Homemade Peda Recipe is very easy to make and though it needs sincere efforts the result is worth it
In India exchanging “Peda” is a sign of good news. Pedas are exchanged with the good news of Pregnancy, New Born, Promotion, Success in education, Engagement, Marriage, and Prosperity
It is a sweet authentic dish of India it is prepared as sweet thick semi-soft pieces with Khoya, milk, and sugar with Pistachios, Almonds, Cardamom powder as garnishing
Originated at Mathura in Uttar Pradesh in India with the name tag “Mathura ka Peda “
Peda recipe is a traditional dish of almost all regions of India with a little difference in names
- Peda is its name in most parts of India and Maharashtra
- Mathura ka Peda in Uttar Pradesh
- Dharwad Peda, famous as its name suggests, is from the city of Dharwad in Karnataka. It is some 175 years old
- Kandi peda of Satara is very famous in India and abroad.
- Peda is made purely from milk
How to make Homemade Peda Recipe
I have made here Peda Recipe with Milk
Milk is the main ingredient in Peda and hence has many benefits
- Pedas Improve the complexion of the person who partakes it
- Due to the ghee used in the preparation when partaken regularly, it provides nourishment to the tissues
- It relieves fatigue, tiredness, debility
- It promotes bulky muscles
Ingredients
- A litre of full cream milk
- Sugar as required (i have taken 150gms)
- Cardamom powder of 6 to 7 cardamoms
- Almonds, Pistachio, Cashew Nuts for garnishing
Cooking process
- Heat a kadai on medium to low flame
- Put in one litre full cream milk and keep for boiling
- Let it boil by continuous stirring so it does not burn
- Keep on stirring
- It takes 40 to 45 minutes to reduce it to a semi-solid consistency
- Add 150 grams of sugar or as per your taste little by little
- This will again add the water content due to sugar
- Let the sugar dissolve by continuous stir
- Let the mixture reduce to a solid consistency to form balls or semi-soft pieces
- Garnish with Almonds, Pistachios, Cashew Nuts as per your taste
- Serve
Do try at home and let me know in my comment box