Pera recipe help?

You can find Peda recipes on the following URL
http://www.indiacurry.com/desserts/ds21peda.htm

Have you tried to make it without cooking. It can be easier. The
problem is that it has to remain refrigerated,, feels sticky otherwise.
I have a recipe for Almond Peda at the website that doesnt use dry milk
at all.

1. Dry Milk: 2 Cups
2. Powdered Sugar: 1 pound
3. Unsalted butter : 2 sticks
4. Almond Butter: 1/2 Cup
5. Ground Pistachios: 1/4 cup
6. Cardamom seeds:1/2 teaspoon

Method
Sift powdered sugar and Dry milk together. Mix in butter and almond
butter at low speed. Mix in Pistachios and cardamom seed. Form the
patties store in refrigerator. If you don't have Almond butter use
Peanut butter.

Let me know how it turns out
Yogi

Yogi Gupta said:

You can find Peda recipes on the following URL
http://www.indiacurry.com/desserts/ds21peda.htm

Have you tried to make it without cooking.

Can you skip the reduction and start with canned condensed milk
instead?

--Blair

The second part of the recipe does reduce the reduction time. It
basically uses dry milk and then adds a little bit of regular milk and
whipping cream. It also uses confectioners sugar that has a bit of corn
starch to help binding.

Quicker method
We will use dry milk and Heavy Whipping cream to reduce time for milk
reduction or making Khoya

Ingredients
1. Dry milk: 1½ Cup
2. Heavy whipping cream: ½ cup
3. Regular milk: ½ cup
4. Confectioner's Sugar: 1½ Cups
5. Cardamom seeds ground: 1 teaspoon
6. Crushed Pistachio nuts: 2 Tablespoon
7. Toasted sliced slivered almonds: 2 Tablespoons

Method
Step 1: In a heavy bottom pan mix ingredients 1 through 5. Heat it o a
near boil 180º F. Turn heat to medium low maintaining near 180º F.
Cook for about 20 minutes to 30 minutes. Continuously stir to prevent
scorching. It should look like a ball of dough consistency.

Step 2: Let it cool off so you can handle it. Now make about 1"
diameter balls. Press down into patty shapes.

Step 3: Sprinkle pistachios and almonds. Press down. Let the dish cool
and store in the refrigerator.

Back to what you said, I guess you could use condensed milk, but then
you have add drymilk and somesort of binder, such as bisquick. I have
never done it. Try your hand at it by combining dry milk condensed milk
a bit of bisquick. If it works let me know and I will add to
IndiaCurry.com as Blai'rs Pera.

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Back to what you said, I guess you could use condensed milk, but then

you have add drymilk and somesort of binder, such as bisquick. I have

Quoted message said:

never done it. Try your hand at it by combining dry milk condensed milk

a bit of bisquick. If it works let me know and I will add to

Quoted message said:

IndiaCurry.com as Blai'rs Pera.

My first attempt used condensed milk, dry milk and butter done in the
microwave. Didn't add sugar, because of the condensed milk being already
sweetened. The flavour wasn't sweet enough, the texture was - sort of chewy.
Not right at all. Next attempt will include sugar, and be cooked in a pan.

(Luckily I now have a week to get this right 🙂

Jani

Confectioners sugar and drymilk mix very well. I will try cofectioner's
sugar and not granular sugar.. Let me lknow how it turns out..
Microwaves heat fat molecules and sugar molecule faster than the rest..
I don't care to use microwave for sweetmeats. One week??

I wish you and your daughter the best of luck.. Post it back how it all
turned out, and what was your final recipe..
Yogi

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I wish you and your daughter the best of luck.. Post it back how it all
turned out, and what was your final recipe..
Yogi

Thanks, Yogi 🙂 Our third attempt is spot-on with regard to flavour, just
needs a little tweaking on the texture. Will let you know the final outcome
🙂

Jani

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I wish you and your daughter the best of luck.. Post it back how it all
turned out, and what was your final recipe..
Yogi

Thanks, Yogi 🙂 Our third attempt is spot-on with regard to flavour, just
needs a little tweaking on the texture. Will let you know the final outcome
🙂

Jani

I am still waiting on the final recipe...
Yogi