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:
- 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.
Hi aunty
I use the same measurement even it came out like churma the only thing I use is ghee than butter . I want to try again by butter but pls let me know where I m wrong? Do I have to smooth paneer before making khoya?
I tried making peda, it became like kalakand. i tried the exact measurements.
Hi aunty
I tried this recipe today. I used 3 tbs of Ghee and when I made khoya it was crumble I mean not like dough u have in ur video. I don’t know what’s wrong I can not make it together pls let me know. I used 1/3 cup non fat powder and 1/3 cup milk in khoya.
You should try the recipe with the same measurements of ingredients. It sounds by your description that you did it a different way. You need to use paneer, milk powder, and milk as in the instructions. That should not turn out dry. Do again and see if it’s better.
Thanks for your reply, I used the same recipe as in video only i used ghee insted of butter that Manjula anty reply to somebody that we can use that.
hello Manjula ji,
pls do tell us the recipe of making sweet Khajas that are offered to the Lord jagannath. i was searching for it, but was disappointed not to find!!
hi
ur recipe of khoya is really very easy n seems very good.hope now i can make many recipes with the help of ur khoya recipe
hi aunty…
can i use store bought mava…..and use it for making pedas..??
Hi Ami,
You can do so.I myself prepared with readymade mawa.You ll need to add a little milk to khoya to hydrate it and make a dough.
Pedas turn out excellent.
Thanks
Tanvi
Hello,
can we use store bought nanak paneer for this recipe? thank you
Hi Aunty.
Thanks for this recipe I am planning to make it today.can u tell me which kind of milk I have to use ? 2% or fullfat? And what kind of milk powder ?
my husband loved it.it was easy to make and we enjoyed it.
hi manjula aunty,
thanks for ur recipe
is was really awsome
my husband enjoyed eating the pedas and was very happy