easy dharwad peda recipe | dharwad pedha | how to make dharwad pede
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 20 minutes
- Cook time: 60 minutes
- Total time: 80 minutes
- Yield: 12 Servings
- Category: sweets
- Cuisine: south india
Ingredients
- 2 litre milk
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- 6 tbsp sugar
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder / elachi powder
Method
- firstly, take the prepared paneer into large kadai and break into pieces.
- saute on low flame till the moisture in paneer is lost.
- add in 1 tbsp ghee and roast the paneer till the colour changes.
- now add 6 tbsp of sugar and 1 tbsp milk. mix well.
- keep sauting on low to medium flame till the sugar melts.
- continue to saute till the mixture turns brown.
- once the milk starts to dry out, add a tbsp of milk.
- continue to saute until the mixture turns golden brown.
- cool the mixture and transfer to a blender.
- blend to a fine powder without adding any water or milk.
- take the powdered mixture back to kadai and add 3 tbsp of milk.
- continue to saute until the mixture turns dark golden brown.
- add milk if the mixture dries out and to prevent from burning.
- now add ¼ tsp cardamom powder and mix well. allow to cool slightly.
- make a cylindrical roll or shape of your choice to peda.
- roll in castor sugar coating uniformly.
- finally, dharwad peda is ready to serve or store for a week in the refrigerator.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.