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Milk Peda, also called Doodh Peda, is a classic Indian sweet made from milk solids (khoya or mawa), sugar, and cardamom. It's soft, rich, and melts in your mouth-perfect for festivals like Diwali, Raksha Bandhan, and Janmashtami.

Milk powder helps for this instant version of peda. Microwave palgova is yet another instant milk-based delight with condensed milk.

Happy Deepavali!!!

Thinking about Diwali I remember Crackers, new dresses, and loads of sweets and snacks. Diwali here is totally different. As I mentioned in my Maladu post this year, I thought will enjoy the sweet and savory from India.

My husband asked me to prepare something for his office. We recently relocated and yet to get our things. As I didn't have a mixie and we are yet to move from our temporary accommodation, I wanted to make something simple.

Festive sweets and savory generally demands a lot of cooking time and a big list of ingredients. I have seen my mom spending hours together in the kitchen during Diwali for preparing Diwali special.

If you are a regular reader here in TMF you would have known my love for condensed milk. It's a magical ingredient that takes any sweet to next level. In milk peda sweet - milk powder and condensed milk combine for a tasty delight.

Doodh peda can be prepared within 10 minutes.

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Milk Sweet / Milk Peda / Doodh Peda

Instant milk sweet prepared with condensed milk

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Course: Sweet

Cuisine: Indian

Prep Time: 3 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 7 minutes minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 6

Author: Vidya Srinivasan

Ingredients

• Milk powder - 1 cup
• Condensed Milk - ½ tin 198 grams
• Hot Milk - 2 tbsp
• Ghee/ Melted butter - 2 tablespoon + to Grease hand while making
• Saffron - a few strands optional
• Nuts of choice - as needed
• Cardamom Powder - ½ tsp
• extra milk - if needed
• Salt - pinch

Chocolate peda:

• Peda dough - ¼ cup
• Cocoa powder - ½ tbsp
• confectioners' sugar- 1 + ½ tbsp refer notes
• Milk - a few drops if needed

Instructions

Milk peda sweet recipe:

• In a heavy-bottomed pan (I used a nonstick pan), add  hot milk and a few strands of saffron and let it soak for 2 minutes
• Add milk powder, condensed milk, and 1 tablespoon of ghee; mix well to avoid lumps. It will be like thick idli batter
• In medium flame, cook the mixture, sauté continuously to avoid lumps, and also to prevent the dough from sticking to the pan
• Cook till the dough comes together as a non-sticky mass
• Add cardamom powder  and ghee; mix well and switch the pan
• Take a small portion of the peda dough and try making a ball if you are able to make it, switch off. If it's sticky, cook it for a little while. If the dough starts cracking, add a teaspoon of milk and cook for some more time to add moisture. It takes around 5-7  minutes
• Let the peda dough cool for some time. When it is warm enough to handle, grease your hands with ghee and take a small portion, and roll
• Flatten it to the desired thickness, make a small dent in the center, add a chopped nut of your choice and arrange the pedas in a plate/ cookie tray. Repeat the same steps for the entire peda
• If you have peda mold, grease it with a little ghee, pinch a small portion of dough, and roll
• Press it on the peda mold and make an impression
• Let it sit for 4 hours at room temperature or refrigerate. Peda is ready:-)

Chocolate peda:

• Combine all the ingredients except milk and mix well
• If the dough needs binding, add a few drops of milk; else, skip
• Pinch a small portion of dough and roll. If you have peda mold, grease it with a little ghee and press it on the peda mold and make an impression, else roll and flatten the dough

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Notes

1. Milk sweet looks chewy after shaping but after 4 hours it will turn into the desired texture
2. My friend tried the peda in the microwave with the same ingredients and told it cooks faster in the microwave. It took 4 minutes for her
3. If you are planning to cut the peda with cookie-cutter grease rolling pin and cookie cutter with ghee and cut
4. Powdered sugar can be added for extra Sweetness. Add it along with other ingredients and cook
5. If peda dough is dry add few teaspoon of milk and roll
6. I have used a nonstick pan so I added ghee in batches but  for regular pan add ghee when the dough sticks to the pan
7. Mold can be used for forming impression in peda
8. If you are refrigerating peda keep at room temperature for sometime before serving
9. Almond extract, vanilla extract, Rose essence can be added for flavor
10. Food color can be added
11.  Almonds, pistachio, Walnut, pecans, cashew, pumpkin seeds, etc. can be added
12. Cocoa powder can be added for chocolate peda. Take ¼ cup of peda mixture and add ½ tablespoon of cocoa powder, 1 + ½ to 2 tablespoon confectionary sugar, and mix well. If required add drops of milk and shape chocolate peda
13. Coconut can be added for coconut milk peda

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Ingredients:

Milk powder - 1 cup

Condensed Milk - ½ tin (198 grams)

Hot Milk - 2 tbsp

Ghee/ Melted butter - 2 tablespoon + to Grease hand while making

Saffron - a few strands (optional)

Nuts of choice - as needed

Cardamom Powder - ½ tsp

extra milk - if needed

Salt - pinch

How to make Milk peda sweet recipe:

• In a heavy-bottomed pan (I used a nonstick pan), add  hot milk and a few strands of saffron and let it soak for 2 minutes
• Add milk powder, condensed milk, and 1 tablespoon of ghee; mix well to avoid lumps. It will be like thick idli batter

• In medium flame, cook the mixture, sauté continuously to avoid lumps, and also to prevent the dough from sticking to the pan

• Cook till the dough comes together as a non-sticky mass
• Add cardamom powder  and ghee; mix well and switch the pan

• Take a small portion of the peda dough and try making a ball if you are able to make it, switch off. If it's sticky, cook it for a little while. If the dough starts cracking, add a teaspoon of milk and cook for some more time to add moisture. It takes around 5-7  minutes

• Let the peda dough cool for some time. When it is warm enough to handle, grease your hands with ghee and take a small portion, and roll

• Flatten it to the desired thickness, make a small dent in the center, add a chopped nut of your choice and arrange the pedas in a plate/ cookie tray. Repeat the same steps for the entire peda

• If you have peda mold, grease it with a little ghee, pinch a small portion of dough, and roll

• Press it on the peda mold and make an impression 

• Let it sit for 4 hours at room temperature or refrigerate. Peda is ready:-)

Chocolate peda:

Peda dough - ¼ cup

Cocoa powder - ½ tbsp

confectioners' sugar- 1 + ½ tablespoon (refer notes)

Milk - a few drops ( if needed)

How to make Chocolate peda:

• Combine all the ingredients except milk and mix well

• If the dough needs binding, add a few drops of milk; else, skip

• Pinch a small portion of dough and roll. If you have peda mold, grease it with a little ghee and press it on the peda mold and make an impression, else roll and flatten the dough