Khawa or mawa or khoya or palkoa is a coagulated milk solid that is widely used in making Indian desserts. Traditionally khawa is prepared by simmering whole milk for hours over a medium flame. Milk is reduced to dough-like milk solid. I found this very easy recipe of making khawa from one can of condensed milk in just 6 minutes.
Ingredients:
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tbsp yogurt/dahi
- 1 tsp ghee
Method:
- Transfer condensed milk from a can to a deep and tall pot
- Add yogurt, mix well and cook it in a microwave for 2 minutes
- Yogurt gives khawa a nice granular texture
- Stir well and again microwave it for 2 minutes
- You can stir with a spoon intermittently to avoid spilling
- It starts getting curdled
- Mix well, add ghee and again microwave it for another 2 minutes
- Khawa is ready
- Let it cool down
- You can add cardamom powder, saffron and dry fruit pieces if you want
- Store it in the container, refrigerate it and use it to make any Indian sweet dishes.
If you like little thicker and drier khawa, microwave the mixture for additional 2 minutes (total of 8 minutes) and you will get the texture and color as shown in the picture:
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