Hara Bhara Balls and Mawa/Khova Peda for Blog Hop Wednesday

It is Blog Hop Wednesday!!!! I m happy to post on time this week!!! :) For this Week, i m paired with Sukanya of Saffron Streaks. She has an amazing Food and Travel Blog!!!! I chose to make Hara Bhara Kebabs and Mawa Peda. I have made so.me changes for the Hara bhara kebab recipe, so please follow the link for the Original recipe

Ingredients : Hara Bhara Balls

1 Big Potata

1/4 Cup Green Peas

10nos Stalk of spinach

1/4 tsp Cumin powder

1/4 tsp Coriander Powder

2 tbsp of Roasted Sooji/Semolina or Bread Crumbs

Salt to taste

Oil for frying

Mince together

2 cloves of Garlic

1 small piece of ginger

2 Green Chillies

Method

• Boil Potatoes and Peas and drain the excess water. 
• Blanch Spinach and Drain.  Both the Veggies should have no Water at all, or else the batter might turn watery
• Mash the Potates, peas and Spinach together. 
• Add the minced ingredients and the masala powder and adjust salt. Mix well.

• Divide the mixture into equal portions. Shape them each into balls and flatten them inbetween your palms. 
• Roll them over roasted sooji/bread crumbs and Deep fry in Oil.
• Serve hot with Tomato Sauce.

Ingredients : Mawa Peda

To Make Mava/Khoya/Khova

2 Litres of Full Cream Milk ( i used Amul Double Cream Milk)

• Take Milk in a Wide Non-Stick Pan and Boil it. 
• Once it starts boiling, reduce the flame and Continue to boil till it reduces to Khoya/Solidified Milk/Milk Solids. 
• It takes about 2 hours and a Watchful Eye for making this. 
• Keep Stirring frequently to avoid burning and to scrap the solids on the sides of the pan. For this much quantity of milk i got 1 and 1/2 cup of Khoya.

Ingredients : For the Peda

1/2 Cup Khoya/Khova/Solidified Milk

1/4 Cup Milk

1/2 Cup Sugar

2 Pods of Cardamom, Crushed

Some ghee for Coating your palms

Method

• Take Khoya/Khova/solidified milk and Sugar in pan and add milk to this mixture and keep stirring.
• The Mixture would come together as a mass. Take it off the flame. Let it cool for few minutes.
• Coat your palms with little ghee and pinch the mixture and make small balls out of it and make a small dent in the middle. 
• Garnish it with any nut flakes and Serve.