Homemade Jujube /Jelly Sweets#SundayFunday

Jujube or Jube, is the name of jelly candy or gummy sweets. Jujube's are sweet in taste, colorful, made with different flavors using the corresponding essences, like orange color and orange essence. Jujubes are light and melt in the mouth. These have a shelf life of a month or more.

Ingredients
4 Oz Citrus Juice - see notes
5 Pouches Unflavored Gelatin - see notes
5 Oz Water
500 Grams Granulated Sugar
Color & Essence - of your choice

Method

Most important - keep the well oiled tray's with a drop of color and essence ready.

Soak Gelatin in the citrus juice.
In a heavy bottomed pan add the water and water and keep this on medium flame stirring till the sugar dissolves. Once the sugar dissolves add the soaked gelatin, increase the flame to high and with a wooden spatula stir it continuously breaking the lumps of the gelatin for exactly 4 minutes ( set a timer). Once 4 minutes are up. Switch off the flame.

Divide this into the oiled trays accordingly, remove the layer of scum from top so that you get clear jelly sweets/candy.
Let this set covered with a lid taking care that it does not tough the candy layer. Keep it over night on your counter top. Do not refrigerate this.

Then next morning. Take a cutting board and spread a generous layer of caster sugar on top. Then loosen the sides of the tray with a well oiled knife. Unmold on to the caster sugar and cut into desired size and shape of your choice. 

I have also set them in silicone molds that are well oiled. These too keep overnight to set.
Take a bowl filled with caster sugar as required for coating the jujube's.

Once you cut the desired shape that immediately place them into the bowl of caster sugar and roll them well so that the are well coated with caster sugar. Shake them afterwards in a colander to remove any excess sugar coating.

Store them in a airtight container for a month or more.
Kid's and adults too love these candies, do try them.

My Notes

One pouch of gelatin is 10 grams. So you require 50 grams unflavored gelatin.
For the Citrus Juice - Use one Large orange and one large lemon to extract the juice.
Add the gelatin as soon as the sugar melts, do not bring the sugar syrup to a boil.
Set a timer once you add the gelatin to the sugar syrup and increase the flame to high.
I have used pizza cutter to cut the candy.
Labels: Jelly Sweets, Candy, Gelatin, Christmas Sweet, Sunday Funday, Homemade, Kids delight 

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• German Chocolate Caramel Bars from Palatable Pastime
• Homemade Jujube Jelly Sweets from Sneha’s Recipe
• Maritozzi from Culinary Cam
• Two-minute Quick Fudge from Food Lust People Love
• Vegan Air Fryer Churros from Cook with Renu 

Leftover Chocolate Cake & Chocolate Pudding Cups - No Bake Dessert#SundayFunday

I had some frozen leftover cake lying in the freezer for quite sometime. So made this delicious dessert using my Homemade Ready Chocolate Pudding Mix.

Delicious chocolate custard dessert cups which is not only easy to make but taste fantastic. This cups are so addictive and makes a great party individual dessert.

Ingredients 
500 ml milk
1/2 Cup Homemade Ready Chocolate Pudding Mix
1 Teaspoon Gelatin
1 Tablespoon water
Leftover  Chocolate Cake

Method

Press  a thick layer of crumbled cake into  the cups 

then add a layer of pudding.   Let it set in the refrigerator. 

Again add a layer of cake 

then pudding, let it set in the refrigerator to chill.

Grate chocolate on top and cling wrap each cup and refrigerate till cold.

Enjoy this delicious dessert. 

Labels: Sunday Funday, No Bake Desserts, Chocolate, Homemade, Chocolate Pudding, Leftover series, Sweets & Desserts  

For Sunday Funday our theme is Clean out the Fridge

• Beef Vegetable Soup from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Leftover Chocolate Cake & Chocolate Custard Cups - No Bake Dessert from Sneha's Recipe
• Tortellini Carbonara from Amy's Cooking Adventures
• Turkey Tetrazzini from Palatable Pastime

Creamy Zucchini Soup#SoupSwappers

Had some frozen zucchini in the freezer decided to make a delicious creamy soup with my DIY/Homemade Cream Of Soup Mix. This is so quick and delicious to make do try this recipe.

Ingredients
½ Cup Level Cream Of Soup Mix -DIY/Homemade
1 Big Vegetable Stock Cube
4 - 5 Cups Water
2 Cups Diced Zucchini - I used frozen
1 Clove Garlic - minced
1 Small Onion - finely chopped
A Dash of Black Pepper powder
Salt to taste
1 Tablespoon Butter
1 Teaspoon Mixed Herbs
Toasted Chopped Almonds - as required

Method 

In a sauce pan add the butter , garlic and on medium low flame sauté for a minute, immediately add the onions and sauté till its translucent. Add the cream of soup mix and stir it with a whisk for a minute or two. Now add the diced zucchini and sauté till it softens. Add the stock cube and water and whisk till it is lump free. Continue to whisk on medium low flame till it comes to a boil. Taste for salt and pepper, give the soup a good mix. Puree this in a blender. Add this puree back into the soup and again give it good whisk and heat it if necessary. 

Serve this into big bowls, garnish with a dash of pepper powder and few fresh basil leaves and chopped toasted almonds ( this is optional), the toasted chopped almonds give an awesome crunch to the soup. Enjoy it as a meal or as an appetizer.

Labels: Zucchini , Vegetarian, Main course, Appetizer, Soup, Soup Swappers, International Cuisine

Want some great ideas for soups with frozen vegetables? Check out what the rest of the Soup Saturday Swappers group created for this! 

• Creamy Zucchini Soup - Sneha's Recipes   
• Curried Carrot and Red Pepper Soup from Magical Ingredients
• Easy Slow Cooker Vegetable Beef Soup - Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Quick and Healthy Butternut Squash Soup - A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Slovakian Green Bean Soup - Pandemonium Noshery

Brown Bread Dark Chocolate Bread Bundt Pudding#BundtBakers

This is delicious pudding that requires no custard or ice cream to serve. The gooeyness of chocolate and the softness of the bread is just delicious, you can't stop at one helping that's for sure.

Ingredients
335 Grams Brown Bread - thickly sliced
50 Grams Softened Salted Butter or as required
4 Eggs
60 Grams Granulated Sugar
1 Tablespoon Cocoa powder
140 Grams Dark Chocolate - chopped
300 Ml Fresh Cream
1 Teaspoon Orange zest
400 Ml Milk
30 Grams Raisins
Vanilla Ice cream, to serve - optional

Method
Butter a 10" ring pan well.

Spread butter both sides of the bread slices and arrange them in the pan. Arrange bread in prepared buttered pan.

Sprinkle half of the chopped chocolate on the pieces of bread.

Whisk the eggs, sugar until combined, then stir in cocoa powder, orange zest, raisins, half of the chocolate and milk. 

Pour chocolate cream mixture over, making sure all bread is coated. Set aside for an hour for bread to soak up mixture.

Tent the bundt pan with foil and Bake at 180 degrees C for 35-40 minutes until edges are set but center has a wobble.   

Remove from oven and set aside to cool slightly.

Unmold and enjoy.. just delicious ..yum yum!!

Labels: Chocolate Pudding, Bundt, Bundt Bakers, Baked, Dessert 

BundtBakers is a group of Bundt loving bakers who get together once a month to bake Bundts with a common ingredient or theme. You can see all our lovely Bundts by following our Pinterest board. We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.

This month Simply Inspired Meals is hosting Spooky Bundt Cakes. She asked the group to make any cake that had some element that made it spooky. This wonderful group is administered by Stacy of Food Lust People Love. Updated links for all of our past events and more information about #BundtBakers, can be found on our home page.
Bread Pudding Bundts 

• Bread Pudding Recipe From My Mom from Patyco Candybar
• Brown Bread Dark Chocolate Bread Bundt Pudding from Sneha’s Recipe
• Fall Harvest Bread Pudding from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Glazed Donut Bread Pudding from Food Lust People Love
• Pumpkin Bread Pudding from Palatable Pastime

Sabudana & Potato Khichdi#SundayFunday

This make a fantastic filling brunch, we had this on lazy day. This is a different from the normal sabudana khichdi that is normally made. In this I have added potato to make a filling meal. Do try this different recipe! 

Ingredients
2 Medium Size Potatoes - cut into small cubes
1 Cup Sabudana
1 Cup Roasted Peanuts - coarsely ground
A Juice of One Big Lime
A Sprig Curry leaves
1 Long Green Chilly - slit
1 Teaspoon Grated Ginger
¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper powder
3 Long Green Chillies - grind to coarse paste
1 Tablespoon Sugar or as per your taste
¾ Teaspoon Sendav Namak or taste
4 Tablespoons Desi Ghee
1 Tablespoon Oil

Method

Wash sabudana lightly and soak in water. The water should to the level of the sabudana. Leave covered for minimum 4 hours or overnight. 
Next morning transfer them to a sieve/colander with small holes. Let excess water drain off. Keep covered (so top layer doesn't dry up). Then fork lightly.

Add sugar, salt and lemon juice and ground chillies to sabudana and mix it well, but gently with a fork.

In a large pan / kadai, heat oil and ghee, add cumin seed, as it browns, add crushed pepper and immediately put potato cubes. Coat potatoes well. Add salt needed for potatoes, Stir well. Cook on high flame for 2 minutes, cover and cook on sim for about 4-5 minutes. Potatoes should be cooked 90%, and retain shape (check by inserting a flat spoon/knife, it should cut through easily).
Now add ginger to potatoes. Mix lightly and cook for 2 minutes.

Push the potato mix to the edge and make a well in the middle. Add pounded peanuts in the well and sauté for a minute.

Add sabudana mix, curry leaves and slit chillies (reserve a few of both to add for final garnish). Slowly, mix everything well.
Cook on high flame for 2 minutes, lower to sim and cook covered for 10 minutes stirring in between so that it does not burn at the bottom of the pan and slowly separating lumps, if any.  

Once all the moisture dries up, leaving the sabudana separated and it should be puffed and transparent by now.
Give it one final stir. 

Transfer to a serving dish and garnish with coriander leaves and reserved curry leaves and chillies. 

Serve with fresh, firm yogurt.

Labels: Khichdi, Sabudana, Breakfast, Brunch, Sunday Funday, Maharastrian Cuisine, Vrat

For Sunday Funday we are sharing Thanksgiving Breakfast Recipes.   

• Mayuri’s Jikoni: Bread Egg Kottu 
• A Day in the Life on the Farm: Chocolate Banana Cranberry Smoothie 
• Amy’s Cooking Adventures: Donut Hole Turkeys 
• Cook with Renu: Open-Faced Celery Avocado Sandwich
• Palatable Pastime : Pork Cracklin’ Breakfast Scramble 
• Sneha’s Recipe: Sabudana & Potato Khichdi