easy mawa modak recipe | khoya modak | mawa ke modak | yellow modak
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 3 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: Not specified
- Yield: 5 Servings
- Category: sweet
- Cuisine: maharashtra
Ingredients
- 1 tsp ghee / clarified butter
- ½ cup milk
- 3 tbsp saffron milk
- 1½ cup milk powder
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
- oil (for greasing mould)
- 2 tbsp cashew / kaju (chopped)
- 2 tbsp almond / badam (chopped)
Method
- firstly, in a kadai heat 1 tsp ghee and add ½ cup milk.
- also, add 3 tbsp saffron milk. to prepare saffron milk, soak few threads of saffron in 3 tbsp of warm milk.
- stir well making sure everything well combined.
- now add 1½ cup milk powder
- keeping the flame on low, stir continuously.
- the mixture starts to thicken.
- after 13 minutes, the mixture starts to separate from the pan.
- keep mixing until it forms a lump. finally, instant mawa is ready.
- transfer to a bowl and allow it to cool slightly.
- now add ½ cup powdered sugar, ½ tsp cardamom powder and mix well.
- form a non-sticky dough by combining well.
- grease the modak mould with ghee to prevent from sticking.
- stuff the mawa mixture into the mould.
- also, place a tsp of dry fruit mixture in the centre.
- close tightly and scrape off excess mixture.
- unmould the modak gently without breaking.
- finally, garnish mawa modak with silver vark and is ready to be served.
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.