Home Made Khoya

Khoa, Khoya is a milk food widely used in Indian cuisine made of either dried whole milk or milk thickened by heating in an open iron pan. It is one of the most famous and a classic ingredient in Indian cooking where it is used both for savory as well as sweet dishes. The richness that it adds to the sweets is indescribable. Delicious homemade khoya is always healthy and tasty. It is not as hard as you might think and it keeps well in the fridge. See these steps to realize what a simple process this whole Khoya making business is. Trust me - you will never buy store varieties ever again!

Lets see quick and tasty home made khoya.

Preparation Time - under 15 min

Cook Time - 2-3 hrs

Yield - 1-11/2 cup

Ingredients
Milk - 1 liter (full fat)

Procedure

Take the 1 liter milk in a heavy bottomed wide mouthed vessel or kadai. In Medium-High heat bring it to boil (Takes 10 minutes) [Stay near the stove and be watchful if you work with medium-high heat. If you have a non-stick vessel you can use since milk will scorch in later stages of cooking.]

Once the milk boils, reduce flame to Medium-Low. Scrap the sides of the vessel and stir the content from time to time.

In next 20 minutes, the milk reduces to half. Remember to stir and scrap the dried milk from time to time.

In next 15-20 minutes, the milk again halves changing into a pale yellow color. Take extra care from this stage since the milk tends to burn/scorch very fast if you’re careless watching it. So stir and scrap the milk solids very frequently. In this stage most of the water vaporizes from the milk turning it into a thick consistency with a granular texture. Here if U want to make sweet khoya add sugar and in this stage and mix well.

In next 10 minutes, the milk starts to solidify. Turn flame to Low since the solidifying milk can quickly get burnt if overlooked. Do not forget about stirring frequently. 

In next 10 minutes the color of the milk changes to creamy yellow and thickens more.

In next 5-10 minutes, almost all of the water content evaporates from the milk and solidifies the milk completely. Now, when you stir, the content stir together firmly into a single mass. Switch off the stove.

Khoya is ready to use. 

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