Kesar Peda Recipe – Step by Step Recipe – Krishna Janmashtami Special Recipes

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Kesar Mawa Peda Recipe – How to make Saffron Peda
 
Prep Time: 5 mins    |  Cook time: 10 mins    |  Makes: 10 pedas 

Author:Hari Chandana P 
Cuisine: Indian 
Recipe type: Dessert 

 
Ingredients:

• 1 cup Unsweetened Khoya / Mawa, crumbled
• 1/4 cup Sugar
• A pinch of Saffron
• 1 – 2 tbsp Milk
• 1/8 tsp Cardamom Powder

Instructions:

• Soak saffron in hot milk for 5 minutes and crush it well. Keep it aside.

• Take the crumbled khoya in a pan and fry for a minute.
• Add the saffron milk, sugar and cardamom powder and mix well.
• Let the sugar dissolves completely.

• Keep stirring on medium – low flame until the mixture thickens.

• Remove from the flame and let it cool down.
• When the mixture is warm enough to handle, knead it into a smooth dough. Grease your hands with little ghee if needed.

• Divide the peda mixture into 10 equal sized balls.

• Shape the balls into flat discs and press them with a peda mold.
• Let them set and cool down.
• Consume within 2 days.