Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Doodh Peda - Microwave Approach



Ingredients
2 cups - Instant Dry Milk (Milk Powder - rice cooker cups)
1 can - 14oz - Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 stick 4oz - Unsalted Butter
Elaichi Powder

Decoration:
Almonds or cashews or pistachios or raisins
Paper cookie cups (smallest size)

Procedure: 
  • In a deep microwave safe dish, melt the butter.
  • Add Milk Powder, condensed milk and mix well.
  • Cook in the microwave for 3 minutes, stir well after every minute. Put elaichi powder after 2 minutess of heating. 
  • After 3 minutes of heating, mix well again and leave aside for the mixture to cool down enough to handle. Do not allow it to cool down for a long time, as it will get hard.
  • Once the mixture cools down, grease your hands and make balls.
  • Gently press the balls and flatten them to shape (round and flat).
  • After the pedas are prepared, put some coarsely powdered pistachios in the cookie cups and then put the pedas on top, at the end top it with sliced pieces of almonds (or other nuts or raisins).
Note: 
  • Use gloves to hold the glass dish.
  • Make sure to use a deep glass dish, as the mixture will splutter inside a bit.
  • You can also add a bit of saffron while mixing all ingredients beforehand, this will make it a bit darker / orange color peda's.

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