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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.
hi aunty,
i tried rasagula its very nice recepie.
Hi Aunty,
I am a fan of yours.You teach really easy and delicious recipes.
I would like to know what is the measurement of your cup?
Thanks n regards
Gouri
Aunty pls let me know whats the measurement of the cup that you use for cooking.I want to try making some sweets for diwali but can’t start because i dont know the measurement of the cup.
Regards
thnx for ur peda receipe but aunty i could not make soft peda.after one day my peda become very hard please suggest how can i make soft peda
Manjula Autnie,
to make the paneer for the peda, how much lemon juice should i use? Can i double the recipe if i want to make two times the amount?
Shelly,
check the recipe for how to make paneer and yes you can double the recipe without making any changes.
Hi Aunty,
I made this dessert…it seemed nice but after pressing it into peda shape it had little cracks on sides…what could be the reason?
Hi Diva,
Mix was too dry. If it happened again just add a spoon of milk.
Hi Manjulaben -
My mix became to liquidy. and I am unable to mold it into shape. How can I fix it?
hi aunty
i tried this receipe and it was really too good.i prepared some pedas in sugar free so my father in law also enjoy it and it taste with sugar free is also too good.everybody like it.but aunty it get spoil after 2 days why it so happen?should i have to put it in refrigerater?
Hi Mahi,
Peda should not be spoiled for few days at room temperature unless it is very hot. I think you did not cook the paneer mix long enough and that can make the peda spoiled faster.
i cook the paneer for long but i put the pedas in air tight container at room temprature does it spoil because of this?
You must allow them to cool down fully before putting them in a container. If they are still warm when you seal the container then that will allow bacteria to start growing.
I always keep milk based sweets in the fridge as an added precaution.
thanks jaya i will do it next time
Can milk powder be substituted with milk?. If so then how much milk has to be added. If not what milk powder has to be used?. My father-in-law likes this sweet. I would like to do it for him. Please let me know.
hi madam,
Your recepies all are nice… espeacialy deserts… Thank you
I tried the peda
after i put the sugar the mixture became a little sticky
i shaped them in peda shape and put them in the fridge
it became hard
what is the reason for the mixture to become sticky after i put the sugar
Hi Christine, I think you should have cook mixture of paneer, milk and milk powder little more.
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