Dharwad Peda, a rich milk delicacy popular in the state of Karnataka in India. This rich dessert is made with milk and sugar. Milk is boiled, vinegar or lemon juice is then added to curdle the milk and Paneer is prepared. The homemade paneer is then cooked with sugar to make this delicious Peda. This is the conventional way of making Peda. We can quicken the process by using store bought Paneer. This recipe shows how to use store bought paneer and make this Dharwad Peda quickly and perfectly. This is an amazing Milk sweet with less effort and its easily sharable with friends and family!
Tips for making Dharwad Peda:
- Using Homemade Paneer obviously has lots of moisture which helps to get the perfect texture. Store bought paneer will become dry very soon. Thats why we need to add more milk to cook it longer.
- The paneer and sugar mixture should be crispy to get a smooth powder in mixer grinder.
- Add milk in regular intervals and cook the Paneer paste till the peda mixture becomes thick and roll likes a ball without sticking to sides of pan.
- Unsweetened khoya enhances the flavor but we can just make peda with paneer alone.
- Coat the rolled peda with crystal sugar.
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Dharwad Peda Recipe | How to make Dharwad Peda
Equipment
- Heavy Bottomed Pan
- Mixer Grinder
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Paneer Grated or Crumbled
- 1 Cup Unsweetened Khoya / Mawa Optional
- ½ Cup Sugar
- 2 tsp Ghee
- 4 tbsp Milk
- 2 tbsp Sugar For Coating
- ¼ tsp Cardamom Powder
Instructions
- If you are using homemade paneer, you can crumble it with hand. If you have store bought paneer, thaw it at room temperature and then crumble or grate the paneer and keep it aside.
- Heat ghee in a pan, add the crumbled paneer. Saute the paneer in ghee till they are light brown.
- Next, add sugar to the pan. Mix well. The sugar gets melted and makes the crumbled paneer soft again.
- Saute the paneer in low flame till its dry. Add 2 tbsp milk and keep mixing the paneer mixture till the paneer mixture is dry and crispy.
- Now the the paneer mixture is crispy and brown. Allow it to cool off completely.
- Take the crispy Paneer crumble in a mixer jar. Grind it to smooth powder.
- Add 2 tbsp of milk and grind it again to get smooth paste. Set this paste aside.
- Heat 1 tsp of ghee in a pan. Add unsweetened khoya. Adding khoya enhances the flavor. but its completely optional.
- Saute the khoya till its light brown.
- Add the ground paneer paste. Combine well.
- Keep stirring and when the mixture becomes dry, add 1 tbsp milk and keep stirring. Again add milk when the mixture is dry.
- Keep stirring the mixture till the milk is absorbed and the mixture becomes non sticky without sticking to sides of pan. Add cardamom powder and give a good mix. Switch off the flame.
- Take the Peda mixture in a bowl. Shape the mixture into cylindrical shaped pedas'. Coat each shaped peda with sugar crystals.
- Delicious Dharwad Peda is now ready!!!
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- If you are using homemade paneer, you can crumble it with hand. If you have store bought paneer, thaw it at room temperature and then crumble or grate the paneer and keep it aside. Heat ghee in a pan, add the crumbled paneer. Saute the paneer in ghee till they are light brown.
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- Next, add sugar to the pan. Mix well. The sugar gets melted and makes the crumbled paneer soft again.
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- Saute the paneer in low flame till its dry. Add 2 tbsp milk and keep mixing the paneer mixture till the paneer mixture is dry and crispy.
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- Now the the paneer mixture is crispy and brown. Allow it to cool off completely.
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- Take the crispy Paneer crumble in a mixer jar. Grind it to smooth powder.
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- Add 2 tbsp of milk to the ground paneer powder.
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- Grind it again to get smooth paste. Set this paste aside.
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- Heat 1 tsp of ghee in a pan. Add unsweetened khoya. Adding khoya enhances the flavor. but its completely optional. Saute the khoya till its light brown.
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- Add the ground paneer paste. Combine well.
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- Keep stirring and when the mixture becomes dry, add 1 tbsp milk and keep stirring. Again add milk when the mixture is dry.
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- Keep stirring the mixture till the milk is absorbed and the mixture becomes non sticky without sticking to sides of pan. Add cardamom powder and give a good mix. Switch off the flame.
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- Take the Peda mixture in a bowl. Shape the mixture into cylindrical shaped pedas’.
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- Coat each shaped peda with sugar crystals.
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- Delicious Dharwad Peda is now ready!!!
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