From the first day of September the Indian calendar is saturated with festivals. The constant tug of war between getting to work and balancing the cultural side to ensure that the kids have a glimpse of festivals even if they are geographically separated from homeland gets me thinking of all sorts of hacks. I hope this is what you enjoy about my blog too!
The one that is riding in my thought for this Chaturthi season is to keep ready some no cook modak ideas. This will help me sorting naivedyum while I am to be traveling. Whether you are in a similar predicament or not, these no cook modak ideas are tasty, Bappa loved and easy to make.
The one that is riding in my thought for this Chaturthi season is to keep ready some no cook modak ideas. This will help me sorting naivedyum while I am to be traveling. Whether you are in a similar predicament or not, these no cook modak ideas are tasty, Bappa loved and easy to make.
What is a modak?
Modak is a traditional steamed dessert made with rice flour and a coconut jaggery filling for the Ganesha Chaturthi festival. Called as modakam or kozhukattai the unique conical shape is the one that distinctly distinguishes this dessert. Traditionally, this dessert outer shell of rice flour and the core is with coconut and jaggery. Usually, this is made as naivedyum. However, along with these many simpler versions of modak also exist like ones with dates and nuts, ldoo based ones and the adorable chocolate ones.
Is no-cook modak traditional ?
No, no cook modak is not a traditional offering during Ganesha festival. It rather an extended adaptation of all the ladoos, barfis and pedas that get shaped and molded into modaks during the season. However, they are tasty without a doubt and much loved as desserts.
Recipe to try as no-cook modak
- Almond modak: almond flour is an ingredient I love to work with. It is nutty and soft at the same time. We make almond flour ladoos for snacks. These shape so well, hence the same recipe can be adapted and shaped as modak.
- Dry fruits modak: this is the most common no-cook modak. Coarse pulsed nuts and seeds mashed into dates makes a nutty, crunchy and sweet modak. These can be shaped by hand or by a mould. We have this recipe here for you-Click here
- Apricot almond modak: this is where we started with on the no cook modak journey. Apricots a slightly less sweeter and with a deep orange hue. Along with crushed almonds and stuffed with coconut and tutti-frutti these modak are not just cute they are so tasty. Try it from here.
- Dates and aval ladoo: another lovely recipes that comes together as a modal easily is the dates and aval ladoo mix. This is best shaped in a mold. These stay well in a box for long
- Jam modak : this is actually one of the favorites at home.basically it is a coconut mix with a jam of your choice. Since it is jam that sweetens and flavors the modak it is so easy to bring in variety. We love berry based ones or pineapple ones. Simply mix desiccated coconut with jam till you can hold in your palm and shape it. Use a mold and shape into modaks.
- Peanut modak: Studded with cranberries these modaks always attract a bit of a buzz. With just condensed milk and crushed peanuts the modak is all about just shaping them. Here the recipe that we based it on.
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These are the ideas I have so far. If you have some fun ones do share for us to try it out. The main point of this post is t0 help you enjoy the festival season than be stressed about it. If you are not enjoying it, it is never worth your time. Have fun, gobble some no cook modaks and stay subscribed.
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Awesome idea. I’ve yet to make no cooked modaks and this is the year to start. All your recipes are so easy and most of the ingredients are usually found in our pantries. Whatever offering we make to God, it is whole heartedly accepted, doesn’t matter if it is a traditional preparation or a modern quick version.
Such a lovely compilation of no cook modak recipes, Seema. bookmarked to try some of these, esp the dates-aval version
Love the idea of a no-cook modak. The bulb in my head had not flickered till you mentioned it. Now, I am going to try making them this season.
Love the idea of a no cook modak, Seema. With two days of festivities Gowri and Ganesha, I will make them this year.
Loved all these no cook modak recipes. I now have a reference to lean on, when I am looking out for easy modak recipes during the upcoming festivities. The best part is that coincidentally I have fig and dates stocks sitting in the fridge since quite some time