Desserts
Kesar Peda Recipe
Prep Time | 15 minutes |
Cook Time | 30 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 2 cups dry milk powder
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed cardamom
- Few strands of Saffron
- 1 tablespoon milk to soak the saffron
- 1 tablespoon sliced pistachios for garnishing
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Instructions
- Soak the saffron strand in warm milk. Set aside.
- Heat the frying pan on low heat, I like to use heavy bottom nonstick pan. Add cream and milk powder. Mix it well. Mix will start getting soft consistency of thick batter as it gets warm.
- Cook mixture on low medium heat stirring continuously until mixture becomes lumpy like soft dough. This should take about 12-15 minutes. Add saffron and cardamom mix it well and cook for 2-3 more minutes until it is consistency of soft dough. Turn off the heat. Now this is known as khoya.
- Transfer the khoya into a bowl and let it cool off until khoya becomes lukewarm.
- Add the sugar into the khoya and knead it for about a minute until everything blends together and become soft dough. Note: if you mix the sugar while khoya is hot that will make khoya soft and will not able to make peda.
- Divide the mix into 20 equal parts or more, less depends the size you prefer. Make them into ball rolling between your palms. Make a dent into the peda.
- Garnish them with pistachios.
- Finish peda consistency should be little grainy.