In a saucepan add the sugar and water.
Let the sugar melt and starts boiling.
No need to bring to any string consistency.
Once the syrup is sticky, it is ready.
Switch off the flame.
Grease your hands with ghee and knead the dough once.
Make a small lemon sized balls.
Take one dough ball and flatten it.
Place 1 tsp of chopped nuts into this.
Gently cover it as we do for modak.
Flatten it like pedas.
Repeat this for the rest of the dough.
Keep this covered always.
Heat oil in a pan and once it becomes hot, bring it to a medium-low flame.
Gently drop 4-5 pieces of the peda jamuns into the oil.
Swril this into the oil and let this become even browning.
Once it becomes golden brown, take out from oil.
Drain in a kitchen towel.
Repeat this for the rest of the pedas.
Let this cool.
Warm the syrup a bit and gently immerse the fried pedas into the syrup.
Let this soak for 2 hours.
Enjoy the makkan pedas.