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) ...

  Green Moong Dal Laddoos  Good day everyone!! Today sharing another winter food made of green Moong Dal and jaggery. This sweet is full of fibres and proteins .You can prepare this in a bunch and give it to your kids for their healthy development .The jaggery gives a mild sweetness and uplifts the taste too. This recipe requires very few ingredients and all will be easily available at home. INGREDIENTS  Green Moong Dal - 1 & 1/4 big steel glass ( Around 200-220 g) Jaggery - chopped to small pieces 1 big steel glass (used the same glass for measurement) Cashew nuts - 6-7 Cardamon -2 or 3 Ghee / Clarified Butter - 4 tbsp  STEP BY STEP RECIPE Firstly measure 1 and 1/4 steel glass green gram or green Moong Dal and dry roast in a wok or Kadai for 5 - 6 minutes .Be careful not to change the colour or overbrown them. Once the dal get roasted  and cools grind them in a blender to a fine powder. Now in a Kadai / wok add 4-5 tbsp ghee and add the powdered Dal powder ...

  Cauliflower Sabji  Good day everyone!! Winter has set in many parts of India and one of the most common veggies  of this season is cauliflower and green peas.Today sharing a healthy version of cauliflower gravy/Sabji to go along side rice, rotis , puris etc. The healthy part is that to make this gravy I used only 1 tsp of oil. The taste was also very good . INGREDIENTS Cauliflower - 1 medium sized flower around 1/2 kg  Peas - 1/4 cup (I have used fresh peas ) Tomatoes -2 medium sized Onions - 2 medium sized Green chillies -3 Garlic -5-6 cloves  Ginger - a small piece  Oil -2 tsp  Cumin seeds / Jeera - 1 tsp Turmeric - 2 tsp  Chilli powder - 1 tsp  Coriander powder - 2 tsp  Sabji Masala -1 tsp  Water - As needed  Coriander leaves - a small bunch  Salt to taste  Step by step process Firstly chop cauliflower into big florets .Heat 1 cup water in a vessel and add cauliflower florets and peas (water should dissolve the f...

  Tomato Chutney Good day everyone!! Today sharing another quick recipe of chutney made with tomatoes.Its an easy and quick recipe.It can be prepared in ten minutes .You can prepare this when you are lazy to prepare vegetable side dish or are out of vegetables at home.It goes well with khichuri,stuffed parathas,plain parathas. INGREDIENTS Tomatoes -2-3 Green Chillies -1 or two (slit or chopped into big pieces) Red Chilli powder -2 tsp Turmeric -1 tsp Oil - 2 tsp Mustard seeds -1 tsp Water -As required Salt - As per taste STEP By STEP RECIPE Heat oil. Add 1 teaspoon mustard seeds. Add slit green chillies,chopped 2 or 3 tomatoes, turmeric powder, 2 teaspoon chilli powder,salt to taste. Once the tomatoes get cooked add enough water. One boil chutney ready. Serve hot with khichuri/khichdi, parathas of your choice.I had prepared it to go with khichdi. Do try this recipe in your kitchen. You can find many more recipes in my blog. Thanks for visiting my blog. Check out some more recipes s...

  Healthy  Jaggery-Peanut Laddoos. Good day everyone!! Today sharing another laddoo recipe which needs very few ingredients and can be made in a jiffy.Best part of this recipe is we are not going to use sugar but use healthier jaggery instead.It will be a good  school snack or evening snack for kids or adults with sweet tooth .I have another peanut recipe in my blog which is a traditional one .You can find it in menu with title "Types of Laddoos". INGREDIENTS Peanuts-1 big steel glass Jaggery/Gud -1 or 3/4 big steel glass crushed jaggery Ghee - 1 tbsp (for flavour)(optional) Roasted Sesame seeds -1/4 glass +1 tbsp Powdered Cardamon /ilaichi - 2 tsp Step by step process Measure 1 big steel  glass peanuts.Dry roast them in a kadai/wok.Take out the skin and let cool. Powder 1 or 3/4 big steel glass of crushed jaggery. Dry roast 1/4 steel glass sesame seeds. Firstly grind peanuts and sesame in mixer grinder. Then add powdered jaggery .pulse few minutes.The peanuts will l...

  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....

 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 ...