Mahashivratri Ricotta Cheese Peda (Saffron and Cardamom milk fudge)

Devotees of Shiva observe a fast during Mahashivratri, so I observe fast today, but my fast is not what you call a fast..I can't stay hungry so I do make Vrat food, and eat it more than I would in normal days...so is it really worth it to fast? well yes so you can indulge yourself into heavy food..basically, the vrat food has much more fat and sugar content....: It's an excuse to eat rich food, so fasting for me only happens about twice a year.....So here I come with my one of the dish which I made for Shivratri.

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You will need:-

100 g Ricotta cheese (Full fat)
75 g full-fat milk powder
30 ml double cream
100 g sugar
2 tbsp ghee
Saffron threads soaked in little warm milk
1 tsp cardamom powder
few pistachios for decoration

Method:-

Heat ghee in a heavy bottom pan, keep the heat low and add cheese, milk powder and cream.  Mix well and keep stirring so doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan. Now add sugar and saffron milk and keep stirring till everything comes together and becomes one mass.  The mixture should be like cookie dough so you can roll or make it into shape.  let it cool, now add cardamom powder and mix well. Take a small amount of mix and make a small ball or give any shape like I made them into a heart shape.  I didn't add any food colour, this is the natural colour from saffron.