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Homemade Natural Food colours

Homemade Natural Food colours

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Explore vibrant hues without artificial additives. Embrace homemade natural food colors for healthier and eco-friendly culinary creations bursting with authenticity.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Course Ingredient
Cuisine Indian

Ingredients
  

FOR GREEN

  • 2 cup spinach leaves
  • 1 cup Water
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp lemon juice
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla essence

FOR ORANGE

  • 2 carrots
  • 1 cup water
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp lemon juice
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla essence

FOR PURPLE

  • 1 small purple cabbage (half if big)
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla essence

FOR BLUE

  • 1/3 rd portion of Purple colour
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda

FOR PINK

  • 1/3 portion of Purple colour
  • 1 tsp lemon juice

FOR YELLOW

  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp lemon juice
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla essence

FOR RED

  • 2 Medium beetroots
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp lemon juice
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla essence

Instructions
 

MAKING OF GREEN COLOUR

  • Take washed spinach leaves and put them into water.
  • Boil 2 minutes.
  • Remove from the heat and let cool completely.
  • Put in a blender jar, alongwith its water and blend to a fine puree.
  • Sieve through a fine masher.
  • Pour the extracted juice in a sauce pan.
  • Also add sugar.
  • Boil on high heat while stirring occasionally.
  • A foam will be seen forming over the top layer. Remove it as much as you can.
  • When the syrup reduces and appears like bubbles, check the consistency by taking a drop out and pulling apart between your forefinger and thumb. It should be one string consistency.
  • Add lemon juice and just one boil.
  • Switch off the heat and add vanilla essence. Mix.
  • Sieve in a bowl.
  • Leave to cool completely and thereafter fill in a bottle. This is the green. food colour.

MAKING OF ORANGE COLOUR

  • Peel and wash Carrots. Quantity of every ingredient is given in the recipe card below.
  • Chop the carrot into small pieces.
  • Put them in blender jar.
  • Also add water.
  • Give them a good blend to make a fine puree.
  • Sieve the puree to separate carrot juice.
  • Pour this carrot juice in a sauce pan.
  • Also add sugar.
  • Next process is similar. Boil, remove the froth, one string consistency, addition of lemon juice and vanilla essence.
  • Sieve in a bowl.
  • Leave to cool completely. This is the orange food colour.

MAKING OF PURPLE COLOUR

  • Roughly chop the purple cabbage.
  • Wash and put in a grinder jar.
  • Also add water.
  • Make a fine puree out of it.
  • Sieve through a fine masher.
  • Pour the cabbage juice in a sauce pan.
  • Add sugar.
  • Next process is similar to making of orange colour. Remove the froth, boil till one string consistency is reached, add lemon juice and vanilla essence.
  • Then divide the liquid 3 equal portions.
  • One portion is purple food colour.

MAKING OF BLUE COLOUR

  • Purple colour was divided in 3 parts out of which one was purple itself. Now take the 2nd portion.
  • Add baking soda in it.
  • Mix very well.
  • It will turn into blue colour.

MAKING OF PINK COLOUR

  • In 3rd part, add lemon juice little by little and keep mixing.
  • It will turn into pink.

MAKING OF YELLOW

  • Take water, turmeric and sugar in a sauce pan.
  • Similarly boil, remove froth, one string consistency, add lemon juice and vanilla essence.
  • Sieve in a bowl.
  • Its yellow colour.

MAKING OF RED

  • Add peeled and chopped beetroots in a blender jar.
  • Also add water.
  • Blend to a fine puree.
  • Sieve like before.
  • Pour the beetroot juice in a sauce pan.
  • Further process is again the same from adding sugar to vanilla essence.
  • Red food colour is ready.
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