Besan Pista Modak

Name: Besan Pista Modak
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: makes 15 pc
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup coarse gram flour (besan); 1/2 cup clarified butter (ghee); 1/2 cup sugar; 1 cup +1 tbsp milk; Few strands of saffron; 1 tsp cardamom powder; 1/2 cup chopped pistachios

Shradha Nema (foodgazin') @foodgazin

Mumbai

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Just like Lord Ganesha, everyone at home loves Modak too. So today I am sharing my favourite Besan Modak recipe. This besan modak can be made with minimum ingredients and in no time. These Besan Modaks are ideal fix for homemade sweets on busy festive days.

Shradha Nema (foodgazin') @foodgazin

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Ingredients

30 minutes

makes 15 pc

1 cupcoarse gram flour (besan)
1/2 cupclarified butter (ghee)
1/2 cupsugar
1 cup +1 tbsp milk
Few strands of saffron
1 tspcardamom powder
1/2 cupchopped pistachios

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Soak saffron in 1 tbsp of milk. Heat ghee in a pan. Roast besan on a low flame until it turns golden in colour and turns aromatic.
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Add milk. (While adding milk be careful as the milk spills out) mix. Add sugar. Cook for 2-4 minutes.
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Add cardamom powder and saffron milk.
5

Smear some ghee on modak mould and place some pistachios over it. Fill the mould with enough mixture and seal the opening of the mould. Open and remove modak carefully. Repeat and make all the modaks.
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Store in refrigerator and consume within 2 days.

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Shradha Nema (foodgazin') @foodgazin

on September 06, 2022 03:51

Mumbai

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