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Instant Modak in 20 minutes, make festivals more special

Published : August 19, 2020 | Last Update on August 21, 2020 By Muktha

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Instant Mawa Modak

Instant Modak recipe with step by step images and video. Instant Modak is a quick modak recipe made with milk powder , sugar and dry fruits. This post shares a version of mawa modak where instant mawa is prepared using milk powder and shaped into modak using moulds. Dry fruits and nuts are also stuffed inside this modak .

Varities of modak are offered to Lord Ganesha and then distributed among devottees as prashad. As Ganapathi Bappa is fond of Modak , HE is also called modakpriya ( one who loves modak) and is offered to him . Of all varities of modak Ukadiche Modak / Steamed Modak is considered as a classic version of modak.

What is Modak ?

Modak is a Classic Indian Sweet popular in Maharashtra , regions of Konkan and Karnataka. Generally Modak has sweet filling inside made from freshly grated coconut and jaggery,  while the outer soft shell is made from rice flour or wheat flour mixed with mawa or refined flour. Then modak can be steamed or fried. The steamed version of modak is called ukdiche modak is often eaten hot with ghee . I have already shared the post on Ukadiche Modak , yoy can refer if needed,

But Instant Modak or Mawa Modak is made with khova/ mawa. You can make mawa at home or can use store brought Mawa. In my last post I had shared a Mawa Peda recipe , you can follow the same recipe and shape in Modak moulds to get mawa modak.

Instant Modak in 20 minutes, make festivals more special

Incase if you are looking for a recipe to make a quick modak , then believe me this post is for you. This modak is made from milk powder , milk and for sweet filling , some dry fruits and nuts are used. Its quick and easy, from start to finish I just took 20 minutes to put up this sweet instant Modak with dry fruits filling.

Tips and Variations to make Instant Modak

  • Filling : Dry fruits & nuts , Coconut-Jaggery , Sesame seeds, dry coconut, jaggery, peanuts-jaagery , choco chips and nuts , Gulkand and dry coconut so on , you can go creative and make any filling of your choice. Just make sure to adjust and match the sweetness with the outer cover also.
  • Outer Cover : Instant Milk powder mawa as used in this recipe or store brought / homemade fresh mawa
  • Saffron milk is used here to give yellowish colour but you can choose to add any food colour ( I don’t use artifical colours) of your choice or turmeric powder should also be fine here as an alternative .
  • Milk powder already has sweetness with it , so 2-3 Tbsp of powdered sugar will be sufficient . In case if the filling is having more sweetness then do adjust sweetness accordingly.
Instant Modak in 20 minutes, make festivals more special

If you are looking out for more Ganesha Festival Recipes , you can check Ukadiche Modak , Puran Poli / Obbattu , Karjikayi / Gujiya , Milk powder Gulab Jamun , Kara Kadubu , Masale Chitranna , Puliyogare recipe

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Instant Mawa Modak

Instant Modak

A sweet made with milk powder , sugar and ligthly flavoured with cardamom powder with dry fruits filling is shaped into Modak.
5 from 2 votes
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Course: Sweets
Cuisine: Indian
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings : 10 Modak
Calories / Serving : 133
Author: Muktha H S

Ingredients 

  • ½ Cup Whole Milk – Full fat
  • ¼ Cup Milk – few saffron strands soaked
  • 1.5 Cups Milk Powder
  • 2 Tbsp Powdered Sugar
  • ½ Tsp Cardamom Powder
  • 1 Tbsp Ghee/ Clarified Butter – ½ + ½ Tbsp divided
  • ¼ Cup , Dry fruits & Nuts of your choice , chopped

Instructions

Preparations

  • Crush 5-6 strands of saffron and soak in ¼ cup of warm milk for about 10 minutes.
  • Husk 4-5 cardamom pods and pound in mortar and pestle to a fine powder.
  • In a blender, add 2 Tbsp of Sugar and blend to a fine powder.

Making of Instant Mawa

  • In a thick bottom pan or non-stick pan, heat 1.2 Tbsp of ghee/ Clarified butter.
  • Add ½ cup of milk and bring it to boil.
  • Now add in ¼ cup of saffron soaked milk and stir well. Boil on medium heat till it thickens slightly.
  • Now add milk powder gradually, part by part stirring continuously. Make sure that there are no lumps of milk powder.
  • On a medium low heat keep stirring, everything comes together to form a mass.
  • Now add ½ Tbsp of Ghee/ clarified butter and mix well.
  • Turn off the stove , Instant Mawa / Instant Khova is ready , let it cool down .
  • When instant mawa mixture is still warm , add 2 Tbsp of powdered sugar, ½ Tsp of cardamom powder and mix well.

Shaping Modak

  • Grease modak moulds with ghee, and fill in the mawa mixture into the moulds.
  • Make hollow at the centre, fill in 1 Tsp of chopped dry fruits and nuts mixture.
  • Cover the base with prepared instant mawa mixture, remove the excess dough that bleeds around.
  • Gently press and unmould , Instant mawa modak are ready.

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Notes

  • I have used Nestle , Everyday dairy whitener in this recipe .
  • Added 2 Tbsp of powdered sugar , it was just perfect. 
  • For filling I added raisins, cranberries , pistachios, almonds and cahews. So sweetness from raisins and cranberries were also added.
  • As my molds are large , this recipe yielded 10 -11 large Modak’s , you can double the recipe measurement to make 21 modak’s
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Step by Step Directions to make Instant Modak

Preparations:

Crush 5-6 strands of saffron and soak in ¼ cup of warm milk for about 10 minutes.

Husk 4-5 cardamom pods and pound in mortar and pestle to a fine powder.

In a blender, add 2 Tbsp of Sugar and blend to a fine powder.

Making of Instant Mawa

In a thick bottom pan or non-stick pan, heat 1/2 Tbsp of ghee/ Clarified butter.

Instant Modak in 20 minutes, make festivals more special

Add ½ cup of milk and bring it to boil.

Instant Modak in 20 minutes, make festivals more special

Now add in ¼ cup of saffron soaked milk and stir well.

Instant Modak in 20 minutes, make festivals more special

Boil on medium heat till it thickens slightly.

Instant Modak in 20 minutes, make festivals more special

Now add milk powder gradually, part by part stirring continuously. Make sure that there are no lumps of milk powder.

Instant Modak in 20 minutes, make festivals more special

On a medium low heat keep stirring,

Instant Modak in 20 minutes, make festivals more special

Everything comes together to form a mass. Now add ½ Tbsp of Ghee/ clarified butter and mix well.

Instant Modak in 20 minutes, make festivals more special

Turn off the stove , Instant Mawa / Instant Khova is ready , let it cool down .

Instant Modak in 20 minutes, make festivals more special

When instant mawa mixture is still warm , add 2 Tbsp of powdered sugar, ½ Tsp of cardamom powder and mix well.

Instant Modak in 20 minutes, make festivals more special

Shaping Modak

Grease modak moulds with ghee, and fill in the mawa mixture into the moulds.

Instant Modak in 20 minutes, make festivals more special

Make hollow at the centre,

Instant Modak in 20 minutes, make festivals more special

Fill in 1 Tsp of chopped dry fruits and nuts mixture.

Instant Modak in 20 minutes, make festivals more special

Cover the base with prepared instant mawa mixture, remove the excess dough that bleeds around.

Instant Modak in 20 minutes, make festivals more special

Gently press and unmould ,

Instant Modak in 20 minutes, make festivals more special

Instant mawa modak are ready.

Instant MOdak

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