Dry fruit Modak
Dry Fruit Modak – A healthy, sugar-free Modak made with dates and mixed nuts
Servings: 10 person
Calories: 240kcal
Ingredients
- 500 gm Seedless Dates
- 1/3 cup Almonds / Badam
- 1/3 cup Cashew pieces/ Kaju Tukda
- 1/4 cup Pistachio / Pista
- 1/4 cup Raisins / Kishmish
- 1/3 cup Coconut, Dessicated
- 1/4 tsp Cardamom Powder / Elaichi Powder
- 1 tsp Rose Water / Gulab Jal optional
- few strands Saffron / Kesar
Instructions
- Deseed the dates and grind them into a paste without using any water.
- Take the nuts in a chopper or food processor and grind coarsely in pulse mode.
- Take a big bowl ,add the nuts and the date paste, cardamom, rose water and coconut and mix well till it become like a soft smooth dough.
- Grease the modak mould with some ghee and stuff tightly from the bottom.
- Now gently unmold it and keep on a plate, can garnish with silvar vark if available .repeat the process with the remaining mixture.
- If you don't have the mould then shape them like a ladoo.
Notes
Tips-
- Try to choose soft variety of dates like Majdool etc, they will grind easily
- you can add any variety of nuts or seeds you prefer to add.
- you can also add cinnamon powder or coco powder in it for flavour .
- can also add some powderd sugar if you want
Nutrition
Calories: 240kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.001g | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 468mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 13IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 1mg