Palkova/Palgova/Milk cake/Milk fudge is prepared with very few ingredients i.e., Milk and Sugar. But it tastes very good. No need of neither adding oil/ghee nor deep frying. Simply condensing the milk or easily prepare with readymade condensed milk in microwave. I will share both original and quick microwave methods of making this yummy Milk Fudge/Palakova. Infact, the unsweetened kova/koya is used in making of so many Indian sweets like Halwa’s.
The original method of making palakova is not an difficult method to do, But you need more patience because the process of making is very long almost 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
Ingredients:
- Whole – Milk 1 litre
- Sugar – 350 gms sugar
- Ghee – 3 tbsp (for rolling)
- cooking soda – a pinch
How to make Palakova or Indian Milk Fudge:
- In a thick and deep bottomed pan, bring the milk to boil on a low flame,(add a pinch of cooking soda before boiling).
- Then add sugar to the milk and stir until sugar gets dissolved in the milk.
- Stir the milk with a wooden stick until the milk gets condensed.
- Make sure that you do all the process on simmer, otherwise it gets changed to light brown colour.
- Continue stirring till the condensed milk become thickened.
- Switch off the flame and stir continuously until the heat gets reduced.
- Once the Kova comes to bearable heat to touch, make Kova into small Flat balls like in the picture.
- Store them in an air tight container for two days or you can store in the refrigerator for a week.
