Mathura Peda

 Mathura Peda

Generally, druing Krishna Jayanthy / Gokulashtami, sweets prepared using milk is from Cow milk.  But you can prepare the same sweet using Full cream/ buffalo milk. In Mathura , Dhoodh Peda is prepared using Cow milk.  

Ingredients:

Paneer : Prepared from half ltr cow milk

Plain Khoa : Prepared from half ltr cow milk. 

Sugar : 6 tbsp 

Ghee : 2 tsp + 2 tsp

Milk : 1 ladle

Method : 

Cook half a ltr cow milk till it becomes very thick and water evoporates completely. Keep this khoa ( Maawa ) separately. 

In a non-stick pan add 2 tsp of ghee and crumbled paneer. 

cook in low flame till it becomes dry. 

Add sugar and cook till it becomes dark brown in colour.  Keep stirring in between. 

Let it cool. 

Grind nicely by adding milk and make a paste.  Keep it aside.

In Pan add 2 tsp ghee and Plain khoa .  

Sautee for a couple of minutes .

Add Paneer paste and mix nicely. 

Keep stirring and cook till it become thick. 

If you take some portion, it should be easy to shape. 

Remove from fire. 

When the mixture is still warm, prepare Peda in the desired form. 

You can make them into round balls or oval shape or square. 

I have made them into disc and put a dent in the middle . 

Optionally you can coat this Peda with sugar powder. 

You can also decorate it with sliced Badam nuts. 

Very tasty Mathura Peda is ready for offering / Neivedhyam. 

Note :  For home made Paneer , kindly refer Paneer recipe given in the link.  You can also use store bought Paneer. 

Jai Sri Krishna.