Milk peda

I dedicate this post to my cousin Ravi Anand whose love for 'doodh-beda' is legendary. During school summer vacation every trip from my home town Trichur to my uncle Ananthakrishnan's place in Cochin used to have a halt at Milma depot, Edapally for this tasty sweet.

In the olden days, milk used to be cooked for hours to make this sweet.

But this recipe is made in the microwave using 3 ingredients. And in 3 minutes, it is ready. 

How easy is that??

When you have unexpected guests coming home in 'about 15-20 minutes' and there is no sweet to serve them, this recipe is there for your rescue.

My aunt had told my mom this recipe, which was forgotten till today, when I had some Gujarathi guests coming in 'about 15-20 minutes'! 😃

Ingredients:

Butter

Sweetened condensed milk ( Nestle milkmaid or Amul mithai mate)

Milk powder

Few strands of saffron

Garnish:

Slivers of pistachio and almonds and crushed cardamom seeds

Ratio

1 butter :1 condensed milk : 4 milk powder

Meaning :

If you use 1 cup butter, use 1 cup Sweetened Condensed milk and 4 cups milk powder.

I used:

Butter - 1/2 cup

Sweetened Condensed milk - 1/2 cup

Milk powder - 2 cups

Recipe:

Melt the butter in the microwave.

Mix in the sweetened condensed milk, milk powder and saffron. 

Put this mixture in the microwave and heat in high power for 1 minute.

Mix the hot mixture again and microwave again for 1 minute.

Repeat the mixing and heating for 1 more minute.

Take it out of the microwave oven and transfer to a large plate.

When it cools to a temperature you can handle, knead well.

Microwave the pistachio, almond and cardamom seed powder for 30 seconds.

Into a mould first add the nuts and top it with the peda mixture. Press and unmould.

Your doodh peda is ready for serving.