Mathura Peda Recipe with step by step photos and video. Mathura Peda is a a classic Indian sweet made with milk solids and sugar.
As this peda is orginated from Mathura ( Sri Krishna's Birth Place) , it is named after this place. Hence Mathura Pede is one of the main offering to Lord Krishna.
What is Mathura Peda?
Mathura is a town in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. And is famous for sweets made from mawa / milk solids which is extremely delicious peda.
The traditional way of making peda is tedious , whole milk is boiled for hours to condense futher to get mawa/ milk solids . Then solids are mixed with bora ( fine powdered sugar), flavoured with cardamom and shaped into peda. Mathura Pede are also rolled in some sugar once done.
This post shares a simpler version of making Mathura Peda with khoya . I made peda with store brought mawa , but you can also make it in a traditional way. You can refer this post on how to make home made mawa/ khoya and follow this recipe to make Mathura pede.
With this easy Mathura peda recipe you can make tasty peda's within 30 minutes from start to finish.
If you are in festive mood and planning to makes some sweets , then check Sweet category for more tasty and simpler recipes.
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Step by step directions to make Mathura Peda
Take ⅓ cup of granulated sugar , 4-5 green cardamom pods de husked in a mixer or blender.
Blend to a very fine and smooth powder and set aside till use.
Grate 200 to 250 grms of mawa /khoya , approximately you get around 2 cups . In a heavy bottom pan , add grated mawa
and start to fry on a low flame.
Fry till mawa changes colour to deep brown , it takes around 15-20 minutes on low flame.
If mawa/milk solids is not fresh then it may dry out soon , if it looks dry then add 1 tbsp of milk . Turn of the heat and keep fried mawa aside.
Add ⅓ cup of powdered sugar( or more as per taste) , cardamom powder and mix well.
At this step you can also blend the mixture in blender or mixer jar to get smooth texture or can mix with hands .
If mixture is too dry then add ½ Tbsp of milk and mix well to get smooth mathura peda.
Now grease hands with ghee/ clarified butter and shape the mixture into mathura peda. To shape make a ball and flatten with hands and gently thumb press at the center.
Repeat the same procedure to shape all peda's
Roll in sugar powder , this is a optional step
Garnish with nuts and serve.
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Mathura Peda Recipe | Mathura ke Pede
Ingredients
- 200 grams Khoya / Mawa/ Milk Solids
- ⅓ Cup Sugar
- 4-5 Green Cardamom - dehusked
- 1.5 Tsp Milk - optional
- ½ Tbsp Pistachios - chopped ,optional for garnishing
Instructions
- Take ⅓ cup of granulated sugar and 4-5 green cardamom pods de-husked , in a mixer or blender.
- Blend to a very fine and smooth powder and set aside till use.
- Grate 200 to 250 grms of mawa /khoya , approximately you get around 2 cups .
- In a heavy bottom pan , add grated mawa and start to fry on a low flame.
- Fry till mawa changes colour to deep brown , it takes around 15-20 minutes on low flame.
- If mawa/milk solids is not fresh then it may dry out soon , if it looks dry then add 1 tbsp of milk .
- Turn of the heat and keep fried mawa aside.
- Add ⅓ cup of powdered sugar( or more as per taste) , cardamom powder and mix well.
- At this you can also blend the mixture in blender or mixer jar to get smooth texture.
- Now grease hands with ghee/ clarified butter and shape the mixture into peda.
- Roll in sugar powder , garnish with nuts and serve.
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