HOW TO MAKE PETHA

It is just a variation of Agra’s

Ingredients for Angoori Petha Recipe

  • Ash gourd 1.5 kilogram

  • Sugar

  • Slate lime powder (chuna) 180 grams

  • Sugar 6 cups

  • Milk 5 tablespoons

  • Rose essence few drops

Method

Step 1

Cut the ash gourd into wedges, peel and remove the seeds. Prick the wedges all over with a needle. Mix the lime powder in three litres of water and soak the ash gourd wedges in it for two to three hours.

Step 2

Remove and wash the wedges thoroughly under running water at least three to four times.

Step 3

Cut the wedges into half-inch cubes. Alternatively, cut the wedges into small cylinders with a cylinder-shaped cutter.

Step 4

Mix together four cups of sugar and four and a half cups of water in a deep non-stick pan and bring to a boil.

Step 5

Add four tablespoons of milk. When the scum rises to the top, collect it with a ladle, and discard. Add one cup of water and bring the mixture to a boil again.

Step 6

Add the ash gourd and cook on low heat for forty to forty-five minutes, or till completely cooked and translucent.

Step 7

Meanwhile, dissolve the remaining sugar in one and a half cups of water and bring it to a boil.

Step 8

Add the remaining milk. When the scum rises to the top, collect it with a ladle, and discard. Continue cooking to make a syrup of one-string consistency.

Step 9

Strain the syrup into a clean bowl; add the rose essence and mix.

Step 10

Add the cooked ash gourd and leave to soak overnight in the syrup and serve.



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