Matabari peda
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A brown milk sweet made from slowly reduced milk and sugar, offered as prasad at the Tripura Sundari temple in Udaipur.
Region: Tripura (Matabari, Udaipur)Occasion: Temple offering; gifts from UdaipurTime: 1½ hoursServes: Makes about 15Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 2 litres full-cream milk
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 tbsp ghee
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder (optional)
Method
- Boil the milk in a heavy, wide pan and keep stirring on medium heat as it reduces.
- After about an hour, when it becomes a thick paste (khoa), add the sugar.
- Keep cooking and stirring on low heat until the mixture turns light brown and leaves the sides of the pan.
- Add ghee and cardamom and mix. Let it cool until warm.
- Shape into small flat rounds with greased palms. Cool fully before storing.
History
Shops around the Tripura Sundari temple at Matabari have long sold peda as prasad to pilgrims.
Significance
Pilgrims offer peda to the goddess and carry it home to share, so Matabari peda is closely linked with visits to the temple.