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Ricotta cheese peda on a fluted white plate.
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Ricotta Cheese Peda

Delicious bites of ricotta cheese peda with notes of cardamom that melt in your mouth! Made with 5 ingredients. Pedas are a popular traditional Indian sweet.
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Diet: Vegetarian
Keyword: easy peda recipe
Servings: 10 peda
Calories: 177kcal
Author: Shilpa Joshi

Equipment

  • 1 non-stick pot
  • 1 Mixing spoon
  • 1 Parchment paper
  • molds optional, to make peda shapes

Ingredients

  • 1½ tbsp Ghee
  • 15 oz Ricotta cheese 425g, 2 cup
  • ½ cup Sugar 118g
  • ¾ cup Milk powder 55g, non-fat milk powder
  • 1 tsp Cardamom

Instructions

  • Melt ghee on medium
    Melted ghee in a non-stick pan.
  • Add ricotta, mix and cook 3 minutes
    Ricotta and ghee in a non-stick pan.
  • Add sugar
    Ricotta cheese peda mixture simmering stovetop.
  • Add milk powder, turn gas to medium low
    Milk powder added to peda mixture.
  • Continue mixing. Once it begins to pull away from the pan and become a more solid mixture, add cardamom. Turn off gas and mix.
    Cardamom added to peda mixture.
  • Let cool a little so it can be handled. Then turn out mixture on parchment paper. Use ends of parchment paper to knead the mixture to make it smooth.
    Kneading mixture in wax paper.
  • Make shapes and garnish with pistachio slivers.

Nutrition

Calories: 177kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 72mg | Potassium: 175mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 279IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 176mg | Iron: 1mg