Apple Peda

Ingredients

• • Milk - 1 liter
• • Saffron - ¼ teaspoon
• • Sugar (powdered) - 1 cup
• • Kesar colours - a pinch
• • Red food colors - 1 teaspoon
• • Cloves (for decoration) - a few

Method

• 1. Heat milk in a broad, heavy kadai stirring constantly, till it is reduced to ¾ of its consistency. Remove from fire.
• 2. If necessary add little kesar colour.
• 3. Take it out and knead to a stiff dough on top of a greased platform.
• 4. Shape kesar peda mixture like small apples.
• 5. Press on top lightly to obtain proper apple shape.
• 6. Mix little orange red colour in little milk.
• 7. Using a painting brush or cotton, apply colour on top of apple shaped pedas.
• 8. Add little finely chopped nuts as a stuffing while shaping as a variation.
• 9. Put finely chopped pistha on top of each peda.