Kutchi Peda

Kutchi Peda
Peda is the king of all sweets. Its an inevitable sweet for any Indian especially if you Kutchi. If  you have a marraige in your family ,you have to distribute Peda as a means of sharing happiness to everyone of your relatives, if you’ve got a baby you need Peda for good luck, if you have got a new car, you need Peda for it and so on. Its like a must sweet for Kutchis. Kachchhi Peda is a kind of semi hard, brown and Roasted Peda. Its very famous in local villages in Kutch.
Peda Recipe
Ingredients  
1/2 kg. Soft white mawa ( khoya)
2 1/2 cups (approx.300gms) sugar powdered
1/2 tsp. cardamom powder
1 tsp. cardamom seeds semi crushed
1 tbsp. slivered or crushed pistachios

Method :
Grate mawa( khoya )with a steel (not iron) grater.Add powdered sugar and mix well.
Put mixture in a large heavy or nonstick pan. Heat first on high for few minutes.Then on slow till done.
Make sure to stir continuously, while on heat. When mixture is thickened  , add cardamom.
Mix well, and take off fire. Allow to cool, gently turning occasionally.
Use cookie moulds, or shape pedas with palms into patty rounds.
Mix pistachios and cardamom seeds and press a bit on top of each.
If using moulds, first sprinkle some at bottom. Take some mixture and press into mould. When set well, invert and carefully, unmould.
Tip :
Given above is the basic recipe. Any color (yellow, orange, green, chocolate brown), essence (pineapple, orange, pista, chocolate), topping (almonds, walnuts, cashews), can be added to the recipe. You can also add any of following for varied flavors: cashew powder 1/2 cup, cocoa 2 tbsp (then increase sugar by 1/2 cup), walnuts powdered 1/2 cup, etc.

Kutchi Sweet:Godpapdi

Sweet Godpapdi with a Kutchi touch
Ingredients:

• 500 gm wheat flour
  
• 250 gm ghee
  
• 250 gm jaggery cut into small pieces
  
• Dryfruits For Garnishing.

Method:

Heat ghee in  thick vessel & roast flour on low heat  till golden brown. keep stirring.

When done  add soft jaggery to it.

keep stirring ,after few seconds remove the vessel from heat. stir till god(jaggery) melts and mixes properly with flour.

When done invert it in plate that is properly greased with ghee.

Level it using flat-based bowl.

Garnish it with aniseeds or dry fruits.

Cut into square pieces before it cools.

Tip : This is healthy for winter season.You can add gund(gunder or edible gum)that is fried in ghee and then little bit crushed with the bottom of a bowl and add to godpapdi while mixing god to the flour.