Milk Peda | Doodh Peda | Paal Peda :
Milk Peda is an all time favorite sweet.This sweet is made from Milk Powder,Condensed milk and sugar flavored with Saffron .
Milk Peda / Doodh Peda / Paal Peda is a milk sweet . Its easy to make and tastes very good.Now lets see how to make these Pedas.
Recipe makes 8 pedas.
Ingredients:
Ghee - 3 tsp
Condensed Milk (Milkmaid) - 150 g
Milk Powder - 150 g
Sugar Powder - 1 tsp
Paneer - 150 g
Milk - 100 ml
Saffron - Few strands
Rose Essence - 2 drops (optional)
Pistachio - Little
Method:
- Soak Pistachio in little water. Peel the outer skin and cut them for garnishing purpose.
- Boil the 100 ml of milk separately and add saffron strands to it.Keep it aside.
- In a wide Non-Stick pan add ghee.
- Once the ghee gets heated add milkmaid (condensed milk).Stir it with a ladle and wait till the condensed milk melts.
- Next add Milk Powder to it and stir it continuously so that they don't form any lumps. Mix it well until you get a fine texture ie., an even mixture without any lumps or milk powder over the surface.
- Click here to watch Homemade Paneer (Indian Cottage Cheese) . Crush the paneer well before adding it.
- Mix well with a ladle in a medium flame.Stir it continuously until all the paneer gets melted and you get a fine paste.
- Add the saffron milk and stir continuously in medium flame. Stir it well so that they don't get burnt and also do not form any lumps.
- After few minutes you will see bubbles appearing on the surface , stir continuously until it turns into a paste.Turn off the flame.
- Now add a tsp of sugar.Mix it well , add rose essence to it.
- Transfer the paste to another container and allow it to cool down.
- Once it comes to room temperature , make small balls out of it.
- Grease your hands with Butter / Ghee and you can make it of any shape as you wish.
- Finally garnish with the sliced Pistachio.
- These Milk Peda | Doodh Peda | Paal Peda can be stored for one week in the Refrigerator.
Note:
- Use a Non-Stick Pan so that it doesn't stick to the bottom or sides of the pan.
- If your paste is not thick , you can leave the paste in the refrigerator for about 2 hrs. Your paste will become hard and you can make it of your own choice.
- Paneer will make your pedas soft.Moreover you will get the taste of Palkova.
- Rose Essence will give you flavor and good aroma , If you do not wish to add essence you can use Cardamom.
- The Milk Powder that I have used contains Sugar in it and also the condensed milk also has added sugar.Therefore I have added only a tsp of sugar.Check your Milk Powder before using.
