Mathura Lal Peda

Name: Mathura Lal Peda
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 15 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 litres full cream milk; 200 grams powdered sugar; 2 tablespoon Ghee; 5 cardamoms powdered; 2 drops Rose essence(optional); 2 teaspoon finely chopped pistachios for the garnish

Sanchita Mittal @sm_thechef

Delhi

#ingredientmilk
Mathura lal Peda is a divine Indian sweet. Pedas are grainy in texture made with milk and sugar and flavoured with cardamom. Peda are a type of fudge that can be served as a prasad during festivals or as a dessert during special occasions.

Sanchita Mittal @sm_thechef

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Ingredients

60 minutes

15 servings

2 litresfull cream milk
200 gramspowdered sugar
2 tablespoonGhee
5cardamoms powdered
2 dropsRose essence(optional)
2 teaspoonfinely chopped pistachios for the garnish

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Steps

60 minutes

1

Boil the milk in a heavy bottomed deep pan and keep stirring on a medium flame until it becomes thick.
2

Keep scraping the sides of the pan and mix in the boiling milk, until the milk leaves the pan and a lump of mava/khoya is formed.
3

Heat another heavy bottom wok over a medium low flame and melt the ghee.
4

Add khoya to the wok and sauté for about 10 - 15 minutes on a low flame till khoya turns brownish in colour.
5

Keep stirring continuously to avoid burning of the khoya.
6

Switch off the flame and keep aside for cooling down slightly (enough to handle with bare hands).
7

Add sugar, cardamom powder and rose essence in the khoya mixture and mix by rubbing the mixture with hands to combine it well.
8

A dough is formed, now make lemon size balls of this mixture and lightly press them to make pedas
9

Sprinkle chopped pistachios and they are ready.
10

These pedas can also be coated with powdered sugar. (optional).
11

Let them dry for an hour and then they are ready to serve.
12

My tip-
Be sure that mixture is not completely cooled down, else you will not able to form the peda