Stuffed sweet Dumplings made with coconut and condensed milk
Coconut modak is specially made on Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayak Chaturthi which is a very popular festival in India. Different varieties of sweets and Naivaidhyams are made during Ganapati Pooja.
Sweet Modaks of different varieties are made and offered to Lord Ganesh. There are many versions, flavours and variety of making modaks – the one I am sharing today is an easy and quick method of making coconut modak. The dough is made of desiccated coconut and condensed milk and stuffed with Gulkand/rose petal preserve and nuts. I have used a modak mould, but you can shape them as a ball and make laddoo and roll them in some desiccated coconut.
I have also posted the recipe of- Paneer and Coconut ladoo , Besan ladoo ,Till ke ladoo and Pineapple sandesh , Kaju Gulkand Ladoo, which you can offer as Naivaidhya to Ganeshji
Prep time-20 min
Cuisine – Indian
Type – Dessert
Yield – 10 modaks
INGREDIENTS-
- Desiccated coconut/Nariyal ka boora or burada- 3 cup
- Condensed milk- 1 tin
- Milk powder- 2 tbsp
- Saffron- 1/3 tsp
Filling-
- Gulkand / rose petal preserve- 3.5 tbsp
- Desiccated coconut- 3 tbsp
- Almonds,chopped- 12
- Cardamom powder- 1/3 tsp
PROCEDURE-
- In a big bowl add desiccated coconut, condensed milk, milk powder and mix and mash well.
- In a separate bowl add all the ingredients of filling and mix and mash wall.
- Mix saffron with little water and crush to make a paste.
- Now grease a modak mould and stuff the mixture and press it on all the sides of the mould.
- Make a small ball from the stuffing mixture and stuff it in the centre of the modak.
- Apply some mixture from the condensed milk mixture at the bottom of the modak and press tightly.
- Now carefully remove the modak from the mould.
- Apply some saffron mixture on the top of modaks.
- Now offer these easy and delicious modaks to lord Ganesha!
NOTE-
1-You may need around-3 to 3.5 cup of desiccated coconut,remember that the mixture should not be sticky, it should be like a dough.
2-Milk powder is added to give some body to the dough and reduce stickiness.
3-If want to avoid stuffing then you can add the gulkand to the dough itself and shape in modak or laddoo.
Grt innovation dear
Wow very good instant and time saving recipe. can be easily made at home …..
Innovative recipe happy festival
Breathtaking combo, thats a very unique and innovative modak.
Lovely combo of gulkand and coconut…Very flavorful and delicious modak.
look so delightful.
Coconut Rose Modak is really fantastic..
Its appearance is dam good
Feel like grabbing and having rite now,soo tempting.
This is really an amazing ingredient in a modak. Really creative. Must try. Great blog you have
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a very different modak aunty…reading ur tips of using left over rice, i made an appetiser recently… have taken pics to show you.. will send on ur fb account… :)..thank you aunty
Belated happy Ganesha Chaturthi. Modaks look so delightful.
Deepa
rose and coconut must be delicious.,.
Very Very Enticing and tempting too.. this is really inciting and creative.I adore the Gulkand..must must try!!!