Saffron Paneer Peda Recipe
Saffron Paneer Peda Recipe is an easy to make peda with minimal ingredients with the goodness of paneer and rose water, usually made during festivals and special occasions.
This Saffron Paneer Peda is a simple, delicious and melt in mouth dessert with grainy texture. It is prepared with minimal ingredients and has an authentic Indian flavour that is rich as it is made with paneer and ghee.
You can serve it for some special occasions and festivals. In this recipe, Peda is made of Paneer and is flavoured with saffron which enhances the taste of Peda.
Serve Saffron Paneer Peda as a dessert after your meal or serve it with some snacks like Poha Chivda to guests when they visit your home during festivals.
If you like this recipe, you can als try other Peda recipes such as
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4 Servings
Ingredients
- 2 cups Paneer (Homemade Cottage Cheese) , crumbled
- 4 tablespoons Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)
- Saffron strands , a generous pinch
- 2 tablespoons Water
- 1/2 teaspoon Ghee
- 2 teaspoons Rose water
How to make Saffron Paneer Peda Recipe
To begin making the Saffron Paneer Peda recipe, keep the paneer ready. You can either use store bought paneer or make it at home.
Follow this Homemade Paneer Recipe to make fresh paneer in your kitchen.
Place the the paneer ina mixing bowl and crumble it well using your fingers. Transfer this crumbled paneer to the mixer grinder.
To the mixer-grinder, add saffron, cardamom powder, sugar and water to it. Grind everything together into a smooth paste.
Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed pan on medium-low heat, transfer the paneer mixture from the mixer jar and cook it on low flame.
Now add rose water and keep stirring continuously until everything comes together, leaving the sides of the pan.
Turn off the flame, and allow it to cool. Transfer into a bowl.
Grease your hands with some ghee and knead the paneer mixture into smooth dough without cracks.
Roll the dough flat using rolling pin and cut into desired shape for making pedas. The delicious paneer peda is ready. Transfer to a platter.
Serve Saffron Paneer Peda as a dessert after your meal or serve it with some snacks like Poha Chivda to guests when they visit your home during festivals.
Swathy Nandhini
I am Swathy Nandhini, author and food photographer of shravskitchen.com and currently residing in Dubai. I am newbie to the world of blogging and learning lots of new things through this virtual world. Though I had passion for cooking from school days, I took it seriously as a way of life only after I became mother for Shravanthi. I have named the blog after her. I love to try different cuisines and I got many interesting recipes over my blog. My love towards blogging grows each and every day.
