Dry Fruit & Nut Modak Recipe
Dry Fruit & Nut Modak Recipe is a festival sweet dish made in central in North India. This is completely made from dry fruits and due to addition of dates in the recipe, you do not need to add any more sweetener to the dish. It is a healthy prashad recipe that can be made for Ganesh Chaturthi. Dry Fruit & Nut Modak Recipe also can be served for an after school snack for kids, along with a Chaat Style Mashed Potato Toasted Sandwich Recipe and Chocolate & Orange Smoothie with Pea Protein Recipe.
Ingredients
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3/4 cup Dates
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(deseeded)
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chopped
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6 Dried Figs
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finely chopped
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1/4 cup Whole Almonds (Badam)
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1/4 cup Pistachios
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2 teaspoon Cashew nuts
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1 pinch Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)
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1 teaspoon Poppy seeds
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slightly roasted
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4 tablespoons Ghee
Instructions
Step 1
To begin making Dry Fruit & Nut Modak Recipe, in a kadai, dry roast the almonds, pistachios & cashew nuts on a low heat
Step 2
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
Step 3
In a mixer grinder or a food processor, make them into a fine powder once they are cooled
Step 4
Roughly chop the dates and add them along with the finely chopped figs into the same pan with a little ghee
Step 5
On a low heat, fry them continuously for about 8-10 minutes until dates and fig turn thick and crisp
Step 6
Switch off heat & let the dates-fig mixture cool down
Step 7
Grind the mixture into a smooth paste when it cools
Step 8
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
Step 9
Fry for 3-4 minutes until all the dry fruits come together as a lump
Step 10
This is a ghee rich recipe and you may add more ghee to help it make a lump
Step 11
Switch off and start making the modaks
Step 12
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
Step 13
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
Step 14
The above quantity of ingredients will make 8 modaks of the size about 2 inches
Step 15
Dry Fruit & Nut Modak Recipe is a festive sweet recipe and also can be served for an after school snack for kids, along with a Chaat Style Mashed Potato Toasted Sandwich Recipe and Chocolate & Orange Smoothie with Pea Protein Recipe