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    Home » Desserts » Indian mithai (Traditional Sweets)

    Mathura peda Recipe | Mawa peda recipe with jaggery

    Aug 18, 2022 · 3 Comments

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    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.

    mathura peda
    Mathura peda Indian sweet
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    • The Krishna connection
    •  Mathura peda ingredients
    • Equipment
    • How to make Mathura peda at home?
    • Looking for more mawa recipes?
    • Mathura peda (with instant mawa & jaggery)
    • Substitution
    • Variation
    • FAQs

    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
    peda Indian sweet ingredients

    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.

    mathura peda step 1

    2.Once it starts to turn brown, add crumbled gud/jaggery.

    mathura peda step 2

    3. Mix it well, add spices.

    mathura peda step 4

    4. Add milk and cook.

    mathura peda step 5

    5. Turn off the heat once it starts coming together.

    mathura peda step 6

    6. Take a spoonful and shape them into pede one by one. Store pedas in refrigerator

    Looking for more mawa recipes?

    Click on the delicious links below:

    • Sugar free mango peda
    • Eggless mawa cake
    • Top Janamashtami recipes
    • Wholewheat mawa gujiya - Fry / Air fry
    • Milk cake/Bhugal mawa
    • Til mawa burfi
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    Mathura peda (with instant mawa & jaggery)

    Mathura peda is an easy recipe to make and much loved by kids.
    Prep Time10 mins
    Cook Time30 mins
    Course: Desserts
    Cuisine: Indian
    Keyword: gokulashtami, home made brown peda, janamashtami, khoya sweet recipe, krishnashtami, Mathura peda recipe with instant mawa and jaggery, mathura recipe, mawa powder recipes, milk powder mawa, peda sweet, pede sweet
    Servings: 10
    Author: bhavana bhatia

    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

    For the quick recipe of mawa,refer:https://www.secondrecipe.com/making-mawa-in-microwave/
    The quantity of gud/jaggery can be changes as per your taste
    You may use sugar to replace jaggery. The amount of sugar required will be less than jaggery
    Depending on the quality and color of jaggery , the color of peda will change.

    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

    FAQs

    What is the famous food of Mathura?

    Mathura peda, dry fruit samosa, makhan mishri,jalebi, kachori

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    Comments

    1. Deepa Ramani says

      May 27, 2018 at 6:18 am

      Thanks for a sweet made with jaggery. Looking for more sweets using jaggery.

      Reply
    2. Seema says

      August 28, 2022 at 8:28 pm

      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.

      Reply
      • bhavana bhatia says

        August 29, 2022 at 12:26 pm

        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.

        Reply

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