Milk Peda | Doodh Peda | Paal Peda

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:

1. Soak Pistachio in little water. Peel the outer skin and cut them for garnishing purpose.
2. Boil the 100 ml of milk separately and add saffron strands to it.Keep it aside. 
3. In a wide Non-Stick pan add ghee.
4. Once the ghee gets heated add milkmaid (condensed milk).Stir it with a ladle and wait till the condensed milk melts.
5. 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.
6. Click here to watch Homemade Paneer (Indian Cottage Cheese) . Crush the paneer well before adding it.
7. Mix well with a ladle in a medium flame.Stir it continuously until all the paneer gets melted and you get a fine paste.
8. 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.
9. After few minutes you will see bubbles appearing on the surface , stir continuously until it turns into a paste.Turn off the flame.
10. Now add a tsp of sugar.Mix it well , add rose essence to it.
11. Transfer the paste to another container and allow it to cool down.
12. Once it comes to room temperature , make small balls out of it.
13. Grease your hands with Butter / Ghee and you can make it of any shape as you wish.
14. Finally garnish with the sliced Pistachio.
15. These Milk Peda | Doodh Peda | Paal Peda can be stored for one week in the Refrigerator.

Note:

1. Use a Non-Stick Pan so that it doesn't stick to the bottom or sides of the pan.
2. 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.
3. Paneer will make your pedas soft.Moreover you will get the taste of Palkova.
4. Rose Essence will give you flavor and good aroma , If you do not wish to add essence you can use Cardamom.
5. 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.

How to make Paneer-Homemade Paneer

How to make Paneer-Homemade Paneer:

Paneer is a homemade Indian Cheese.This can be used in Desserts,Main course dishes and also in gravies.

Now lets see how to prepare Paneer(Indian Cottage Cheese) in few easy steps .....

Ingredients:

Milk - 1/2 ltr

Lemon Juice - 3 tsp

Method:

1. Boil the milk in a pan / heavy bottomed vessel. Stir occasionally , so that the milk doesn't stick to the bottom or sides of the pan.
2. As the milk comes to boil , add lemon juice and stir the milk gently.In few minutes you can see the curd will start to separate from the whey , wait until the curd is separated from the whey.
3. Strain the paneer in a cloth.
4. In order to bring the paneer to room temperature, add cold water to paneer , Wrap the paneer in the same cloth and squeeze out the extra water from it.You can also place a heavy vessel over the wrapped paneer to squeeze out the extra water.
5. Paneer / Indian Cottage Cheese is ready.

Note:

1. If you are preparing Paneer for any desserts like Rasgulla,Rasmalai,Milk Peda , then it can be in the same form as you have wrapped .
2. If you are using it for dishes like Kadai Paneer,Paneer Butter masala  then place a heavy vessel or any other object over the wrapped paneer.After 1/2 an hour the paneer will be ready to cut into pieces .
3. This paneer can be stored in the refrigerator.

Hibiscus Green Tea

Hibiscus Green Tea:

Hibiscus Benefits:

• Hibiscus is a good remedy for Cold.
• It prevents Hair Loss and Hair from Graying.
• The anti-oxidant present in this flower helps to lower the High Blood Pressure Levels and prevents cancer.

Green Tea Benefits:

• Green Tea is made from Un-oxide leaves and therefore has most of the anti-oxidants.
• It was used in the Traditional Indian and Chinese Medicine to heel bleeding and Heart problems.
• Its a good solution for people who want to reduce weight.
• It has shown positive results in all kinds of problem starting from weight loss,Liver disorder to Type 2 Diabetics.

Ingredients:

Hibiscus - 8

Green Tea -1 tsp 

Lemon - 1

Sugar - As per your taste

Method:

1. Remove the Pistil and Stem , use only the petals of the Hibiscus Flower.Wash them well.
2. Boil water ,wait until you see Bubbles appearing on the surface of the water.
3. Add the boiling water to the hibiscus and in few minutes you can see the color change.(Water will be in red and the flowers in violet color).
4. Similarly add boiling water to Green Tea and wait for about 10-15 mins.
5. Allow both the Hibiscus Juice and Green Tea to cool down.
6. Strain them in to a container and add lemon Juice to it.
7. Add either Sugar or Honey as per your taste. Mix it well
8. Hibiscus Green Tea is ready , Serve it by adding Ice Cubes to it.

Note:

Hibiscus is sticky by nature(ie., when you grind them) but when you boil them or add to boiling water and strain it, the stickiness will be removes.

Hibiscus Juice

Hibiscus Juice:

Hibiscus Benefits:

Hibiscus has various health benefits , few are:

• Its a good remedy for Cold.
• It reduces hair loss and hair from graying.
• The anti-oxidants that are present in the hibiscus helps to lower the high blood pressure levels.
• It used in Mexican in a dried powdered form for garnishing purposes.

Now lets see how to prepare this Hibiscus Juice which can be stored for 2 months (with no added preservatives)

Ingredients:

Hibiscus - 20 or 25

Sugar - 250 g

Water - 200 ml 

Lemon -  5 to 6

Method:

1. Take a pan and add 200 ml of water and allow it to boil well.Boil until bubbles appear all over the surface of the water.
2. Now add 250 g of sugar and stir it well.Once the sugar gets dissolved completely , turn off the flame.
3. Use only the Hibiscus Petal for the juice(Remove the Pistil and the stem, wash the petals well). Add the Petal to the Sugar Syrup and mix well so that all the petals are soaked.
4. Close the pan with a lid and allow it to cool.
5. Once it has come to room temperature  strain the juice  and the petals separately.You can see that the Juice color will be turned .(It will be in a little bit violet and red color)
6. Now add the Lemon Juice to the Hibiscus Sugar Syrup mixture and mix it well.
7. Now the Hibiscus Juice is ready and you can transfer it to bottle and store it in refrigerator.

While serving for 1/2 glass of juice add 1/2 glass of water and serve it by adding Ice-Cubes.

Note:

• Hibiscus by nature is sticky (ie., when you grind them) but when you boil it in the water its stickiness will be removed.Hibiscus doesn't have any aroma or taste.
• Another point to be noted while preparing this Juice is , the water should be boiled well (until bubbles appear) for Sugar Syrup and then add the Hibiscus Petals to it.If not fungus will be formed in the Juice container that you have used .
• Prepare the Lemon juice at the time when you are going to add it to the Hibiscus Sugar Syrup mixture, otherwise the citrus acid present in Lemon would get evaporated.