli powder, turmeric,salt, ajwain.Mix well. Add chopped or sliced onions and green chillies.You can avoid chillies if making for children. Add very little water and make a batter of thick consistency. Heat oil.  Take small portions in palm and deep fry in oil in medium heat.Turn sides and cook pakoras till brown and crisp. Serve hot with chutney of your choice or simply tomato sauce. Do try this recipe in your kitchen. For Potato pakaros /bhajji click the link below : Text recipe  : https://sudhacooks.blogspot.com/2018/02/potato-bhajji.html ...

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 ...

ATTA LADDOOS/WHOLEWHEAT LADOOS Good day friends. I too have been trying lots of recipes during this lockdown.Recipes made with easily available ingredients that are easy to procure and also gives taste and is healthy for us.So,t oday I made Atta laddoos.It tasted yum.I have made these laddoos many times before too but never got the best results.This time the laddoos came really good so thought of sharing with all of you.This time I made the laddoos  with only 1 glass of wholewheat flour and got around 14-15 medium sized laddoos which were a great hit with my family.I am sharing the recipe for atta laddoos for all  of you to give a try. INGREDIENTS Wholewheat flour / Atta  -1 medium sized steel glass Sugar - 1 medium sized steel glass (it has to powdered) Cardamon -2-3 Ghee / Clarified Butter - 6-8 tbsp (may need 2-3 tbsp more) Cashews and Almonds - around 8-10 each (your wish) STEP BY STEP MAKING OF ATTA LADDOOS Heat 1/2 tbsp ghee in a non-stick pan. Roast some almonds an...

Falooda Hello friends, One of the most famous summer dessert is falooda ice-cream or falooda kulfi.Today I have prepared falooda with vanilla ice cream.It was on my list to do for sometime and finally I made it.It tasted yum and delicious.This is a simple recipe just you have to do a bit of preparation beforehand.Below I have given step by step recipe of falooda.I will surely add step by step pictures some other day till then follow the steps and prepare yummy falooda for yourself and your family. Recipe- 1st step Make rosemilk.In boiled &cooked milk add rose syrup or rooafzah and few spoons sugar.Let it cool in fridge. 2nd step Boil some sevaiyan/semiya/vermicelli in water.After it is cooked drain and let it cool in fridge.I used normal upma vermicelli /semiya.The original falooda used sevaiyan made of cornflour  but this works fine mostly during this covid lockdown. 3rd step Take 1 tbsp sabja seeds/chia seeds and soak in water for 20-30 m...

Khaman Dhokla Made dhokla today.This recipe is easy and simple.Its like one of those instant breakfast recipes.Most of the ingredients are easily available at home.I have been trying this dish for sometime now but only this time i got the desired result in way of its looks and taste.You can serve this alongside green chutney .This recipe is from the state of Gujarat basically but it is liked by people all over the states of India. INGREDIENTS GRAM FLOUR/BESAN-1 STEEL GLASS CURD/DAHI-1/2 CUP WATER-AS REQUIRED SALT-AS REQUIRED TURMERIC-1 TSP ENO SALT-1/2 TSP ASAFOETIDA/HING-A PINCH LEMON JUICE-AS REQUIRED GREEN CHILLIES-2-3 SLIT MUSTARD SEEDS-2 TSP SUGAR-1 TBSP OIL 1 TBSP Recipe-  Take 1 steel glass gram flour/kadalai Mav Add 1/2 cup curd,1 tsp turmeric,salt to taste. Make a dosa like batter adding little water.Rest it for 5 minutes. Heat steamer /idli stand with enough water . Grease a vessel with oil.. Mix rested gram flour batter again ...

Shakkarpare /Sweet Nimki c                             Hello friends, Today I am going to share with you recipe of sweet nimki or shakkarpare .This recipe also I learnt from my mother in law. The market shakkarpare is made very thick but we prepare it like general nimkis and dip in sugar syrup.For making dough you can add butter,ghee or oil .My mom-in -law generally uses butter to make snacks so I used Amul butter to make this dish.You can use butter of any brand.You can also avoid pinch of salt when adding salty butter. It is generally said that little salt enhances the sweetness of any sweet dish.This recipe is simple and easy but you will need patience to fry nimkis in medium heat till brown and crisp.The sugar syrup must be 1 string or less than that but you should not put the nimkis in syrup as soon as sugar dissolves as the nimkis will not remain crisp in such case.It will become soggy a...

COCONUT SEEDAI A savoury dish prepared during Janmashtami in every Tamil household is the crispy uppu seedai .Today I will be sharing a recipe of Uppu seedai which I have named as ''Coconut seedai '' because of use of coconut in it.This recipe I learnt from my mother-in-law.She is from Palakkad in Kerala and she prepares this as she has has seen her grandmother do it.So once again a traditional South Indian recipe which is prepared by my mother in law at your disposal.Although this recipe is easy many a times people complain of this seedai bursting in oil and causing blisters on our body.To avoid such situations  you have to follow some instructions.Firstly sieve the rice flour (home made or store brought) two three times.There must not be any lump in flour.Believe me by following simple measures you will be getting crispy  savouries  ie seedai.As I said earlier this recipe is prepared in Janmashtami but you can also prepare it on usual days and serve as e...