Elaichi Peda | Cardamom-flavoured Milk Fudge Recipe
Elaichi Peda, or green cardamom flavoured milk peda is a mildly sweet milk fudge, is a widely popular Indian sweet dish during the festivals. This Indian sweet dish is mildly perfumed with powdered cardamoms, thus making it a light Indian milk sweetmeat.
Servings 10 peices
Equipment
- Stove Top
- Heavy bottom Non-stick Pan
Ingredients
- 1 cup Milk Powder
- ½ cup Fresh Cream Full Fat
- ¼ cup Milk Full Fat
- 2 tbsp Ghee or Clarified Butter
- 2 tsp Sugar Add extra of you prefer it sweeter.
- 2 Green Cardamom Crushed and the skin discarded
- Chopped Pistachios For garnish
Instructions
- Take a non-stick heavy bottom pan and keep it on medium-low flame.
- Add the ghee, milk and fresh cream. Stir
- Add the sugar and mix.
- Now, add the milk powder and whisk so that it doesn't form lumps. If it does, just try to mash them with the back of your spoon.
- Keep stirring for next 10-15 minutes while mashing the lumps (if any) with the back of your spatula/spoon. Soon you will see that it is has reduced in the quantity.
- Add the cardamom powder into this and give it a mix.
- Keep stirring till it leaves the sides of the pan and makes a smooth dough ball.
- Turn off the heat and take it out on a plate.
- Allow it to cool down a bit before dividing it into pedas.
- Take some ghee in your palms and grease well. Now, pinch off a ball from the dough and roll between your palms. When it becomes smooth, slightly flatten them. Keep it on a plate lined with butter paper.
- Similarly, roll each of the pedas and keep it on the plate. Garnish with some chopped pistachios.
- Chill for an hour before serving.