Dharwad peda is a mildly sweet delicious peda made with mawa. It is said to have evolved from mathura peda, but the colour is darker than the mathura peda and is less sweeter. The procedure is very simple if you have mawa at home. I was reading some posts on dharwad peda and as usual, there were so many versions of the peda. There is a paneer version for this peda and I am making that too for this BM. After going through the recipes, you can decide what ever version you would love to make. I made these pedas before making taagar, so I have used some caster sugar for coating. But if you have taagar at home, use it. It would be great. Check out my Mathura Peda recipe to know how to make taagar.
I used my home made mawa to make the recipe and it was done within 15 minutes. The only problem I faced was the amount of ghee. The recipe suggested too much ghee and it kept oozing out of the mixture. I had to strain the mix and remove excess ghee before shaping the pedas. The pedas turned out amazing. Both hubby and Sruti loved the pedas. I also sent the batch to Sruti’s friends and her ma’m tasted one and loved it. She told Sruti that Sruti’s mom was so great! Lol! I will be making them when I need some neivedhyam for my pooja.
Makes 9 Pedas
Ingredients:
Mawa – 3/4 cup
Sugar – 1/3 cup
Cardamom Powder – 1/4 tsp
Milk – 1 tbs
Ghee- 2 tbs
Procedure:
In a pan heat ghee and add crumbled mawa.
Grind sugar to a fine powder and set aside 2 tbs.
When mawa changes colour to a dark brown, add sugar and cardamom powder.
Keep on stirring until sugar melts and the mixture thickens.
Transfer to a plate and allow it to cool.
When warm to touch, take small portions and shape into pedas.
Allow them to cool completely.
Place the pedas in the remaining powdered sugar and roll to coat it evenly.
Store in air tight jar in fridge.
Check out my homemade Mawa Recipe which is just amazing:
And also there is an easy breezy MW version too:

Dharwad Peda - Indian Sweet Recipes
Ingredients
- Mawa - 3/4 cup
- Sugar - 1/3 cup
- Cardamom Powder - 1/4 tsp
- Milk - 1 tbs
- Ghee - 2 tbs
Instructions
- In a pan heat ghee and add crumbled mawa.
- Grind sugar to a fine powder and set aside 2 tbs.
- When mawa changes colour to a dark brown, add sugar and cardamom powder.
- Keep on stirring until sugar melts and the mixture thickens.
- Transfer to a plate and allow it to cool.
- When warm to touch, take small portions and shape into pedas.
- Allow them to cool completely.
- Place the pedas in the remaining powdered sugar and roll to coat it evenly.
- Store in air tight jar in fridge.
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Such addictive looking peda these are Gayathri. I’m sure all of Shruthi’s friends and teachers love you because you send them such delicious treats đŸ™‚ I’m totally loving your milk based desserts theme. Keep them coming.
Wow, another delicious peda , looks so good. After read your post, i need something sweet now to satisfy my sweet craving. Too tempting it is !!!
Drooling over the pictures. I love milk based sweets and this series of yours is making my life difficult đŸ™‚
Omg kolluthu !! looks so addictive , Pedas are my weakness . I would love to have them right , I just got drooled seeing these pedas so went to the kitchen opened my fridge and ate some chocolate ice cream he he he đŸ˜€ this is so much of torture apart from posting commenting we get tortured by the temptation :)!! Your mawa version looks fabulous am waiting to drool over your paneer version too đŸ™‚
Wow..very seductive and sweet recipe.. its mine fav peda… you make all mine fav sweet.
Have tasted it many times ,this is one awesome peda you have made it like a perfectionist!! Yummy..
I can see the oozing out ghee…. Yum yum yummmm. I wish I stayed close by so that I can taste all these.
Wish i get a box of this pedas from u Gayathri, how fabulous they looks and sounds very easy as well. Give me that plate i can gobble some rite now without any hesitation.
That’s an amazing pick ! If given a chance I wd want to giggle the whole box of pedas. Very well made
So well made..these pedas are such a treat to eat..Gayathri I am so glad you picked this theme, you are presenting us with classic recipes . We simply can drool,
Irresistible!!!
Oh God! I love Dharwad peda. My periappa got us some when we went to Bangalore this summer from the Nandhini Milk store and I almost ate the whole box myself. This looks exactly like the ones we ate. Wish I could just take some right now!
Wow, that sure looks so sinful with all that ghee oozing out..so very nicely done Gayathri. I guess if you have the basic things on hand, these are pretty quick to make right…enjoying the treats!
Such a nice recipe Gayathri! You make all the sweets sound so easy to prepare!!
This dharwad peda is in my to try list and now I have the perfect recipe. Thanks for sharing and the peda look so scrumptious.
Delicious looking pedas, home made ones are the best. I like that the recipe portion is not too many. Should try these out as hubby has been asking for some Indian sweet but I think he’ll have to wait till we finish the MBM.
wow gayathri, you are on a ball with milk sweets !! ii have heard about dharwad peda, but never tasted, i bet with all that mawa and ghee, it should be divine!
I know how yummy they taste. Melt in mouth kind Dharwad pedas have been a favorite of mine all my life and on any given day, I would prefer these to Mathura ones. I have to go back to your other post and check the differences between the two.