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Deoghar peda

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Brown, grainy milk sweets made by slowly reducing milk with sugar, famous as the prasad of Baba Baidyanath Dham in Deoghar.

Region: Jharkhand (Deoghar)Occasion: Temple offering (prasad) and gifts brought back from DeogharTime: 1 hr 30 minServes: about 15 pedasVegetarian

Ingredients

  • 2 litres full-cream milk (or 400 g fresh khoa)
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • ½ tsp cardamom powder
  • 1 tbsp ghee

Method

  1. Boil the milk in a heavy, wide kadhai and keep stirring and scraping the sides on medium heat until it reduces to a thick, dry khoa (about 1 hour).
  2. Lower the heat and keep roasting the khoa with the ghee until it turns light brown and grainy.
  3. Add the sugar and stir until it melts and the mixture thickens again and leaves the sides of the pan.
  4. Add the cardamom, cool until warm, and shape into flat round pedas.
  5. Let them set for an hour before storing.

History

Peda-making grew around the Baidyanath temple, and peda shops line the lanes of the town and the roads leading to it.

Significance

Pilgrims, including the kanwariyas of the Shravani Mela, take Deoghar pedas home as prasad. Peda-making supports many families in the town.

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