PEDA (Indian Sweet)
January 24th, 2009 filed under Desserts, Gluten Free
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:
- 4 cup paneer
- 1/3 cup milk powder
- 1/3 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.
Dear Manjula Aunty,
Thank u so much for this wonderful receipe. I followed your steps exactly & the pedas came out excellent. My husband loved it a lot. I also tried your Bengali Rasgulla & it came out perfect. Always my rasgullas use to break but this time none of them were broken. I do send my receipes to another website. Can i post this receipe there so that other viewers can also be benefitted only if you permit? Kindly reply. Thank you
Hi Manjula Aunty,
I tried making pedas everything was fine the dough came out well and when i mixed sugar to it it became too soft from which i was not able to make balls…………….in that case what should i do to make the balls please please reply me back aunty……………..
i really want to know what can i do for that now…………..
Eagerly waiting for ur response
Thank You
hi,
i tried the pedas.
unfortunately it din turn out to be good.
i dint get the consistency
regards,
sneha
Dear Majula Aunty,
I tried making pedas, everything went well until after i mixed milk and milk powder with paneer in ghee. I put 3 tablespoons of ghee, even after 15 mins my consistency was not like what i saw in your video. i could see a lot of ghee and spooned some out. I was even unable to make peda shapes and so i had to flatten it out in a plate and cut it up like barfi. i used the exact measurements you mentioned but somehow my end product did not look the same as in your video. what do you think went wrong?
Dear Aunt,
I really enjoyed looking at you making the peda, I would really like to make the homemade paneer, but I am not getting it right. Thank you.
The demonstration was perfect I’ll be trying them and will post the comments.
Hello Manjula Aunty, I try many of ur recipes and they come out great. But the pedas did not come out very good. I used the same proportion given by you, but even with the khova, it was bringing out lot of butter(ghee) and it did not come out dry like yours. What do you think is my mistake……pls reply. But the taste was awesome…
dear manjula anuty
i tried this recipe twice n both time it did not turn out good… first time i could not turn into ball.. it was all falling apart… then i tried again this time it was sticky… i did put the sugar when it was cool of completely… i m not sure what mistake i m doing if u can help that would b great
thank you anuty
Dee,
If the mix of paneer, milk and milk powder became too dry you will not be able to make peda it will little crumbly, remember as the khoya will cool it will be little dry it is making more on khoya if it becomes dry you can sprinkle few drops of warm milk.
Dear Aunty,
I am planning to make these pedas for navrathri.But I dont hv the milk powder with me.Can u suggest any substitute for the milk powder
Thank you Aunty
Dear Manjula Aunty,
You know something i learnt cooking from yours videos going to get marry soon thanks for teaching me everything. I would like to ask something that is can i use unsalted mawa instant of paneer to amke peda.
Thanks & Regards
Soniya Vora