Kesar Coated Mawa Modak (Ganpati Special)

What you'll need:

Milk - 1 cup
Mawa - 50 to 60 grams (For Homemade Mawa in 3 minutes recipe, click here - https://tastytreatsbyvarsha.blogspot.com/2020/06/homemade-mawakhoya-in-3-minutes.html )
Sugar - ½ cup
Desiccated Coconut - 1 cup (Optional)

Milk - 2 tbsp
Kesar - 8 to 10 strands (Tip: If you don't have Kesar, you can use less than a drop of Kesar Yellow Food Colour too)

How to make?

Firstly, in a pan, cook Milk, Sugar & Mawa (on medium flame) for 10 minutes or till the mixture thickens.
Now, add 1 tbsp desiccated coconut, mix properly and cool at room temperature for 1 hour.
Now, prepare coating with the help of above coating ingredients by heating on slow to medium flame till it is reduced to half or thickens.
Now, make balls of equal size from the above mixture.
Now, take 1 ball and make Modak using Modak moulds. Similarly, prepare other Modaks too.
Let the Modak dry properly. Finally, coat all the Modaks with Kesar coating using a toothpick or a fine brush as shown in the picture. (Tip: Coat the Modaks after letting them completely dry otherwise your coating will spread)
Your Modaks are ready to be offered to your Bappa.

Shelf Life - 2 to 3 days at room temperature or 7 to 8 days in fridge

*Makes 8-10 pieces of normal size

Enjoy Ganesh Chaturthi with these tasty 'Kesar Coated Mawa Modak'!