I have been wanting to make Pedas at home for a long time now. I find most Halwai Pedas to contain way too much sugar. Not that they don't taste good - lots of sugar can make for a delicious melt in the mouth Peda. But I was looking for something a little less intense. Here I have used condensed milk for that extra milkiness and sweetness. My recipe has no sugar and I found that the proportions below gave me a delicious milk fudge.
Ingredients:
1 cup milk powder
1/2 cup condensed milk
1/2 cup milk, 2%
2 tbsp ghee (clarified butter)
4 elaichi (cardamom pods)
Method:
- Remove the cardamom seeds from the pods and crush coarsely.
- In a microwave safe bowl, combine the milk powder, milk, ghee, condensed milk, and the crushed cardamom seeds.
- Blend well with a fork and allow to sit for about 20 minutes.
- Then give it a swirl, and place in the microwave.
- Microwave for 2 minutes, then give the mix a good swirl.
- Repeat 2 more times, totaling about 6 minutes. By now the mix will have dried considerably, and will come together when mixed. Make sure there is no moisture at the base of the bowl; if anything you should begin to see some to the ghee separating from the mix.
- If there is still a little moisture, give the bowl another 30 seconds to a minute in the microwave.
- The final product should com together easily, look porous, with the ghee leaving the mix.
- Remove from the microwave, cool for about 5-7 minutes.
- The take exactly 1 level tablespoonful of the mix at a time in the palms of your hand. Roll into a ball. Gently flatten this ball. Place a pistachio in the centre and allow the Peda to set on some wax paper.
- Repeat for the remaining mix.
- Allow the Pedas to cool completely, then refrigerate for up to 5 days.
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a lovely sweet :) looks good
ReplyDeleteYumm, super cute and very attractive pedas..Prefect for the celebration.
ReplyDeleteOMG.. .what a delicious and inviting.. peda's...
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Akila
wow... super inviting clicks... can u pass this pedas plz...
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Super yummy peda's,looks so tempting.
ReplyDeleteyour peda look just awesome and perfect
ReplyDeleteMy daughter just polished off a bunch of pedas from the halwai. I'll definitely try this next time.
ReplyDeleteDo try the recipe and let me know how she liked it!
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