Instant Mawa Modak | Modak Recipe without Mould

Modak (मावा मोदक ) is a tasty and traditional recipe of Indian cuisine. Modaks are prepared on the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. It is too soft that it will melt in your mouth. It is a quick and easy recipe. You can make modak without any effort and mould. Basically modaks are prepared with rice flour and stuffed with coconut and jaggery mixture. But this is different modaks recipe prepared with instant mawa.

Instant mawa modaks are made with minimal Ingredients like milk, ghee, sugar and milk solids. Milk and milk powder are cooked to make khoya (mawa). Then it is shaped like modak. It is flowered with cardamom powder. You may use Rose water or kewra. It can be made within 25 minutes. This recipe is without any stuffing. It is sweetened with milk powder and sugar. It is a simple and easy to make recipe. If you have store bought Khoya, you may cook modak using that khoya. You may use to mould to shape them but here is the recipe about making without mould.

Today is Ganesh Chaturthi so I am sharing the instant recipe of Modak. Modak is the favorite dish of Lord Ganesha. You can store it in refrigerator for 2 weeks.

Course: Sweet
Cuisine: Indian
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 2

Ingredients:

2 cup milk
1 cup milk powder
5-6 saffron strands
1/2 sugar powder
1/4 tsp. cardamom powder
1 tsp. ghee

Instructions:

Heat milk in a pan. Lukewarm the milk and turn off flame.

Take 5-6 saffron strands in a bowl and add 2 tsp. milk. Keep aside.

Add milk powder in milk pan.

Do not turn on flame. Mix milk powder in milk to remove all lumps.

Turn on flame and cook on low flame. Stir continuously.
It should not be burnt at the bottom. Milk starts to evaporate.
Add 1 tsp. ghee and mix.

Scrap the milk from the sides and cook till it become thick.

Add saffron milk in pan and mix.

Now add sugar powder and ¼ tsp. cardamom powder.

Mix and stir continuously. It starts to leave the pan.

It looks like a dough. Transfer to a bowl and let it be cool.

When it is slightly hot and you can handle this, knead for 2 minutes to make it smooth.

Now take a spoon full of mixture and give a round shape by rolling between your palm.

Now start to pinch lightly to make a cone like shape.

Make impressions using a spoon.

Make all the modaks in same way.

Your modaks are ready.

Tips:

You may change the proportion of milk and milk powder according your availability and preference.
You may add rose water and kewra.

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