MALAI PEDA

Happy Dassera to all the viewers of my blog.

Today is Dassera and I wanted to make some sweets other than the normal payasam or kheer.  Few years back I had made this peda and faintly remembered how to make it.  It is made with milk, sugar  and corn flour,  and the preparation is somewhat similar to Pal theratipal. paal-theratipal-palgova.html.  the only difference is corn flour is used and continuously stirred in malai peda.

Anyway, sweets in any form either it is peda or theratipal, everyone loves it.

Let us see the recipe now:

Ingredients:

1/2 ltr milk ( I used amul milk) for kheer I  prefer Mahananda dudh
few saffron strands (kesar)
1/4 cup sugar
1 pinch of citric acid (nimbu ka phool) optional
4 tsp milk
1 tsp levelled cornflour
cardamom powder

For garnishing

few chopped pistachios and almonds

Method:

Boil the milk in a heavy bottomed pan, stirring continuously till it reduces to half the quantity.
Warm 2 tsp milk in a vessel and add the saffron, mix well, add to the boiling milk.
Once it is reduced, add the sugar and cook for another 5-10 minutes.
Mix the citric acid (if you are using)  in 1 tbps water and add this gradually to the boiling milk till the milk curdles.  It gives you a granular form to the peda.
Mix the corn flour in 2 tsp of milk and add to the boiling milk.
continue stirring till the mixture leaves the sides of the kadai.
add the cardamom powder and mix well.
allow to cool.  Knead well  and make pedas out of it.
 garnish with chopped almonds and pistachios and serve.