Makkan Peda - Arcot Special Sweet

Makkan peda is a quiet popular sweet famous in Arcot districts and this sweet resembles Gulab jamun.
But this is a rich one stuffed with chopped nuts in a disc shaped peda soaked in sugar syrup.Originally this sweet is made with khoya but once Manjula of Desi Fiesta made with milk powder and cream an instant version.
So tried it,the ouput was a soft and juicy makkan pedas and it tastes out of the world.I had only 1/2 cup of milk powder so made a small batch.Try this yummy dessert and enjoy.With no further delay lets move on to the recipe.........................................

                                                                          

 

                                                                       
                                                  Makkan Peda

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 Basic Information

   Preparation time ~ 15 minutes

   Cooking time ~ 30 minutes

   Makes ~ 8

    

  Ingredient

 

Ingredient	Quantity
Milk powder	1/2 cup
All purpose flour/maida	1 tbs
Fresh cream	2-3 tbs
Chopped nuts(almond and cashew)	1-2 tbs
Sugar/sakkarai	1/2 cup+1 tbs
Cardamom powder/ellakai podi	a generous pinch
Ghee/nei	1 tsp
Oil/Ghee	for frying

 

  Method 

 

• Put the sugar in a pan and add around 1/2 cup of water and cook it in a medium flame till it becomes slightly thick(no need of any string consistency).

 

• Take the milk powder in a bowl and to this add a tsp of ghee and mix it well. to this add the cream and make a soft dough.

 

• Let the dough rest it for 10 minutes.Divide the dough into equal balls.Make a dent on the ball and keep some chopped nuts and roll it smoothly.Flatten it slightly and keep it aside.

• Heat the pan with oil in a medium flame.Drop 3-4 discs at a time and fry it till both sides get nice and golden.Drain it on a paper towel and and drop in in the sugar syrup.Let it soak for 1- 2 hours.

• Serve it with some chopped nuts.

Enjoy...................................................................

•  Do not give so much pressure while rolling the balls.
•  Here I used almonds and cashews,cucumber seeds and raisins can also be used .
• Oil should be in a minimum flame otherwise the peda may turned out brown without cooking inside
• If the oil temperature is very low the pedas may disintegerate in the oil,so make sure to keep a medium temperature.

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