These easy Mawa Modak come together in less than 25 minutes and need only 4 ingredients! These are the perfect little treats to make for Ganesh Chaturthi and other festivities.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 15 minutes
- Cook time: 8 minutes
- Total time: 23 minutes
- Yield: 9 modak
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 250 grams mawa
- ⅓ cup sugar ([adjustable] 67 grams [/adjustable])
- ¾ teaspoon cardamom powder
- pinch saffron strands (crush using your hands or using a mortar pestle)
Method
- To a heavy bottom pan on medium heat, add 250 grams mawa, stir and cook for 2 minutes. It will melt.
- Then add ⅓ cup sugar, ¾ teaspoon cardamom powder and a pinch of crushed saffron strands and stir.
- Cook 2 more minutes until everything is well combined and mixture begins to bubble. Immediately, turn down the heat to low. Stir continuously (so that mawa doesn't burn or get too browned) and cook until the mixture leaves the sides of the pan and becomes non-sticky.
- This takes anywhere between 7 to 9 minutes of stirring on low heat. Do not overcook else the modaks will be chewy. Once done, remove mixture from heat and transfer it to a bowl to cool down.
- Once the mixture has come to a room temperature and you can handle it (do not let it cool completely, else it will become difficult to shape the mixture), grease the modak mold and take some of the mixture and fill the mold with it.
- Remove the excess from the sides and the ends and unmold and gently remove the shaped modak. Shape all the modaks similarly. I got 9 modaks from this mixture. You can also shape them using your hands. Garnish/decorate them with saffron strands if you like.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.