Palkova Recipe | Srivilliputhur Palkova

Srivilliputhur Palkova Recipe is a delicious sweet made with milk and sugar. The simplest sweet but a test for your patience. As most of you know Srivilliputhur in TamilNadu is famous for Palkova. It is said that milk is boiled with firewood stoves and fed with some cashew nutshells. Do try this Palkova for this Gokulashtami and offer to Lord Krishna. I have shared this recipe with stepwise pics and a short YouTube video. If you like my video, please SUBSCRIBE to my youtube channel.

How to make Palkova

Palkova Recipe | Srivilliputhur Palkova

Priya Santhamohan

Srivilliputhur Palkova is a delicious sweet made with milk and sugar. This Palkova recipe is the most simplest sweet but a test for your patience.

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Cook Time 50 mins

Total Time 50 mins

Course Dessert, Festival Recipes, Janmastami Recipes, Sweet

Cuisine South Indian

Servings 1 Cup

Calories

Ingredients

  

• 1 Litre Milk (4 Cups)
• 1/4 Cup Sugar
• 2 Pinch Cardamom Powder (Optional)

Instructions

 

• In a heavy bottomed vessel or non stick pan, pour the milk and bring to boil.
• Keep stirring in medium flame until it reduces to half the quantity. Scrap the sides and colour of the milk starts changing. Continue stirring and the milk starts to thicken. Do everything in low flame. It takes almost 30 minutes.
• The milk solidify more and there will be no more water content but not too thick. Now add sugar and mixture becomes gooey, add cardamom powder.
• Keep stirring in low flame and after nearly 20 minutes it would thicken more and grains will be seen. Mix well and scrap the sides, don't make it too thick as this palkova thickens with time. This final picture is taken a day later.

  Palkova / Thirattipal is ready.

Video

Notes

Tips for Srivilliputhur Palkova

1. Do the whole process in low or medium flame after the milk reduces in quantity.
2. Continue the stirring until it is finished or else it gets burnt at the bottom and spoil the whole flavour of Palkova Recipe.
3. For more grainy texture, add a tbsp of curd after adding sugar.
4. You can also add a few saffron threads or cashews fried in ghee but it is optional only.
5. Don't overcook till dry, it should have little moisture otherwise, palkova becomes chewy and hard.

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Palkova Recipe

Method for Palkova Recipe

1. In a heavy-bottomed vessel or non-stick pan, pour the milk and bring to boil.

2. Keep stirring in medium flame until it reduces to half the quantity. Scrap the sides and colour of the milk starts changing. Continue stirring and the milk starts to thicken. Do everything in low flame. It takes almost 30 minutes.

3. The milk solidifies more and there will be no more water content but not too thick. Now add sugar and mixture becomes gooey, add cardamom powder.

4. Keep stirring in low flame and after nearly 20 minutes it would thicken more and grains will be seen. Mix well and scrape the sides, don’t make it too thick as this palkova thickens with time. This final picture is taken a day later.

Srivilliputhur Palkova / Thirattipal is ready.

Srivilliputhur Palkova