When I first read about thabadi peda from Gujarat I felt that it was so much similar to Thirattu paal and Belgaum kunda. But there are small variation in the recipe and the way the sweets are finally shaped also makes the difference. There are not too many recipes online. One recipe was totally made with condensed milk in MW, but I am not sure how authentic it is. There are so many online sites selling this sweet, and I guess it is quite famous in Gujarat.
I tried the first recipe that came in search and it was really good. The procedure is like Belgaum Kunda, caramel is added to curdled milk and cooked until everything comes together. One difference is the addition of liquid glucose. I guess it is to avoid crystallization of the sugar. As caramel is added, the colour of the peda is really deep and full of caramel flavour. My whole house was filled with that aroma and it was so nice. The past month, my house feels like a sweet shop full of milk, mawa and paneer sweets.
Ingredients:
Milk – 500 ml
Sugar – 1/4 cup
Ghee – 2 tbs
Vinegar – 2 tbs
Liquid Glucose – 1 tbs
Cardamom Powder – a pinch
Procedure:
In a pan add milk and ghee and bring it to boil.
Add vinegar and let the milk curdle.
In a separate pan take sugar and heat it on medium flame until it becomes a nice deep caramel.
Pour this hot caramel into the milk mix and mix thoroughly.
Keep on cooking the mixture until it becomes thick and leaves the sides of the pan.
Add in liquid glucose and cook for a minute or two.
Transfer the mix onto a plate and allow it to cool.
Shape into small pedas and garnish with pistachios.
Gujarati Thabadi Peda - Indian Sweet Recipes
Ingredients
- Milk - 500 ml
- Sugar - 1/4 cup
- Ghee - 2 tbs
- Vinegar - 2 tbs
- Liquid Glucose - 1 tbs
- Cardamom Powder - a pinch
Instructions
- In a pan add milk and ghee and bring it to boil.
- Add vinegar and let the milk curdle.
- In a separate pan take sugar and heat it on medium flame until it becomes a nice deep caramel.
- Pour this hot caramel into the milk mix and mix thoroughly.
- Keep on cooking the mixture until it becomes thick and leaves the sides of the pan.
- Add in liquid glucose and cook for a minute or two.
- Transfer the mix onto a plate and allow it to cool.
- Shape into small pedas and garnish with pistachios.
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Wow these pedas look fantastic , their texture is something like halwasan , great find Gayathri .
The colour and texture both are so different from the regular pedas , adding caramel of course is a adding so much more flavour .
Wow, look at the color !!! Love those deep caramel color on the peda. Extremely inviting and very appealing sweet . Wish i could grab a few from the plate.
Woww lipsmacking here, this Thabadi peda looks simply awesome. Can guess how the caramel flavor of this pedas. Would love to munch some to please my sweet tooth.
Stunning peda and i wonder how many delicious sweets made with just curdled milk!! I definitely need some to taste now!!
Each sweet is as tempting as the next one. It is hard choice to pick one favorite sweet in this series. Fantastic series.
Deep colour from the colour is so inviting ! Bet it must have tasted great too..is it chewy in texture , Gayatri ?
Deep colour from the caramel is so inviting ! Bet it must have tasted great too..is it chewy in texture , Gayatri ?
caramelized sweets have their own unique taste and love that brownish color Gayathri. I am so amazed by your milk sweet finds.
I can totally imagine your house smelling like a sweet shop after all the amazing milk based desserts you have been churning out this month. These Gujarati Peda look delicious.
Wow the caramel peda look so tempting and must be very flavorful. No wonders your house smelled so good.
These pedas look so different. Though I’m a Gujarati, have not heard of them. Love the caramel colour and the texture of the pedas. Was just wondering that after adding the vinegar wouldn’t there be too much water or whey?
What a fantastic pick Gayathri, the whole recipe sounds so good..I am sure the whole month your house must have looked like a sweet shop..surprise is how you didn’t have any..great determination.
Simply wow and that caramel is so stunning. What a beautiful color it gives to the peda and the texture is just perfect.
Omg another sinful peda from you looks so so tempting !! I am loving the texture of the peda a lot .. I remember making these peda in the past, amazing color !!
What a fabulous pick and the yummy pedas have such a beautiful color.
What a beautiful color and I woudl to taste this caramel flavored peda.With you cooking so many sweets and its aroma wafting to the neighbors place, I guess they would have thought you are opening a sweet shop!
Can we use corn syrup instead of liquid glucose?
Yes, you can.
Absolutely mind blowing. Look forward to making it. One question please, do we discard the whey before adding the hot caramel? Look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you. You shouldn’t discard the whey. The whole mixture is cooked along with whey until it reduces. That also adds to the taste.