Malai Pedas

by Tarla Dalal

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Traditional pedas made of khoya and sugar.

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Preparation Time: 25 minutes.
Cooking Time: 50 minutes.
Makes 18 pedas.
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Ingredients

1 ltr milk
100 gms sugar
2 pinches of citric acid (nimbu ka phool)
4 tsp milk
1 tsp levelled, cornflour
4 to 5 cardamoms (elaichi), powdered

For decoration
a few blanched and chopped almonds (badam)
a few blanched and chopped pistachios

Method

Boil the milk in a vessel, stirring throughout until it becomes half in quantity.
Add the sugar and boil again for 4 to 5 minutes.
Mix the citric acid in 3 teaspoons of water. Add this mixture very gradually to the boiling milk until it curdles slightly. This may require anything from half to the entire quantity of the citric acid mixture.
Warm the saffron in a small vessel, add 2 teaspoons of milk and rub in until the saffron dissolves. Add to the boiling milk.
Mix the cornflour in 2 teaspoons milk and add to the boiling milk.
Go on cooking and stirring till the mixture becomes thick.
Add the cardamom powder and mix well. Allow to cool.
Shape the mixture into 18 small balls.

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