Instant Coconut Modak | Nariyal Modak Recipe
Instant Coconut modak makes use of desiccated coconut, mawa (milk solids), milk powder and sweetened milk. No filling is needed in this at all.
Equipment
- heavy bottom pan
- spatula
- mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 1 cup Desiccated Coconut
- 4 tbsp Condensed Milk
- 4 tbsp Milk Powder
- 4 tbsp Mawa (milk solids) use homemade or store bought
- 2 tbsp Sugar powdered
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
- Ghee for applying on modak mould
Instructions
Preparing the modak mixture
- Firstly, in a pan take desiccated and roast it on slow flame for a minute.
- To this add milk powder. Mix well till the milk powder is incorporated uniformly into the coconut mixture. Work on low to medium flame.
- Thirdly, add mawa to the coconut mixture. Mix till the mawa gets incorporated well.
- Now add condensed milk gradually. Mix properly. The condensed milk binds the coconut mixture.
- Put off flame and add cardamom powder to the mixture.
- Let this coconut mixture become cool.
- Now add sugar powder and gently mix so that sugar is incorporated well.
- Cover and set aside for five minutes.
Shaping the modak
- Grease modak mould.
- Take small portions of mixture and place it in the mould.
- Secure the mould with the lock in order to shape the modak.
- Thereafter open the mould and gently take out the modak from it.
- Make more modaks from the entire mixture.
Serving suggestions
- Serve modak alongside other sweets offering Nectarous Gulab Jamun, Dates and Nuts Roll , Sago Kheer
Notes
- You can use home-made, or store bought mawa.
- Work on low to medium flame. Keep a constant watch. The coconut must not change color.
- Use good quality desiccated coconut.