Creamy and fudgy Milk Pedas are a must on special occasions. This popular milk-based fudgy sweet is so delicious and easy to make.
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Milk Peda is a popular Indian sweet, that is made by cooking milk, sugar, and other ingredients together. Usually making milk pedas takes hours. The process consists of slow cooking of the milk where it is boiled and continued to reduce with sugar and ghee to form a solid base. This solid base is then rolled into balls and other shapes while it is still warm. This is the main reason why everyone relies on store-bought pedas because nobody wants to spend hours in the kitchen. The recipe shared here is an instant and quick way to make delicious Pedas.
Instant Milk Pedas can be made in 30 minutes and the ingredients needed for this recipe are readily available. When you make this instant milk pedas at home, they taste as good as the store bought ones and they are a lot cheaper and cost effective.
Instant Milk Peda Makes 10 nos.
Ingredients:
Milk -1/3 cup
Condensed milk - 1/2 cup
Milk Powder - 1 cup
Ghee - 2 tbsp.
Cardamom Powder - 1/4 tsp.
Method:
Take a saucepan and add 1 tbsp. of ghee. Once the ghee has melted, add 1/3 cup of milk and bring it to a boil on medium flame.
Now add the condensed milk, stir and cook on medium flame until it comes to a boil. Turn off the heat and continue to stir for 2 minutes for the milk mixture to cool.
Add 1 cup of milk powder and mix thoroughly to remove all lumps and form a smooth paste.
Turn on the heat and continue cooking on low flame until the peda mix leaves the sides of the saucepan and starts to form a dough.
Now add 1 tbsp of ghee and continue to mix on low flame to form a soft dough.
Turn off the heat and mix the dough for a few minutes to avoid burning.
Add cardamom powder and mix well. Wait for the peda mix to cool down to a manageable heat.
Apply a generous amount of ghee on your palm and take a small lime size amount of peda mix. Roll the peda mix in your palm to form a ball shape and gently press it to flatten and shape the pedas.
Garnish the pedas with nuts or tutti frutty. Repeat the process with the rest of the peda mix.
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