Festive season is here and it is the season to eat sweet treats. Mathura peda is synonymous with Janamashtami. We traditionally make Mathura peda recipe with boora or tagar or powdered sugar and milk solids or mawa. However this recipe is to make Mathura pedas with instant mawa or khoya and jaggery.
Sugar is not good for health. It is always better to make sweets using jaggery like in the olden times. Jaggery has its medicinal and nutritive properties, although it still contains calories like sugar.
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The Krishna connection
This brown color peda is synonymous with Lord Krishna and occasion of his birth, Janamashtami. The moment you say Janamashtami, Krishnashtami or Gokulashtami, Gokul Vrindavan and Mathura come to your mind. Uttar pradesh is blessed to have witnessed his divine presence. Holi and Janamashtami of Barsana and Mathura, the birth place of Radha Rani and Shri Krishna is a feast of soul.
Most halwai create a plethora of sweets during Holi and Janamashtami. There is something magical about traditional sweets be it Mathura ka peda or Agra ka petha. You can also have this recipe during Navratri or Navratre fasting as it is made with milk only.
Mathura peda ingredients
- khoya /mawa
- ghee
- jaggery/palm sugar/ gur
- milk
- nutmeg powder
- cinnamon powder
- cardamom powder
- chopped pista optional
Mathura Peda Ingredients
Equipment
- nonstick pan
- spatula
- parchment paper
How to make Mathura peda at home?
To make mathura peda with milkpowder, you will first need to make the mawa. Follow our recipe here.
1. The first step is cook mawa along with ghee on a non stick pan. This will help soften the milk solids.
2.Once it starts to turn brown, add crumbled gud/jaggery.
3. Mix it well, add spices.
4. Add milk and cook.
5. Turn off the heat once it starts coming together.
6. Take a spoonful and shape them into pede one by one. Store pedas in refrigerator
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Mathura peda (with instant mawa & jaggery)
Equipment
- Non stick pan
- spatula
- parchment paper
Ingredients
- 2 cup mawa for quick recipe, refer notes
- ¾ cup powdered gur Kolhapur or the light brown colour is preferred
- ¼ cup milk
- ½ teaspoon elaichi/ cardamom powder
- ¼ teaspoon jaiphal/ nutmeg powder
- ¼ teaspoon dalchini/ cinnamon powder
- 1 teaspoon powdered pistachios optional
- 3 tbsp. ghee
Instructions
- Crumble the mava into crumbs or grate it.
- Heat a non-stick pan on a medium flame and add mawa.
- Add ghee slowly and keep mixing with a spatula for 5-7 minutes.
- The colour of mawa will turn brownish as it is cooking.
- Now,add jaggery to this mawa followed by spices and milk.
- Fold and scrape this mixture along the sides of the pan continuously, until it forms a homogeneous consistency.
- Continue mixing with a spatula until the ghee is released from the mixture or the mix turns shiny.
- Keep it aside for 10 minutes on parchment paper.
- While the mixture is still warm, start shaping them into small balls.
- Garnish with some powdered pistachios (optional).
Notes
Substitution
There are many ways of making mawa peda. You can also make Mathura peda with milk powder. You can also make the milk powder peda without condensed milk. This helps you add sugar according to your taste. You may use store bought mawa to make Indian sweets. However, if that is not available, you can easily make at home. Click here to learn how to make mawa at home. Once you have unsweetened mawa ready, making sweets is not a big deal.
Variation
You can also make peda with fruits. Mango peda is one such favorite. Another variation is plain peda with sugar and elaichi powder.
how to make mathura peda? Quick recap
Check our youtube recipe for mathura peda,
FAQs
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Deepa Ramani says
Thanks for a sweet made with jaggery. Looking for more sweets using jaggery.
Seema says
Hi,
Do you either microwave it or steam it? Or first microwave and then steam it? The recipes says microwave for 2 minutes and steam for 15 minutes. It doesn’t say microwave or steam. I did both and the peda came out crumbly.
bhavana bhatia says
hi Seema, For the instant mawa, we have clearly mentioned the below
"2. Cook in microwave(high) for 2 minutes and mix well or cover it with a lid/foil & place it in steamer for 15 minutes"
So you need to only do 1 of these. Kindly let me know where did you find the instructions to do both.