Sudha's Veg Kitchen [ Food blog]

  Instant Jalebi  I had made these juicy jalebis long back.Just thought of updating it now.No doubt it was very tasty.😋I had tried it before many times but met with failure but this time it turned out very good.Its not that tough if we maintain right consistency of batter. INGREDIENTS Plain flour/Maida -1/2 cup Curd -1/4 cup  Baking Soda -1/4 teaspoon Water -as required  Sugar - 1&1/2 cup  Orange colour - a pinch (optional)  Lemon juice - 1 teaspoon  How I Made   In a bowl take 1/2 cup maida.  Add1/4 cup curd to it. Also add 1/4 tsp baking soda.  Mix all well together.   Now make a batter adding very little water. Rest the batter for 15 min.  Preparing Syrup  Take 1&1/2 cup sugar .  Let it boil for sometime.  Make 1 string consistency syrup.  Add colour and 1 tsp lemon juice. Then fill this batter in sauce bottle and make Jalebis and fry them in flat bottomed Kadai . Once they are done  th...

 Tutti Frutti Cupcakes (Made with whole-wheat) Hi all!! Today sharing recipe of whole-wheat tutti - frutti cupcakes .I have used regular atta that we use to prepare chappatis/Parathas for this recipe.This recipe requires few ingredients and moreover it takes very less time to prepare too . These cupcakes turned out good .You can prepare these cupcakes for tea time snacks or for kids birthday parties. INGREDIENTS REQUIRED Atta-1&1/2 cups Vinegar-1 tbsp Milk-1/4 cup +1/2 cup Sugar -1 cup Baking soda-1/2  tsp Baking powder-1 tsp Oil-1/4 cup Vanilla essence Tutti frutti-1/4 cup(as per choice) HOW I MADE In 1/4 cup milk add 1 tbsp vinegar and mix well and keep aside for 10 minutes. Whisk powdered sugar and oil in a bowl.Add vinegar & milk mixture, vanilla essence. Sieve atta,soda, baking powder ,a pinch salt 3-4 times and keep aside. Now add  dry ingredients to wet ingredients by cut and fold method slowly. Add milk to adjust consistency. Add tutti frutti in atta and k...

 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...