Milk Powder (Dry Milk Powder)
牛乳を煮詰める時間をワープ！現代インドのスイーツ作りを支配する魔法の白い粉
Description
Powder drying milk moisture. The ultimate cheat ingredient to make 'Khoya (Mawa)'—the Indian sweet base normally requiring hours of boiling milk—in mins with a microwave.
Classification: For Families,Dairy,Quick Sweets
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How to use
Ingredients
- Milk(Full-fat milk powder preferred)
Instructions
- Put massive milk powder, a little milk, generous Ghee (clarified butter) in a bowl.
- Mix well with spatula into paste.
- Just microwaving for mins completes 'Instant Khoya' in the same state as hours-boiled milk.
- Kneading sugar/cardamom into this and rolling quickly mass-produces premium sweets 'Peda' or 'Barfi'.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
None
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Khoya (Mawa) (The original traditional ingredient but hard to get in Japan)
Pairing
Gulab Jamun, Peda, Barfi (Various Indian sweets)
Trivia
[Hardcore] The most important item shattering the Japanese stereotype 'authentic Indian sweets look difficult'. Indians used to stand before pots all day boiling milk, but now milk powder brands like Nestle's 'Everyday' sweep home kitchens, becoming the standard sweet recipe ingredient.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Usage] Right before Indian festivals (Diwali etc.), a mother stirs this milk powder and Ghee at high speed in a bowl like alchemy, cheat-generating dozens of sweets to distribute to relatives in one night!
Allergen
Dairy