Recipe- Perfect For Festivals Mawa Peda

Mawa peda is a perfect choice for celebrations or your festive menu during holi, diwali or navratri. Mawa peda or khoya peda is calorie rich but hard to resist, indulgent Indian sweet. Full fat milk is cooked on low flame till it is reduced to one fourth of its original quantity. The resultant mixture is called mawa aka khoya. Sugar, saffron infused milk and cardamom are added to the mawa mixture which is simmered on low flame till it leaves the sides of the pan. Small balls are rolled out of the cooled mixture and garnished with nuts.

Ingredients

Mawa 1 cup, fresh and crumbled or grated
Milk 3 tbsps, warm
Saffron 6-7 strands
Ghee 1 1/2 tbsps
Sugar 1/4 cup (you can ncrease by another 1 to 2 tbsps)
Cardamom powder 1/4 tsp (green cardamom)Pistchios 7-8

Method

* Prepare khoya by following khoya (mawa) recipe link provided above.

* Add saffron strands to the warm milk and set aside.

* Heat ghee in a wide shallow non-stick pan. Once it turns hot, add the crumbled mawa and saute for 3 mts on low flame, stirring continuously .

* Add the milk and sugar and mix. It will get liquidy. Keep stirring on low flame. Add cardamom powder and mix.

* Soon the mawa will thicken and leave the sides of the pan and form a large lumpy mixture. Turn off flame and allow the mixture to come to room temperature or warm enough for you to handle.

* Grease your hands, make small balls and lightly flatten. Place a pistachio in the center and serve.