Ganesh Chaturthi 2018- Recipe For Chocolate Modak

Chocolate modak recipe an easy modak that you can try for this ganesh chaturthi. This chocolate modak is made with khoya,sugar and chocolate as main ingredients.

Ingredients

1 cup khoya (unsweetened)
3 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp coco powder
1/4 cup dark choco chips
1 tsp ghee

For the outer covering:

1/2 cup idiyappam flour
salt to taste
water as needed

Instructions

* In a pan - add khoya and sugar.

* Cook in low flame until khoya starts to melt and is goey.Now add coco powder.

* Add choco chips and mix well.The chocolate will start to melt.

* The entire mixture will become goey as in the pic, keep stirring and cook in low flame.Add ghee.

* The mixture will thicken and start to leave the sides of the pan.Keep stirring.

* At one stage it will be less sticky and come together as a mass. You can even check by rolling a ball, it will be very hot so be careful.Set aside to cool down.After cooling down for 10-15mins the mixture will become thick as shown in the pic.

* Grease the mould well with ghee.Take a small lemon sized ball and fill the modak mould.You can either push it from the bottom hole or stuff both the sides like this.

* Close press well,remove the extras and carefully open and demould.Repeat the same with the remaining mixture and make chocolate modaks.You can serve the chocolate modaks as such or use the below method.

For making chocolate modak as stuffing:

* Take flour in a mixing bowl - add salt to it.Mix well with a laddle.Boil water until it bubbles up,switch off then add it to rice flour.

* Mix with a laddle,once it starts to come together,Set aside for few mins until it is warm enough to handle with hand.Now bring everything together to form a smooth dough without any cracks.

* Grease your palms with oil first.Now take a lemon sized ball and flatten it in your palms, place stuffing bring the edges to the center and seal it to form modak shape.You can do using a mould too.Steam cook for 7-10 mins or until the modaks are cooked, you can see a shiny outer layer.