Jaggery and instant khoya modaks
A deliciously, healthy offering to Lord Ganesha - these modaks are made of khoya (mawa) made from milk powder and sweetened with jaggery and flavoured with cardamom and saffron
Equipment
- Shallow cooking pot
- Modak mould
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- 2 cups milk powder
- ¾ cup jaggery roughly chopped
- 1 tsp saffron strands optional
- 1 tsp cardamom powder
- 1 tbsp ghee
Instructions
- In your cooking pot, whisk together the milk and the milk powder until well combined and lump free. Keep the pot to cook over low flame, stirring continuously
- In another 5-7 minutes, add the ghee, saffron (if using) and the cardamom powder. Mix well and keep stirring
- When the mixture starts to thicken, add the jaggery and keep cooking until it completely melts into the mixture and it all comes together. When it separates from the cooking pot, remove in a mixing bowl. Mix it in well with your spatula, so as to form a smooth mixture
- Grease your modak mould with a little bit of ghee. When the mixture is cool enough to touch, pinch a small portion of it and fill in the halves of the mould. Then press both sides together, remove the excess and open the mould and place the shaped modak on a greased plate
- Garnish your beautiful, jaggery and instant khoya modaks with some saffron strands and serve to the Lord. Happy festivities!
Notes
- You could use sugar too, instead of the jaggery. Also, you could adjust the quantity of sweetener in the recipe as per taste
- It is imperative to keep string the modak mixture while always cooking on a low flame, until it comes together in one lump
- If you don not have a mould, you can also shape the modaks with your hands
- 1 cup = 250 millilitres
- tbsp - tablespoon
- tsp - teaspoon