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Peda

Milk Pedas are a popular Indian sweet which is sold widely in karnataka. During my initial work stint, my bangalore friends used to bring these pedas whenever they visit their hometown. First time, i tried it and liked it very much. They are absolutely delicious and not of much sweetness too. Pedas are made out of condensed milk and khoya/mawa. You can check the link here to see how to make khoya at home.   These pedas are optionally topped with dry nuts, chopped or whole nuts. I would strongly recommend you to give a try to taste the milk pedas if at you happen to visit Bangalore. Let's quickly see how to make these amazing pedas. A slight variation to the regular pedas is the chocolate version wherein, cocoa powder (sweetened) is added to the peda dough and then shaped into small disc shaped pedas. No one can deny chocolates, atleast to my knowledge - who will say no to these chocolate pedas! Ingredients: 1 cup of khoya 1/4 cup of sugar 1/2 cup condensed milk 2...

Chocolate Peda

Kids love chocolate and when you mix milk contents with chocolate it is one of those best combinations that kids would crave for, anytime. Chocolate peda is an indian sweet made out of homemade khoya or mawa mixed with cocoa powder to get that chocolaty flavour. Ofcourse, some sugar goes into the recipe to give little bit more of sweetness though you use sweetened cocoa powder. Because, the sweetness would not suffice from the cocoa powder itself. You can optionally top the chocolate pedas with any nuts like pistachios, cashews, almonds or walnuts. I used chopped pistachios for decorating the chocolate pedas as the green color of pistachios contrasts the brown color of the chocolate pedas. Let's see how to make chocolate peda at home using khoya or mawa. You can check here to know more about khoya or mawa and its making process. Ingredients: 1 cup of khoya 2 tsp of sweetened cocoa powder 1/4 cup of sugar 1/2 cup condensed milk 2 tbsp whole milk 2 tbsp sugar few saf...