Homemade Khoya | How to Make Khoya Recipe | Mawa

Published: Dec 13, 2021 | Last Updated On: Dec 13, 2021 by Aarthi

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Homemade khoya can be made easily at home using three methods. Traditional way of making khoya, microwave khoya and instant khoya recipe. Making mawa using milk powder and milk made on stove top and microwave. No cook khoya | khoa recipe is included.

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1.About Khoya

2.Microwave Khoya Recipe

3.Uses Of Khoya

4.Khoya Recipe (Traditional method)

5.No Cook Khoya Recipe

6.📖 Recipe Card

7.Homemade Khoya | How to Make Khoya Recipe | Mawa | Khoa Recipe

How to Make Khoya at home

Khoya is a super ingredients which is used in many delicious sweets. But sadly i couldn't find that amazing stuff in my super market. So i have to make my own khoya..I have made a delicious gulab jamun using the khoya. For this diwali i thought to make some sweets using khoya, so i decided to share the recipe for homemade khoya with you all, so if you cannot find khoya in your place no worries you can make it yourself..

Making khoya is not at all difficult, it is so easy to make. you just need full fat milk. Boil it down till it is thicken. That's it. I would recommend you to use a large kadai for this process, so the milk thickens faster. Try this out and make many delicious sweets out of it.

About Khoya

Khoa,khoya,khowaormawais a dairy food widely used in thecuisines of the Indian subcontinent. It is made of either dried wholemilk or milk thickened by heating in an open iron pan.

I just want to make gujiya today to share in my blog before holi. So what do i need, i need mawa. But i know it will take hours and hours. So I decided to take the shortcut and make this instant version. It takes just 7 mins to make and gives you a good amount of mawa. I made it in microwave, but i am sure you can make this in normal stove top as well.

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Microwave Khoya Recipe

You will need cream and milk powder

Take cream in a microwave safe bowl

add in milk powder

give this a really good mix

Microwave it for 2 mins

This is how it looks after 2 mins

use a spoon to mix well

now it is well combined

pop again and microwave for 2 more mins

look look foamy it has got

it will be very foamy

give it a good mix, it is still runny

Now you are going to microwave it for a min interval

Cook for a min

It will be little thick now

mix well

microwave for 1 more min

look how bubbly and thick it is

mix well..i found little moisture left in the mix

So popped it microwave and cooked for 1 more min

look how try it looks..It will get drier as it cools down

done..You can use this in any recipes

Uses Of Khoya

Khoa is used in various types of sweets:

Pedhais sweetened khoa formed into balls or thick disks (like patties) with flavourings such as saffron and/or cardamom added.
Gulab jamun, also a round ball sweet made from khoa and then deep fried and soaked in rose water flavoured sugar or honey syrup. A very popular Indian sweet.
Barfi (or burfi) is also flavoured and can be flattened and cut into rectangles, diamond shapes.
Gujia, a sweet dumpling stuffed with khoa.
Halwa is reduced milk cooked with sugar to create halwa like consistency.
Main course north India dishes likekhoya paneer, Makhmali Kofte, Khoya Matar uses khoya.
Naan Roti stuffed with Khoya/Khawa.
khoa is used in my eggless mawa cake as well.

Khoya Recipe (Traditional method)

A concentration of milk to one-fifth volume is normal in the production of khoa. Khoa is used as the base for a wide variety ofIndian sweets. About 600,000 metric tons are produced annually in India. Khoa is made from bothcowandwater buffalo milk. Khoa is made by simmering full-fat milk in a large, shallow iron pan for several hours over a medium fire. The gradual evaporation of its water content leaves only the milk solids. The ideal temperature to avoid scorching is about 80 °C (180 °F). Another quick way of making khoa is to add full fat milk powder to skimmed milk and mixing and heating until it becomes thick. This may, however, not have the same characteristics as traditionally made khoa.

This is a traditional method of making khoya. Milk is been boiled down and thickened till all the milk is reduced and formed into a thick mawa like consistency.

Pictorial:

Take full cream milk in a large kadai..I like to use non stick

Bring it to boil

Let it boil..

Mix well often

Scrape the sides of the kadai with a spoon

it will slowly get thick

Keep stiring

Let it keep on reducing

As you see the milk solids started to form

Keep cooking

Look it is getting even thicker

At this stage you should keep on stirring

So it doesn't burn

At one stage it will leave the sides of the pan..
This is the correct stage

You can make lots of sweets with this..

No Cook Khoya Recipe

Mawa or khoya forms a base for many sweets. But making them from scratch can be a tiresome process, more over it takes ages to make it from scratch. But this one is even more simpler and hardly takes any time at all. Plus the result is so good.

This needs only milk powder, milk and some ghee. The khoya made from this is great to make sweets. You can store the ball shaped mawa in fridge in an air tight container and grate it whenever you need. They stay soft and moist all the time. It can be kept in fridge for 5 to 6 days. So give this a go and let me know how it turns out for you..I used these mawa to make a delicious mathura ka peda, will be sharing it tomorrow.

Pictorial:

Take ghee in a small pan

add in milk

warm it lightly

measure milk powder in a bowl

add the milk mix in

mix well..

the milk powder will absorb all the moisture...
If it feels too sticky add more milk powder

Now shape it into a ball and store it in fridge...
it will firm up more

when you need, grate the mawa as needed

Look how easily you can grate it..

you can use this in your dishes

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Homemade Khoya | How to Make Khoya Recipe | Mawa | Khoa Recipe

Homemade khoya can be made easily at home using three methods. Traditional way of making khoya, microwave khoya and instant khoya recipe.

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour hour

Total Time: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 cups

Ingredients

No Cook Khoya

▢ 1 cup Milk Powder
▢ 1 tbsp Ghee
▢ 4 tbsp Milk

Khoya (Traditional Method)

▢ 1 litre Full Fat Milk / Full Cream Milk

Microwave Khoya

▢ 1 cup Milk powder I used everyday milk powder
▢ 1 cup Cream I used 25% fat amul fresh cream

Instructions

No Cook Khoya Recipe

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Take ghee and milk in a sauce pan, warm it lightly.
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Take milk powder in a bowl, add the warmed up milk mix in and knead to a firm dough. If it is too sticky, add more milk powder as needed.
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Now put this in fridge and let it firm up.
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You can grate it and use in your sweets which calls for khoya or mawa.

Khoya (Traditional Method)

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Take a large non stick kadai. Pour in milk and heat it up. Once it started to boil, mix it up and let it continue to boil.
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Keep mixing and scrape the sides of the kadai, as you will see the milk skin sticking to them.
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At one stage you will see the milk getting thicker. Keep mixing.
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Now the milk will get even thicker and you will see it coming together.
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Don't leave the pan alone at this stage, because the milk will get burned. keep mixing.
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At one stage the khoya will leave the sides and form into one solid mass.
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Switch off the flame and remove them to a bowl. Allow it to cool and store it in a air tight container in the fridge for upto a week.

Microwave Khoya

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Take milk powder and cream in a microwave safe bowl, mix well.
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Pop it in microwave and cook for 2 mins. Remove and stir,
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Put it back in microwave and cook for 2 mins. Remove and mix well.
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Pop it in microwave and cook for 1 mins. Remove and stir.
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Place it back in microwave and cook for 1 mins. Remove and stir. Now if it is little moist, then pop again microwave.
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Pop it in microwave and cook for 1 mins. Remove and stir
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Now remove and it will be dry. It will get dry as it cools.

Notes

As the khoya cools down, it thicken a lot. No worries about that, you can crumble it easily by hands.

The khoya gets hard when you store them in fridge, to make it softer, bring it back to room temperature and use.

You can store khoya in an air tight container. Keep it in fridge always.

The amount of khoya you get depends on the milk you use.
The timing depends on each microwave heat level. So adjust it.
I cooked it on microwave high. My microwave has high power as 800 waats.
The mawa will get thick and dry as it cools, so cook it accordingly.
You can use this in any sweets.
This keep well for more than a week in fridge.
You can make this in stove top as well. Just pour both the ingredients in a sauce pan and cook on medium heat till it is thick.

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Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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Coral crue
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wow it looks mouth watering, always wanted to know how to prepare it at home. thanks!
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victoria bakes
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this is fantastic! always good to use homemade ingredients. thanks!
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Shobana Vijay
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Hi aarthi.Thanks for sharing.Will try at home and not to get from shop.
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Linsy Patel
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right time to use this post to make Diwali sweets.
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Pravina Parikh
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Pictures looks mouth watering
thanks for posting fresh mawa recipe
please visit my blog when you get
chance
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shiga s
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Hw to do this in stove top method???
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shiga s
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Ayo.. sorry just now saw written part
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Anonymous
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Thanks for sharing. You are amazing.
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- Laila
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  Awesome. any replacement for milk powder
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Aarthi
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@LailaSorry no replacement
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Jeevitha
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All your recipes are amazing 😍 thankyou for sharing
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tmlgal
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Great recipe, can we do khoya gulab jamoon with this khoya..will it work?..thanks
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Aarthi
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@tmlgalyes ofcourse you can do any recipes that calls for khoya using this
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Mumtaz begum
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Shall we refrigerate this
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Aarthi
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@Mumtaz begumyes u can store this in fridge
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Anonymous
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hi Aarthi,
Can this be made with the gulab jamun powder?
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Aarthi
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@Anonymousno it cannot
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Pinnacle
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Can I add sugar in it and so that I enjoy the sweet mawa at the end?
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Aarthi
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@Pinnacleadd at the end and mix well
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leena
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Hi...homemade cream can be used?n how to make it..
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Anonymous
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Thank you! Awesome recipe! No more hunting for khoya or sweating in the kitchen!
Seema Dubey
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Aarthi
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@leenanot sure about homemade cream
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durga kalyan
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hi
i tried this with 1 lt full fat milk in a non stick pan. after 2 hours the end product was not like what i see in pics here. mine was grainy, little salty, very dry and little reddish in color. i think my khova is fried in the butter/ghee that came from milk.
where did i go wrong.
it is super dry, can i make gulab jamun with it.
pls tell what i have to do, to make it soft again to make jamuns.
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Aarthi
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@durga kalyani think you have taken it way too far..What you can do is, add little milk and add it to a blender and pulse it few times so it gets soft again
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Jharna D
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Hi, can we not use full cream milk in place of cream???
Undoubtedly yr all recipes r so easy to follow. I immediately share them on my facebook....thanks
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Aarthi
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@Jharna D no cream has to be used
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Anonymous
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Thanks for the recipe...is the ghee amount only one tablespoon?? In the picture there s lots of ghee
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madhu-pankhfoundation
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Please suggest which milk powder to use.
Thanks
Madhu
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Anonymous
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Excellent .... Did not know that Khoya could be prepared this way. I really feel you should participate in Masterchef sometime. I am sure you will reach a long way in it. Try it once your kid grows up some more...
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Lakshmi alagu
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Really you have good talent in cooking because you have posted many alternative way for food stuff. Thanks for your contribution.
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Lakshmi alagu
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Thanks for your great contribution in sharing cooking tips.
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Priya
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This is really easy and awesome!
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Anonymous
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Happy Diwali. God Bless You and your family. Love your recipes.
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Anonymous
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So easy to make at home. Thanks for detailed explanation and showing us easy method for cooking.
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Soma Mukherjee
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Thanks Arti for the lovely share. I had one doubt won't the khoya taste sweet as the milk powder has sugar content in it... Can this be used in savoury curries etc.... Or only sweets...
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Anonymous
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Can we use this for rasgulla??
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Aarthi
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@Anonymousno u cannot use this for rasgulla. Rasgulla needs chenna.
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Aarthi
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@Soma Mukherjeenot it ws not that sweet. u can add it in curries as well.
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Aarthi
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@madhu-pankhfoundationi used everaday
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Aarthi
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@Anonymousyes it is one tblspn
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Anonymous
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Can you make kova for prepare gulab jamooon ?
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Aarthi
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@Anonymousyes u can use this for jamuns
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Jayasubha
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Can I use this khoya for malpoa recipe?
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Jayasubha
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Can I use this khoya for malpoa recipe?
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Aarthi
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@Jayasubhayes u can use
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Anonymous
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What Milk powder u used? Does Milk powder means baby Milk powder like dexolac or nan pro? Or which one. Sorry for such ignorant question, I'm totally new to cooking
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Nida Fakih
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Can I use Nido milk powder. . . As i stay in kuwait I dont knw wic powder to use ....
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Aarthi
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@Anonymousno it is not baby milk powder..it is the milk powder which we drink, here you can get everaday, amul
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Aarthi
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@Nida Fakihyes u can use nido
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Rohini Balasubramanian
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Hi, awesome blog.. I love and tried all the recipes too..could you plz tell me how to prepare sweetened Konya and plain one
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- Anonymous1
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  Hi can there be a substitute for ghee
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Aarthi
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@Rohini Balasubramaniancheck this
https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2013/10/paal-kova-in-10-mins-dhoodh-peda.html
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Unknown
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great recipe
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Diyaa
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Hi Aarthi,
I am wondering is the ratio 1:1. Meaning this rcp says 1 cup milk and 1 cup fresh cream so if i want to increase like 1.5 cup milk powder so 1.5 fresh cream??
Thank you
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- Aarthi
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  Yes it is correct
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Fermie Praisid
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Hi Aarthi,
Any replacement for cream?
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- Aarthi
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  no replacement for cream
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kadambari cadbury
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Can we use this for gulab jamun??
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- Aarthi
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  yes u can use this
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Anonymous
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Can we use this khoya for making chocolate burfi
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Anonymous
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Can we use this for chocolate burfi?
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- Aarthi
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  yes u can
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Anonymous
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Can we use immediately, I mean without keeping in fridge and then grating it
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- Aarthi
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  yes u can
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Anonymous
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hi can we use cooking cream
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Hajira
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Can we use this for making kulfi?
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- Aarthi
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  yes u can
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Vinothini Velmurugan
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For khova . Try 'gho 'brand unsweetened khova . It is the best . It is available in market these days .
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FAQs

What is the difference between mawa and khoya? ›

Khoya is nothing but milk solids obtained by simmering and reducing full fat milk until all the liquid evaporates. It is also known as Mawa or koa. You'll find both sweetened and unsweetened mawa in the market.

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Is evaporated milk same as khoya? ›

Khoya, also known as mawa or khoa, is dried evaporated milk solids. Milk is slowly simmered in a large iron kadai (wok) till all its moisture evaporates and it reduces to solids. As I have mentioned above, Khoya is traditionally made by slow cooking, simmering and thickening milk in a large kadai.

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How much mawa from 1 litre of milk? ›

How much khoa can you get from 1 liter of milk? 1.5 liters of buffalo's milk yielded about 350 grams of khoya. You should get about 225 to 230 grams for 1 liter of milk.

What are the different types of khoya? ›

Batti or Pindi Khoya is the hardest and has the least amount of moisture. It can be grated like cheese and has a long life. Pindi Koya is used for various sweets kinds of barfis and pedas. Chikna or DhapKhoya is really smooth and has the maximum amount of moisture.

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What is khoya called in English? ›

Khoya is dried evaporated milk solids commonly used in sweet Indian desserts, particularly in the Northern region of India. Khoya (or Mawa) is made of either dried whole milk or milk thickened by heating it in an open iron pan.

Does khoa go bad? ›

Generally, khoa has shelf life of 2-3 days at room temperature and for a week under refrigerated storage conditions when packed in parchment paper and paper board box. It can be stored for longer periods with better packaging and/or under deep frozen conditions at -18°C or below.

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Is khoya good for health? ›

The health benefits of mawa or khoya is high in calcium and phosphorus and is a protein-rich food. It's a nutrient-packed food that is incredibly versatile. Mawa is rich in B vitamins such as riboflavin and vitamin B12. If it's made of fortified milk, it may also contain good amounts of dietary vitamin D.

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What is the difference between khoya and khoa? ›

Khoya, also known as mawa or khoa, is a traditional dairy product widely used in sweets and desserts. Khoa is also known as Concentrated Milk Solids (CMS). It is made by slowly simmering and reducing pure milk over low heat until most water content evaporates, leaving behind a thick, solid mass of milk solids.

Homemade Khoya | How to Make Khoya Recipe | Mawa | Khoa Recipe (2024)

How to Make Khoya at home

About Khoya

Microwave Khoya Recipe

Uses Of Khoya

Khoya Recipe (Traditional method)

Pictorial:

No Cook Khoya Recipe

Pictorial:

📖 Recipe Card

Homemade Khoya | How to Make Khoya Recipe | Mawa | Khoa Recipe

Ingredients

No Cook Khoya

Khoya (Traditional Method)

Microwave Khoya

Instructions

No Cook Khoya Recipe

Khoya (Traditional Method)

Microwave Khoya

Notes

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