Mava modak

Monika Jain ( Homechef)
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Modaks and ladoos are favorite sweets of lord ganesha. Ganesha festival is celebrated with a lot of pomp & grandeur in India. One gets to see the joyous spirit and energy of people celebrating ganesha festival.

Mava modak

#ganesha21
Modaks and ladoos are favorite sweets of lord ganesha. Ganesha festival is celebrated with a lot of pomp & grandeur in India. One gets to see the joyous spirit and energy of people celebrating ganesha festival.

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Ingredients

25 mins
  1. 250 gramsmawa or 1.5 cups grated mawa (khoya or evaporated milk
  2. 1/2 cupsugar or add as per taste
  3. 1/4 teaspooncardamom powder
  4. 1 teaspoonghee/oil for greasing the modak moulds

Cooking Instructions

25 mins
  1. 1

    Grease the modak moulds with a bit of butter or ghee or oil. Place aside.
    Crumble or grate mawa or khoya

  2. 2

    Heat a pan. Keep the flame to a low and add 1.5 cups grated mawa.

  3. 3

    Keep stirring on low flame for a minute. The mawa will start melting.

  4. 4

    When the mawa begin to melt, add 1/2 cup sugar in the mawa mixture and stir for a minute.

    Soon the mawa mixture will start releasing fat.

  5. 5

    Once the mixture starts bubbling, then sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon of cardamom powder.

  6. 6

    The mixture will start thickening. Continuously keep stirring.

    Keep stirring on low flame until the mixture starts leaving the edges of the pan.

    Do not overcook as then the modaks will turn out dense.

    Immediately transfer the mixture in another bowl/dish/thali.

  7. 7

    Allow the mixture to cool.

    Knead the dough gently while its still warm.

    Make small balls from them while they are still warm.

  8. 8

    Place a small mawa ball in the modak mould. Just press the mawa ball so that it takes the shape of the mould.

    Gently unmould and repeat the same with the rest of mixture. I got about 9 modaks from the modak mixture.

    Place the modaks over a gr

  9. 9

    Offer mawa modaks to lord ganesha. These modaks can also be chilled and then served later

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