Chocolate Modak Recipe With Mawa

Chocolate Modak Recipe With Mawa

Searching for Ganesh Chaturthi recipes? Give this instant chocolate khoya modak recipe a try. This kozhukattai is shaped using a modak mold and can be made in 15 minutes!

Course Dessert

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Servings modaks

Calories 55.06kcal

Author Priya Lakshminarayan

Equipment

Ingredients

12 oz khoya crumbled
1 tablespoon ghee
½ cup sugar
1 tablespoon chopped nuts optional
10-12 strands saffron optional
2 tablespoon cocoa powder
Ghee for greasing the molds

Instructions

If using store-bought mawa, bring it to room temperature first. Then grate the mawa or make crumbles using your fingers.
Add ghee to a pan once it melts, add the grated khoya. Cook on a low flame. Khoya will begin to melt.
Add sugar to the pan. Continue to saute for 1-2 minutes or till the sugar melts.
Add the chopped nuts along with the saffron strands.
Now add cocoa powder using a sieve to avoid lumps from being formed. Give it a good mix. and keep stirring.
The mixture should not stick to the pan anymore and come together. Do not overcook as then the modaks will turn out dense. Take it off the flame.
Transfer this mixture into a bowl or plate. Allow it to cool down completely. Grease the molds with ghee/butter/oil.
Stuff each side of the mold with the mixture.
And press it tightly. Remove any excess. Open the mold and carefully remove the modak out of it.
Repeat the steps until you finish making all the modaks. Grease the mold with ghee every time, before stuffing the mixture.

Notes

If you don't have modak molds, no problem. You can give them any shape you want. Use any variety of sugar but not honey or maple syrup.

Cocoa or cacao powder can be used. Chocolate chips can also be used instead. You can also add natural food colors to make colorful sweets.

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