Coconut Almond Modak
Coconut Almond Modak — soft, melt-in-your-mouth modak (ladoo) made easy with four delicious flavors such as saffron, rose and pistachio. Made with desiccated coconut and almond flour, it takes just 15 minutes to whip up these picture-perfect sweets!
Ingredients
- 1 cup desiccated coconut
- 1 cup almond flour , blanched
- 2/3 cup condensed milk , more if needed for sweetness
- 2 tbsp milk , or as needed
- 1 1/2 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp cardamom powder
- 7-8 strands saffron , soaked in 1 tsp milk
- 2 tbsp pistachio , crushed
- 1 drop green food color
- 1 1/2 tbsp rose petal preserve (gulkand)
- 2 tsp dried rose petals , roughly crushed
- 1 drop red food color
Garnish:
- pistachio , crushed
- gold foil
- dried rose petals
- sprinkles
Instructions
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Roast almond flour and desiccated coconut in a heavy-bottomed saucepan on low-medium heat for just 5 minutes. Add in the condensed milk, ghee, milk and cardamom powder, mixing until combined. Switch off the gas within 2 minutes as it comes together into a soft dough. Don't over cook otherwise the mixture will become dry. Add more milk if needed to adjust the consistency.
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Divide the dough into 4 equal parts and flavor them. Leave the 1st part plain (cardamom flavor) and mix soaked saffron in the 2nd part, rose preserve (gulkand), dried rose petals with red food color in the 3rd part, and crushed pistachios with green color in the 4th part. Your four different flavored doughs are ready.
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Grease your modak mold with ghee and gently press and shape your different flavored modaks. Garnish each with pistachios, gold foil, rose petals, and sprinkles. Enjoy!