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{{Infobox prepared food
| name = Mathura Peda
| image = Mathura Peda.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption =
| alternate_name = Mathura ka Pedha or Pera
| country = [[India]]
| region = [[Mathura]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| creator =
| course = [[Dessert]], [[Prasadam|Prasad]]
| served =
| main_ingredient = [[Khoya]], [[sugar]], [[Milk]]
| variations = Mathura ke pede, Meva vati peda and export quality special peda
| calories =
| other
}}

'''Mathura peda''' is a [[North Indian]] sweet dish that originated from [[Mathura]] in [[India]]. In North India sweets prepared from [[Khoa|mawa]] ([[khoya]]) are very popular and the peda is also a mawa sweet variety.<ref name="mithai">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pWG6myyY_okC&pg=PT179&dq=mathura+peda+sweet&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKxM_V-r3KAhVRco4KHZqQCMYQ6AEIJjAC#v=onepage&q=mathura%20peda%20sweet&f=false | title=Mithai | publisher=Popular Prakashan | author=Sanjeev Kapur | pages=Author's Note | isbn=9788179917121}}</ref> Mathura peda is so famous in India that the term is often used in aphorism like ''Mathura ka peda au Chhattisgarh ka kheda'' means "(famous are) the peda sweet of Mathura and helmet in [[Chhattisgarh]]."<ref name="mp">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CEVuAAAAMAAJ&q=mathura+peda+sweet&dq=mathura+peda+sweet&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjLk_rn-r3KAhVDVY4KHTmtAKM4ChDoAQg1MAU | title=Madhya Pradesh district gazetteers, Volume 1 | publisher=Govt. Central Press | author=Madhya Pradesh (India) | authorlink=Madhya Pradesh | year=1965 | pages=107}}</ref> Mathura acts as a brand name for peda sweet.<ref name="sing">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Z-dAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA174&dq=mathura+peda+sweet&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKxM_V-r3KAhVRco4KHZqQCMYQ6AEIIDAB#v=onepage&q=mathura%20peda%20sweet&f=false | title=They Sing the Wedding of God: An Ethnomusicological Study of the Mahadevji ka byavala as Performed by the Nath-Jogis of Alwar | publisher=McFarland | author=John Napier | year=2013 | pages=175 | isbn=9781476602134}}</ref> While visiting Mathura, Mathura ke pede, Meva vati peda and export quality special peda attract the visitors.<ref name="indiacurrents">{{cite web | url=https://www.indiacurrents.com/articles/2015/03/11/love-and-lord-krishna | title=Love and Lord Krishna | publisher=India Currents | work=Kavita Kanan Chandra | date=11 March 2015 | accessdate=24 January 2016 | author=Kavita Kanan Chandra}}</ref>

==Janmashtami feast==
In Mathura, the birthplace of [[Krishna]], Mathura ke pede is a favorite offering.<ref name="toi">{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/food/food-features/What-each-region-prepares-for-Krishna-on-his-birthday/articleshow/48806836.cms | title=What each region prepares for Krishna on his birthday | first=Seema | last=Mattoo | date=4 September 2015 | newspaper=Times of India | accessdate=24 January 2016 }}</ref> These are made by cooking together fresh mawa, milk, sugar and [[ghee]] with cardamom powder for added flavour. In India [[Janmashtami]] holiday is considered incomplete without Peda. Every year on this day Peda are prepared to offer to Lord Krishna and break the [[fasting|fast]]

==Global fame==

At various tourist places even outside Mathura also, Mathura ke pede is the famous sweet all along with other Indian sweets like maner ke laddu and [[Agra petha|Agra ka petha]].<ref name="maner">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hdoyCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT219&dq=mathura+ke+pede&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiyvN2O68LKAhXIco4KHeWcA4YQuwUIHjAA#v=onepage&q=mathura%20ke%20pede&f=false | title=India on my Platter | publisher=Om Books International | author=Saransh Goela | year=2015 | pages=Day 83 | isbn=9789383202041}}</ref>

==The folklore taste==

The taste of Mathura ke pede can be seen in [[Indian folklore]] also. "Mathura ke pede mohe lave, khilawe ji....."(he gives me the Mathura ka peda to eat) is the famous song among the Sand poojan (worship) songs in India.<ref name="Folk">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XG0LAAAAIAAJ&q=variety+mathura+ke+pede&dq=variety+mathura+ke+pede&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y | title=Folk-lore, Volume 13 | publisher=Indian Publications | year=1972 | pages=260}}</ref><ref name="Soc">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X8bYAAAAMAAJ&q=variety+mathura+ke+pede&dq=variety+mathura+ke+pede&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y | title=A Sociological Study of Folklore: Projected Research in Kuru Region (Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Bulandshahar, and Bijnor Districts of Western Uttar Pradesh) | publisher=Indian Publications | author=Satya Prakash Arya | year=1975 | pages=102}}</ref>

==As Geo-specialty prasada ==
{{see also | Geographical indication }}

[[Mathura peda]] in the [[Vraja Parikrama|Braj Parikrama]] is [[specialty food|geo-specialty]] prasada, just like the [[Jyotisar#prasad|Kurukshetra Prasadam]] (Channa laddu) is in the [[48 kos parikrama of Kurukshetra]].<ref name=tir14>[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/chana-laddoo-to-be-kurukshetra-prasadam-49618 Chana laddoo to be ‘Kurukshetra prasadam’, The Tribune, 1 March 2020.</ref>

==See also==

*[[Agra petha]]
*[[Bikaneri bhujia]]
*[[Jyotisar#Prasad|Kurukshetra Prasadam]] (Channa Laddu)
*[[Peda]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160203035844/http://nishamadhulika.com/sweets/mathura-peda-recipe.html Nisha Madhulika]
* [http://www.sanjeevkapoor.com/recipe/Mathura-ka-Peda.html Sanjeev Kapoor]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCvZoXVO-88 Youtube video]

[[Category:Indian desserts]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradeshi cuisine]]
[[Category:Indian cuisine by city]]
[[Category:Geographical indications in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Mathura]]

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