Milk Peda or milk fudge is one of the popular sweets for any celebration in India. This recipe is one of the easiest and simplest to make. The best part is it needs only a few ingredients and can be made instantly in a microwave. It takes less than five minutes to make and tastes as good or better than the store-bought ones. The main ingredients of the peda are a can of sweetened condensed milk and milk powder. You can also optionally add saffron and cardamom powder if you like. Decorate with chopped nuts and serve.
Why you will love the Microwave Milk Peda Fudge?
- It takes only 5 minutes to make the peda once you have all the ingredients assembled, and the rest of the time goes into shaping the pedas.
- You only need a few ingredients to make such a delicious sweet.
- This is a great item to take to potlucks and get-togethers.
Ingredients needed
- Sweetened Condensed milk.
- Milk powder or Mawa milk powder can be found in Indian Groceries.
- Saffron soaked in milk and Powdered Cardamom to enhance flavors
- Ghee or clarified butter.
- Nuts - Pistachios, almonds, or cashews powdered for decoration.
How to make the microwave milk peda(Fudge)?
The tricky part is to know the right consistency when making this peda in the microwave. Using more condensed milk can make it sticky, and using more milk powder can make it a bit dry and with cracks when rolling into the desired shape. Firstly, the condensed milk and milk powder are mixed well with ghee and heated in the microwave. After the first minute, it will loosen up a bit, After the second minute, depending on the power of your microwave,e always check in 30-second intervals and stir well with a spatula so that it does not burn and cooks evenly.
After exactly three minutes, you will see that it forms a dense paste and has left off a lot of moisture. The test to see if it's ready is to drop a little onto a plate and see if you can roll it to form a ball. If it easily does it, then you are done. Transfer to a plate to cool and then roll into peda shapes. Garnish with powdered nuts.
Milk Peda (Fudge)
Ingredients
- ½ can sweetened condensed milk 7 oz
- 1 cup milk powder milk mawa powder
- 4 -5 cardamoms powdered
- 2 tbsp nuts powdered (oistachios, almonds or cashews)
- few strands saffron soaked in 2 tbsp milk
- 3 - 4 tsp ghee or clarified butter
Instructions
- Get all the ingredients to make the peda ready.
- In a microwave safe bowl , heat ghee for about 40 seconds until it melts fully.
- Add the condensed milk and milk powder to it and mix well with a spatula.
- Microwave for 1 minute .
- Take the bowl out and stir well .Microwave for another minute .
- If it rises in between take it out and add the cardamom powder and saffron induced milk.
- Take the bowl out and stir well. Microwave in addition of 20 to 30 seconds until you reach a minute until it all comes together.Make sure not to burn it .
- Spread onto a plate to cool .
- Apply some ghee on your palms and roll into small rounds and make a dent and decorate with crushed nuts.
- Milk pedas are ready to be served
Nutrition
If you love this peda you will love Riccotta Cheese Peda and Kaju Katli which are also popular sweets made during festivals.
This wasn't what I'd expected when seeing 'fudge' but it sounds delicious! Looks very yummy too, and just the right size for a small desert or for a sharing plate. xx
It is delicious Caz and yes a very right size for me indeed!
Sounds so easy & looks yummy! Happy Diwali to you & your family!
Thank you so much Megala , yes very easy and delicious .Hope you had a great celebration as well!
Ah! Super cute and yummy milk pedas 😋
Happy Diwali to you and your family Nisha !
Thank you so much Smitha and wish you the same, hope you had a great Diwali as well !
WOW! This looks mouthwatering
Thank you so much!
Hope you had a fabulous Diwali celebration Nisha!
Yes we had a great celebration with family and friends . Thank you !