Products
PEDA (Indian Sweet)
January 24th, 2009 filed under Desserts
Pedas are an all time favorite sweet. Pedas are like soft milk fudge. Pedas are grainy texture made with milk and sugar, flavored with cardamom. Peda can be served as a candy or as a dessert.
Recipe makes 24.
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup paneer
- 3/4 cup milk powder
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoon unsalted butter (ghee)
- 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder (ilatchi)
For Garnish:
- 1 tablespoon sliced pistachios
Method:
- Check the recipe for paneer and make the paneer with whole milk. For this recipe use 4 cups of milk.
- Heat the frying pan on medium. Add butter and let it melt.
- Next add milk, milk powder, and paneer. Mix it well.
- Cook mixture on medium heat stirring continuously until mixture starts leaving the sides of the frying pan and becomes like dough. This should take about 12 minutes. Now this is known as khoya.
- Transfer the khoya into a bowl and let it cool off until khoya becomes just lukewarm.
- Mix the sugar and cardamom powder into the khoya and knead it for about a minute until every thing blends together and become soft dough. Note: if you mix the sugar while khoya is hot that will make pedas soft.
- Divide the mix into about 20 equal parts and roll them into round balls. Lightly press it down so it looks like small patty.
- Put few pieces of sliced pistachios on every peda.
- Pedas should be served at room temperature.
- Pedas can be kept for few days at room temperature and about a month refrigerated.
Hello aunty,
I ‘ve tried making almost all your dessert recipes and was successful making them except for boondi and pedas. In pedas after trasferring the khoya into a plate and kneading it into a dough after it has cooled doen with sugar the dough turns out so soft that i fail to make those small balls. Aunty , why is there a difference in measurement of ingredients between your video and the website ? Is it 1/3 or 3/4 cup , pls clarify…
aleena
Dear Manjula Aunty,
Your Recipes are so good….
I like it so much…………..
I wish to do peda for my baby’s First Birthday….
I wish to know can we use instant non-fat milk powder for this recipe…..
maam i want to ask..in gulaab jamuns ..can i use the khoya as the substitute of milk powder..will it be okay..
Dear Manjula ji,
can we make PEDA more then 19
I mean do i need more milk or just keep it the same
Hi Manjula Aunty,
I have seen your PEDA recipe video. You have mentioned use of paneer in it. Can i use readymade cottage cheese crumbles available in stores instead of paneer?
Richa,
Use my recipe as a guide line and make changes as the time permits or you just want to try out. Half the fun is experimenting!
Dear Manjula ji,
Can we use condensed milk instead of milk & milk powder ?