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Dharwad Pedhe

Dharwad Pedha

Anupama Amur Pujar
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 45 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine Indian
Servings 12

Equipment

  • Heavy Bottom Pan
  • Muslin Cloth or Cheese cloth or an unused cotton hanky

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Litre Milk
  • 2-3 tbsp Yogurt or Vinegar or Lemon
  • 1 cup Milk For roasting chena/paneer
  • 1/2 cup Ghee For roasting chena/paneer
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 6-7 tsp Sugar For dusting

Instructions
 

  • In a heavy bottom pan, boil milk.
  • Once the milk boils, add lemon or yogurt or vinegar to curdle the milk.
  • Keep stirring for 2-3 minutes on a low to medium flame until the milk curdles completely.
  • You will start to see solid bits floating on top of clear water.
  • Strain it in a sieve, to get rid of all the clear water and only paneer remains
  • Wash the paneer well to get rid of the tangy taste of lemon or yogurt or vinegar.
  • Add the paneer onto a cheese cloth or muslin cloth, tie it and hang for at least an hour to get rid of all the excess water.
  • Add all the paneer to a heavy bottom pan and add a tsp of ghee, milk and sugar every 10 minutes and keep stirring.
  • Keep adding a teaspoon of milk, ghee and sugar until the mixture turns brown in colour and all the sugar, ghee and milk is added. Save a teaspoon of milk, ghee and sugar for later. This would take around 60- 90 minutes.
  • Let the mixture cool down completely. Grind the mixture into a fine powder by adding the remaining teaspoon of milk, ghee and sugar.
  • Now again, roast the fine powder until it changes colour to dark brown.
  • Slightly cool the mixture and its ready to be shaped.
  • Take a small lemon sized pedhe mix and roll it into an oval shaped ball.
  • Roll the balls in granulated sugar. Repeat the process for all of the pedhe mix.
  • Delicious pedhes are ready to be served!
  • Store them in an air tight container.

Notes

  • While boiling the milk keep stirring continuously.
  • Keep stirring after adding lemon to help milk curdle completely.
  • Use a heavy bottom pan while making Pedhes. Otherwise the mixture will get burnt easily.
  • Add more sugar if you like.
  • You can also add more ghee if you want the pedhes to be slightly soft.
  • Whiles roasting the mixture, use low to medium flame.
Keyword Dharwad, Dharwadspecial, Pedha, Pedhe, sweet