4 Instant & Easy Modak Recipes From Just One Dough

Hello, everyone! 10th September is the Ganesh Chaturthi 2021. And I am so excited to share with you the Modak recipes, which I tried yesterday with my sister. The amazing part is that we got four different types of Modaks just from one dough. These four Modak recipes are visually tempting as well as flavorful to soothe our palate. No wonder, offering these Modaks to Lord Ganesha will definitely get showers of his blessings in our lives.

The best part of these recipes is that we prepared them from milk powder as the basic ingredients. So we did not need to buy mawa or khoya from the market, as we made mawa from milk powder. These modak recipes with milk powder have no comparison with the store-bought mawa modaks because they are fresh, without fear of any adulteration or stale mawa.

Now the question is, what are the four Instant & Easy Modak Recipes which we got from just one dough?

No more waiting, let’s directly come to that point. Here they are-

1. Dryfruit Mawa/ Khoya Modak

2. Chocolate Modak

3. Paan Modak

4. Gulkand Modak

We will discuss these modak recipes in detail, but before that, we first learn how to make the perfect dough for Modaks.

Mawa Modak Dough Recipe from Milk Powder

Step By Step Guide With Photos:

1. Take a pan, add milk powder, and slowly mix the milk. Remember we do not have to switch on the flame at this moment.

2. Remove all the lumps from the milk powder and milk mixture by gently stirring, and add ghee. Now switch on the flame. Continue to stir the mixture for 3-4 minutes.

3. The milk powder, milk, and ghee mixture would look like the below image.

4. Now switch off the flame, and let the mixture cool for some time. When the mixture is lukewarm, add powdered sugar.

5. Mix the sugar powder in the mixture well, and knead it to get a soft dough.

6. Divide the dough into 4 equal parts.

Ingredients:

• 200 Grams Sweetened Milk Powder (Nestle)
• 3/4th Cup milk at room temperature (12 Tablespoon)
• 4 Tablespoon ghee
• 1/4th cup powdered sugar (4 Tablespoon)

Method:

1. Do not switch on the flame.
2. Take milk powder in a pan and slowly add milk.
3. Continue mixing milk powder and milk by adding milk in intervals. Avoid any lumps.
4. Now add ghee and mix all ingredients well.
5. Switch on the flame on medium and continuously stir the mixture.
6. When the mixture is heated, switch the flame to low heat and continuously stir it.
7. After cooking for 3-4 minutes, switch off the flame and continously stir for some more time.
8. Let the mixture cool slightly. You will see the mixure will get little thicker as it cools, and will get the consistency of soft mawa.
9. When the mixure is still warm, transfer it in a bigger plate, and add sugar powder.
10. Knead mawa and sugar mixure for few minutes, so that the sugar gets completely dissolved and you get the soft dough.
11. Now divide the dough into four equal parts.

Note: With each portion size of mawa dough, you will make 3 modaks of each type. In total, you will get 12 modaks.

Isn’t this recipe for modak dough with powdered milk easy?

Now, after dividing the dough into four equal parts, get ready for the magic, because these four mawa portions will give us four instant and easy modak recipes. Follow the steps below-

1. Dryfruit Mawa/ Khoya Modak Recipe

Step By Step Guide With Photos

1. Take the first portion of the mawa dough, and add cardamom powder. Knead well to get the smooth texture of the dough.

2. Take modak mould.

3. The best way to fill the dough in the mould is from the bottom.

4. Fill half of the mould with mawa modak dough, make a little hole in the center by pressing it, and fill cashew nut.

5. Fill pistachio and raisins also.

6. Cover with some more dough. Press gently and remove excess dough from the sides.

7. Unfold the mould, and dry fruit mawa modak is ready.

Time Details For the Recipe

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Moulding Time: 6 Minutes

Total Time: 11 Minutes.

Ingredients:

• First portion of Mawa Dough, which we prepared above.
• 1 crushed Cardamom
• 1 Chopped Cashew nut.
• 6 Raisins
• 1 Chopped Pistacheo

Method:

1. In first portion of the mawa dough, add crushed cardamom and mix well to enrich it with cardamom flavor.
2. Take some cardamom flavored mawa dough, and fill half the modak mould with it. Press a bit with your index finger at the centre to make a shallow hole like strucure.
3. Fill with few pieces of chopped cashewnut, raisins, and chopped pistacheo.
4. Add some more mawa dough in the mould to cover the filling, and press a little to give a shape of modak.
5. Unfold mould and take out the dryfruit mawa modak.
6. Similarly make the remaining modaks.
7. Dryfruit mawa modak is ready.

2. Chocolate Modak Recipe

Step By Step Guide With Photos

1. In the second portion of mawa dough, add grated compound chocolate.

2. Knead well to get the chocolate modak dough.

3. Fill in modak mould, and press gently. Remove excess dough from the sides and give the shape of modak. This way chocolate modak is ready.

Time Details For the Recipe

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Moulding Time: 6 Minutes

Total Time: 11 Minutes.

Ingredients:

• The second portion of mawa dough, which we prepared above.
• 2 Inch piece of Compund chocolate, grate it.

Method:

1. Into the second portion of mawa dough, add grated compund chocolate.
2. Mix and knead well, so the dough becomes chocolaty.
3. Now take some chocolate dough, and fill in modak mould and press gently to give it a shape of modak.
4. Unfold the mould and take out chocolate modak.
5. Make the remaining modaks in the same way.
6. Chocolate modaks are ready to offer Lord Ganesha.

3. Paan Modak Recipe

Step By Step Guide With Photos

1. Take the third portion of mawa dough, and add edible green color.

2. Knead well to get a smooth green texture.

3. Add chopped paan (betel) leaves.

4. Add mixed color tooty fruity.

5. Mix gently to get paan modak dough.

6. Fill the dough in the mould, press gently, scrap excess dough from sides, and unfold the mould to get paan modak.

Time Details For the Recipe

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Moulding Time: 6 Minutes

Total Time: 11 Minutes.

Ingredients:

• The third portion of mawa dough, which we prepared above.
• 1 big sized paan leaf chopped.
• 1 tablespoon mixed colored tooty fruity.
• 2-3 drops of edible green food color.

Method:

1. In the third portion of mawa dough, add 2-3 drops of edible green food color, and knead well to give dough an evenly green texure.
2. Add chopped paan leaf and mixed colored tooty fruity in the dough and mix well.
3. Now fill the dough in the mould and give a shape of modak.
4. Take out the paan modak, and make the remaining modaks with the same manner.
5. Paan modaks are ready to offer to lord Ganesha.

Note: If you get powdered edible green color, instead of liquid green color, use a pinch of it, and knead well to make the texture of dough green colored.

4. Gulkand Modak Recipe

Step By Step Guide With Photos

1. In the fourth portion of mawa dough, add edible pink food color.

2. Knead the dough well to get a smooth pink texture.

3. Fill half of the modak mould with dough, and add gulkand (rose jam) in the center.

4. Adjust with the help of the backside of a spoon. Fill with more dough to cover the filling, and press gently. Unfold the modak mould to get gulkand modak.

Time Details For the Recipe

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Moulding Time: 9 Minutes

Total Time: 14 Minute.

Ingredients:

• The fourth portion of mawa dough, which we prepared above.
• 2-3 drops of edible pink color.
• 1 Tablespoon Gulkand (Rose jam)

Method:

1. In the fourth portion of mawa dough, which we had prepared above, add 2-3 drops of edible pink color. Knead well to give the dough a smooth pink texture.
2. Now take the mould, fill it half with the pink dough, and make a shallow hole like structure.
3. Fill it with little gulkand, and cover with some more pink dough.
4. Press gently, scrap the excess dough to give it a shape of modak.
5. Take out the gulkand modak.
6. Make remaining modaks and they are ready to offer to lord Ganesha.

Make these 4 instant and easy modaks to offer to Lord Ganesha on this Ganesh Chaturthi, and embrace his love and blessings for life.

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi!