4 Different Milk Peda Recipes – How to Make Peda at Home

Below we have discussed in detail how to make Peda with Khoya or how to make Mawa Peda at home (Mawa being another name of Khoya) separately from Milk Peda Recipe using milk, as steps in preparation of Milk Peda Recipe are a bit different from the formerly described variety. As these 2 mentioned recipes are the most commonly given answers to the question – How to make Peda sweet,so pictorial details are given for these 2 recipes (procedures) only.

A) How to Make Khoya Peda (How to Make Mawa Peda at Home)

Ingredients used in Recipe of Milk Peda (Using Mawa/Khoya)

1) Khoya (Mawa) – 1 cup

2) Sugar – ½ cup

3) Green Cardamom powder – 1/4^th teaspoon or any food essence (of personal choice) -1 to 2 drops

4) Milk - 1 or 2 tablespoons

5) Ghee – 1 teaspoon

6) Raisins (Kismis) – 10 to 12 pieces

How to Make Peda from Khoya (The Steps)

• Nowadays readymade Mawa/Khoya is easily available in the market. Here we have explained how to make Milk Peda when readymade Mawa/Khoya is available without any problem, in your neighborhood market.
• First, smash the Khoya (Mawa) by the pressure of hands or grate it with a grater, after putting it on a plate.

• Also make a powdered form of sugar, by using a mixer – grinder.

• Put a non-stick Karahi on a low flame burner. Add 1 teaspoon of good quality ghee into it and allow it to get warm. Next, add smashed Khoya and 1 or 2 tablespoons of milk (or as per the requirement) to make the Khoya a little softer.
• Later switch off the burner and allow the Khoya preparation to get a little colder, then mix powdered sugar with this Khoya.
   

• Transfer the contents to a plate and knead the mixture by hand just like kneading the flour for making Chapati dough.
• When the Khoya mixture becomes smooth then add Cardamom powder in it and mix the contents nicely. Next, make lemon sized small balls from this Khoya mixture. Press the balls a little bit from above and then flatten them a little, by giving gentle pressure on them by hand.
• Almond pieces or Raisin (Kismis) pieces can be placed on the center of the depression produced, for decorative purposes. The sweet is ready now for serving to friends and family. This brings us to the end of the description of how to make Khoya Peda.
   

B) How to Make Peda with Milk

Ingredients used in Recipe for Milk Peda

1) Milk – 2 liters

2) Sugar – ½ cup (powdered form)

3) Ghee – 2 teaspoons

4) Rose or Kewra essence – 3 to 4 drops

5) Cherry – 8 to 10 pieces for decoration/garnishing purpose

How to Make Milk Peda (Steps)

• As previously mentioned, readymade Mawa/Khoya is easily available in most of the markets.  However, now in this Milk Peda Recipe here, we have not used readymade Mawa/Khoya but have started the preparation from only simple milk that is available in our homes.
• However, starting the preparation from simple milk adds a few extra steps to the recipe, which delays the preparation time.
• At first, take 2-liters full cream milk in a non-stick pan and put it on a medium flame burner, and boil it.

• Keep on stirring every 2 to 3 minutes, so that the milk doesn’t spillover from the pan and at the same time, doesn’t get burnt at the bottom. 
• When it becomes thick then spread 2 teaspoons of Ghee on it and keep on stirring.

• When the preparation almost gets solidified then switch off the burner and mix 3 to 4 drops of Rose or Kewra essence according to the personal choice and mix the contents nicely. Allow the contents to cool down a bit at room temperature.

• Once the preparation becomes lukewarm and almost solid, then add ½ cup powdered sugar with it and knead nicely by hand. Then make oval-shaped Lemon sized balls from it by giving a little pressure by hand and give it an elongated rectangular shape (or any shape based on personal liking).
• Finally, garnish/decorate the individual pieces with separate cherry pieces. This brings us to the end of the Doodh Peda Recipe. Now you can serve the Milk Peda to your guests, by putting them in a serving bowl.

C) How to Make Peda with Milk Powder

Ingredients Needed in Peda Recipe with Milk Powder and Sugar

1) Milk Powder – 1 cup

2) Milk – ½ cup

3) Sugar – 2 tablespoons (powdered)

4) Ghee – 2 teaspoons

5) Green Cardamom Powder - 1/4^th teaspoon

6) Pistachio – 4 to 5 seeds (finely shredded for garnishing)

How to Make Peda from Milk Powder

• The initial steps of the Peda milk powder recipe start with putting a non-stick pan/Karahi on a low medium flame burner and adding 2 teaspoons of Ghee in it and allowing it to warm. Once the Ghee melts then add ½ cup of milk in it. Allow the milk to get a little warm (it should become lukewarm).
• Next, add 1 cup milk powder to the previous contents and mix the contents thoroughly, by a spatula or by a spoon, so that no lumps are formed. Allow the contents to boil. Stir the preparation constantly and after some time, the preparation starts to solidify. Then add Green Cardamom powder to it and stir again.
• In this stage, non-stop stirring is required. Soon the preparation gets solidified. Then switch off the burner and take out the Karahi from the burner and allow it to become cold at room temperature (to a lukewarm stage) till a dough-like mass is formed.
• Now take a lemon sized portion from this dough and make it into a round-shaped ball & press a bit at the top by finger to form a dimple. Now in this dimpled area, a small amount of shredded Pistachio is placed, as garnishing. This brings us to the end of the Doodh Peda recipe with the milk powder, as the sweet is now ready for serving to friends or family members.

D) How to Make Peda with Milk Powder and Condensed Milk

Ingredients Used in this Variant of Recipe of Milk Peda

1) Condensed Milk – ½ cup

2) Milk powder – 1 cup

3) Ghee – 1 teaspoon

4) Green Cardamom powder – 1/4^th teaspoon

5) Cherry – 8 to 10 pieces.

How to Make Peda Sweet Using Milk Powder and Condensed Milk

• In a non – stick pan add ½ cup condensed milk and 1 cup milk powder together. First, mix them thoroughly and then put it on a low medium flame burner. Add 1 teaspoon ghee to it and stir till the contents become a semi-solid mass which detaches itself from the margins of Karahi.
• In this stage, switch off the burner, and mix Cardamom powder (1/4^th teaspoon) with the mixture and mix the components uniformly and allow it to be cool, till it comes to the lukewarm stage.
• Then make lemon sized balls from this mass obtained and give them a shape of Peda, depending on your personal choice and garnish the individual pieces with a small piece of cherry on the center of Peda.
• Allow the preparation to get cooled completely before serving. This brings us to the end of the Milk Peda Recipe.

Some Extra Tips in Recipe of Milk Peda

• Normally Khoya, little Milk, Sugar & Ghee are required for making Peda dough. Before making the balls for Peda preparation if Kaju Powder (around 3 tablespoons) is added with 1 cup Khoya, ½ cup milk, 2 teaspoon Ghee, 4 tablespoons sugar, then the Peda will become Kaju Peda.
• Again, instead of mixing Kaju Powder, if we mix 3 tablespoons Coconut Powder (which is easily available in the market) or 3 tablespoons of Chocolate Powder to the dough of Peda (made in similar composition as described in the above paragraph), the final preparation would be modified into Coconut Peda or Chocolate Peda respectively.