Malai Peda

Recipe 1 (Traditional and time taking)
All You Need:

• Full fat milk 1 litre
• Sugar 1/2 cup
• Few saffron strands
• Few drops of citric acid or curd
• Cornflour
• Elachi powder

The Recipe:

• Boil milk in a heavy bottomed pan stirring throughout until it reduces to half
• Dissolve saffron in a spoon of warm milk and add to the milk
• Add Sugar and mix for 5 mts
• Mix two pinches of citric acid in 3 tsp of water and add gradually to the milk until it curdles slightly
• Mix cornflour in 2 spoons milk and add to the boiling milk
• Stir continuously till it becomes thick and appears like khoya
• Add elachi powder and mix well
• Allow to cool and grind if needed to get the softness
• Shape into 18 small balls. Make impressions on it with a fork or a serrated spoon
• Decorate with almonds and pista