Chocolate Dipped Milk Peda
Milk peda dipped in chocolate ganache are quick, delicious and perfect for Diwali festivities!
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 15 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 3 tsp ghee (divided)
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk [14 oz/396 grams]
- 1.5 cup milk powder
- 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
- generous pinch of nutmeg powder
- 2 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips (around 1/3 cup)
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
Instructions
- 1
To a pan on medium heat add 2 teaspoons ghee and condensed milk and mix till slightly heated. Remove pan from heat.
- 2
Add milk powder and stir to combine. Place the pan back on stove top and reduce heat to low.
- 3
Add cardamom powder, nutmeg powder and mix to combine.
- 4
Keep cooking the mixture on low heat till it leaves sides of the pan, around 5-6 minutes. [see pictures above for different stages of the peda mixture]. Don't over cook else peda will turn hard and chewy.
- 5
Add 1 teaspoon ghee now and remove pan from heat.
- 6
Let the mixture cool slightly. Take a small portion from the dough and roll to form a round ball.
- 7
Flatted it slightly with your palm. Repeat till the dough is finished, you will get around 15 pedas.
- 8
Meanwhile melt heavy cream and chocolate chips in a microwave or on a stove top using the double boiler method.
- 9
Once the chocolate melts remove pan from heat. While using the double boiler method, remember to always keep the heat to medium-low.
- 10
Dip the prepared pedas (which should be slightly cold by now) into the chocolate ganache.
- 11
Sprinkle with chopped pistachios.
- 12
Let the ganache set and then enjoy these instant milk pedas!