Srivilliputhur, Tamil Nadu

Paal kova

Name: Paal kova
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Tamil
Ingredients: 10 cups full cream milk; 2/3 cup sugar

Milk and sugar, cooked until creamy, grainy and caramel sweet. Srivilliputhur's pride and joy.

80 minTime

8 gProtein each

mildSpice

Make it your way

Grandma's wayMilk and sugar, stirred into kova.

The original

211kcalsame

8 gproteinsame

0 gfibresame

80minutessame

Classic paal kova.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Milk10 cups, full cream

Sugar⅔ cup

3 steps

1Boil the milk in a wide, heavy kadai and keep it at a rolling simmer, stirring and scraping.
2When reduced to a quarter, add sugar and keep stirring.
3Cook until it gathers into a soft mass and leaves the pan.

Serve it like this

Serve a spoonful in a small leaf cup or on a plate, at room temperature.

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