Rainbow Malai Modak, creamy, soft, and colorful Malai Modak made with just a few ingredients!
Author: Nisha Vedi Pawar
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 15
Ingredients
¾ cup whole milk powder or mawa powder
¾ cup condensed milk
2 tablespoon ghee or butter
¼ teaspoon cardamom powder
2 tablespoon whole milk, warm
food coloring, a few drops of your favorite colors
Method
In a heavy bottom pan on medium low heat add the ghee or butter. When it melts, add the milk powder.
Mix well and bhunno/roast on low medium heat for 10 minutes. The mixture will resemble a sand type texture, watch it closely to ensure it does not burn.
Once it roasts, add the condensed milk and warm whole milk. Quickly mix the ingredients to ensure no lumps form and keep mixing with a spatula.
Cook for 15-18 minutes until the mixture starts to thicken. You can tell the mixture is ready to come off the heat once the modak dough doesn’t slide off the spatula.
Add the cardamom powder, mix and turn off heat.
Divide the Modak dough in a few small bowls and add your favorite food coloring to them and mix until incorporated.
Have a plate ready and grease palms or Modak mould with ghee or butter.
While the mixture is hot but cool enough to handle (not burning), take a tiny bit of dough from each of the small bowls and use a Modak mould to shape.
Alternatively, take tiny bits of dough from each of the small bowls until you have a tablespoon full in your hands. Roll into a ball and then pull the top up until pointy.
Notes
Store in an airtight tin at room temperature for 1-2 days or in refrigerator for 3-4 days.
Recipe by Love Laugh Mirch at https://lovelaughmirch.com/rainbow-malai-modak/