Doodh Peda Recipe / Milk Peda Recipe / How to Make Doodh Peda with Milk

I have made instant peda before, but never tried a real peda which is made using milk. I wanted to make that for this diwali because there is nothing compared to this version. It is so rich and so yummy, you can never stop with one. But the only thing is the amount of time it takes to make. But at the end it is so worth it...

But for those busy people, i will share a instant kesar peda and chocolate peda recipe soon..Keep checking it.

So hope you will try this out and let me know how it turned out for you.

Preparation Time : 5 mins
Cooking Time : 50 mins to 1 hour
Makes : 12 to 15 pedas

Ingredients:

Full Fat Cow's Milk - 1 liter
Sugar - 1 cup
Lemon Juice - 1 tsp
Ghee - a little to grease hands
Pistachios - 2 tblspn chopped very finely

Method:

Take milk in a heavy bottom pan and heat it. Once it boil, keep stiring and cook till the milk has reduced in half.

Once it is reduced in half, add in lemon juice and keep stiring.

It will curdle a little. keep cooking on high flame. The milk will get lot more thick now.

Add in sugar and mix well. Cook this for few more mins till it gets really thick

Now it will change a yellow in colour. Keep cooking till it gets thick and leaves the sides of the pan.

Now you will see no water in the mix.

Take it off the heat and leave it to cool down in the pan itself. It will get thick like a khoya.

Grease your hands with ghee.

Now take a small portion on your hands. Shape it into balls and press it little Now make a hole in the center.

Repeat this for remaining mix. Chop pista very finely. Now place few chopped pista over this and chill.

Serve cold.

Pictorial: 

Take milk in a heavy bottom pan

keep stiring untill it comes to a boil

once it reaches a boil, continue boiling till it is
 reduced in half

Once it is reduced in half, add in a tsp of lemon juice

keep stiring

Now you can see the milk has curdled very little...
Dont add too much lemon juice

now it will start to thick much faster

once it is almost thick, add in sugar

keep cooking

Now you can see it has got really thick

The colour will change to little yellowish

now it has started leaving the sides

cook for few more mins till no liquid is left and
remove the pan from heat

leave it cool down,

now look at the texture it has got a lot thick

grease your hands lightly with ghee

take a small portion of the mix

roll into balls

flatten in

make a hole

all done....

now i chopped few pista very finely

place them on top the peda

Chill and enjoy

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