{"id":10522,"date":"2020-08-21T16:17:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T10:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/?p=10522"},"modified":"2020-08-21T16:17:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T10:47:54","slug":"carrot-orange-and-almond-mawa-modak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/21\/carrot-orange-and-almond-mawa-modak\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrot, Orange and Almond Mawa Modak"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our beloved Lord Ganesha is arriving\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome and Pamper him with his favourite sweet \u2026 Modak\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

How about preparing his much-loved Modaks with the natural earthy flavour of fresh carrots, zesty flavour of Fresh Oranges, crunchiness of coarsely ground almonds and richness of Khoya \/ Mawa.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Preparation Time: <\/strong>10 minutes<\/p>\n

Cooking Time:<\/strong> 15 minutes<\/p>\n

Makes:<\/strong> 14<\/p>\n

Ingredients and Quantity:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mawa (Khoya) 350 gm.<\/p>\n

Green Cardamom Powder- \u00bcth<\/sup> tsp<\/p>\n

Fresh orange juice and organic honey, reduced- 1 \u00bd tbsp.<\/p>\n

Fresh Carrot, puree, cooked and strained- 1 \u00bd tbsp.<\/p>\n

Almonds, lightly toasted and coarsely ground \u2013 \u00bd tbsp.<\/p>\n

For the greasing \/ lining the mould and thali:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unflavoured and unscented cooking oil- as required<\/p>\n

Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grate the Mawa (Khoya).<\/p>\n

In a heavy-bottomed non-stick pan add the grated mawa.<\/p>\n

On a low flame, keep stirring the mawa till it begins to melt.<\/p>\n

Once the fat from the mawa starts oozing out add the cardamom powder.<\/p>\n

Keep stirring till the mixture leaves the edges of the pan.<\/p>\n

Transfer to a glass bowl.<\/p>\n

Let it cool a little then add the reduced orange juice and honey and the cooked carrot puree.<\/p>\n

Add the coarsely ground almonds.<\/p>\n

Knead the mixture to soft dough.<\/p>\n

Divide the dough into 14 equal portions.<\/p>\n

Place a ball in the greased mould , press it to ensure that it gets the impression or shape of the modak mould.<\/p>\n

Gently remove the modak and place on a greased thali.<\/p>\n

Repeat this process till you prepare modaks from the entire dough.<\/p>\n

Offer these scrumptious modaks to Lord Ganesh.<\/p>\n

You may consume it at room temperature or these may be refrigerated and consumed later, as desired.<\/p>\n

Chef Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n

You may add cooked and strained beetroot puree instead of carrots, if desired.<\/p>\n

You may add fresh fruits puree to the modak<\/p>\n

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Our beloved Lord Ganesha is arriving\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome and Pamper him with his favourite sweet \u2026 Modak\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

How about preparing his much-loved Modaks with the natural earthy flavour of fresh carrots,<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,154,156,157,84,54,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-festive","category-ganesh-chaturthi","category-indian","category-indian-cuisine","category-indian-sweet","category-prasad-naivedyam-bhog","category-vegetarian"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CARROT-ORANGE-AND-ALMOND-MODAK0F-minCC.jpg?fit=3456%2C5184&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9arbY-2JI","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10522"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10526,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10522\/revisions\/10526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}