Agra ka petha

Name: Agra ka petha
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients: 2 kg Petha fruit(Melon candy) also known as Ash gourd; 1200 gm Sugar; 2 tsp Limestone (eatable chuna); 3 cups Water

Maliha Imran @cook_16479931

Agra ka famous petha jo sub hi shoq se khatey hain mera bhi bohat favourite hai..Mene isko bananay mein bhi bohat enjoy kiya..Must try😀😀

Maliha Imran @cook_16479931

Agra ka famous petha jo sub hi shoq se khatey hain mera bhi bohat favourite hai..Mene isko bananay mein bhi bohat enjoy kiya..Must try😀😀

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Ingredients

2 kgPetha fruit(Melon candy) also known as Ash gourd
1200 gmSugar
2 tspLimestone (eatable chuna)
3 cupsWater

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Steps

1

Take a ripe petha fruit,remove the soft pulpy part,peel the green skin,cut all it into smaller pieces and poke from all sides of the pieces with the help of fork..
2

Take 2 litre of water in a vessel,add limestone to the water and stir it.put the petha pieces in limestone water.
keep it for 10 to 12 hours..
3

Then drain the limestone water,wash off the petha pieces well.keep in a plate...
4

Pour 2 litre water in vessel to boil the pethas.Add pethas.Boil them on high flame for 20 mintues..
5

Petha is boiled well and ready,take out the pethas from the water and keep in strainer, then keep in plate.
6

Take sugar,add water to it..cook till sugar dissolves.Add the petha pieces to the sugar syrup,cook until dence on high flame..
7

When syrup is of desired consistency,pick it up and keep to cool.Arrange all petha pieces and keep under the fan to dry for few hours..
8

Agra's famous petha sweet is ready,fill petha in a container, keep outside fridge and relish it for upto 2 months..Enjoy😀