Dry Fruit & Nut Modak
Dry Fruit & Nut Modak is a sweet and nutritious dessert originating from multiple states in India. This traditional treat is made with dried fruits, nuts, and spices, offering a delightful combination of textures and flavors. It's often enjoyed during festivals and special occasions.
Ingredients
- Dried Figs — 6 piece (chopped)
- Cardamom Powder — 1 pinch (ground)
- Ghee — 4 tbsp (whole)
- Cashew Nuts — 2 tsp (whole)
- Dates — 0.75 cup (chopped)
- pistachios — 0.25 cup (whole)
- badam — 0.25 cup (whole)
- Poppy Seeds (Gasagase) — 1 tsp (roasted)
Method
- To begin making Dry Fruit & Nut Modak Recipe, in a kadai, dry roast the almonds, pistachios & cashew nuts on a low heat.
- Once they are a bit roasted and the brown spots begin to appear, switch off, transfer them to a plate and allow them to cool.In a mixer grinder or a food processor, make them into a fine powder once they are cooled.
- Switch off heat & let the dates-fig mixture cool down.Grind the mixture into a smooth paste when it cools.Transfer the contents to the kadai once again and add the dry fruits and nuts powder, pan roasted poppy seeds & cardamom powder to the date & ghee mixture.
- This is a ghee rich recipe and you may add more ghee to help it make a lump.
- Switch off and start making the modaks.
- You will have to work on making the modaks when the dry fruit mixture is warm, since the dry fruits and nuts tends to fall in crumbles once completely cooled.Add enough of the dry fruits mixture into the modak mould, press for a few seconds and release the mould with care, & prepare the modaks.
- The above quantity of ingredients will make 8 modaks of the size about 2 inches.
Common questions
- Dry Fruit & Nut Modak ko English mein kya kehte hain?
- ड्राई फ्रूट और मेवा मोदक ko English mein Dry Fruit & Nut Modak likhte hain.
- Ek plate Dry Fruit & Nut Modak mein kitni calories hoti hain?
- 222 kcal per plate.
- Kitna time lagta hai?
- 40 min lagta hai — 30 min taiyari, 10 min pakana.