Easiest chocolate modak recipe for Ganesh Chaturthi! The festive season doesn’t get any better than this with the ultimate fusion version. These are quick and easy to make vs traditional steamed modak.
❤️Why Make On Ganesh Chaturthi
- It’s light, sweet yet full of chocolate flavor.
- It requires only 5 ingredients.
- It takes only 30 minutes (from cooking to shaping). Such a lifesaver when you’re busy with decorating and other stuff during this festive season.
- Kids will sure love it. A nice way to involve them in shaping.
- Modak is Lord Ganesh’s favorite sweet and it is offered to him during Ganesh Mahotsav. I am sure he must be tired by the traditional modak offerings. This fusion will sure to impress him.
Ganesh Mahotsav starts on the day of Ganesh Chaturthi and lasts for 10 days. So I have shared 10 unique modak recipes to offer to Lord Ganesha each day.
🧾Ingredients
Here is the pic of the ingredients required to make chocolate modak. All of them are easy to available.
Ingredient substitutes:
- Graham cracker crumbs: Instead you can grind/crush any digestive biscuits or crispy vanilla flavored cookies or oreo cookies (without cream).
- Chocolate chips: I have used semi-sweet chocolate chips. It is going to melt anyway, so you can use the cooking chocolate bar, chopped up. To make dark chocolate modak, simply use dark chocolate here.
- Pistachios: I like the combination of chocolate and pistachios. But you can use your choice of other nuts like almonds, cashews, walnuts, hazelnuts, etc.
🍳Step By Step Photo Instructions
1) Take milk, condensed milk and chocolate chips in a pan on medium-low heat.
2) Let it melt and keep stirring to make sure that it is not sticking to the pan.
3) It should be completely melted, shiny, smooth.
4) Now add graham cracker crumbs.
5) Start mixing and halfway through add chopped pistachios.
6) Mix and it should come together like a dough-ball.
7) Remove it to a plate and let it cool to touch. Grease the modak mould using ghee. Keep the mould close. Stuff the small portion of it from the bottom hole. Then open the mould and gently unmould.
8) Repeat the same for rest.
💭Expert Tips:
How to get the smooth surface of the modak?
- The surface of the modak looks uneven because of the chopped nuts in it. Add ground nuts, if you prefer the smooth surface.
- Also, take a portion, make a smooth, tight ball and then stuff into mould. It also helps in getting a smooth surface.
Storage: It stays good for up to 4-5 days in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
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📋 Recipe Card
Chocolate Modak
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup Milk
- ⅓ cup Sweetened condensed milk
- ¾ cup Chocolate chips
- 1 ½ cups Graham cracker crumbs
- ¼ Pistachios finely chopped
Instructions
- Take milk, condensed milk and chocolate chips in a pan on medium-low heat. Let it melt and keep stirring to make sure that it is not sticking to the pan. It should be completely melted, shiny, smooth.
- Now add graham cracker crumbs.
- Start mixing and halfway through add chopped pistachios. Mix and it should come together like a dough-ball.
- Remove it to a plate and let it cool to touch. Grease the modak mould using ghee. Keep the mould close. Stuff the small portion of it from the bottom hole. Then open the mould and gently unmould.
- Repeat the same for rest.
Notes
- Graham cracker crumbs: Instead you can grind/crush any digestive biscuits or crispy vanilla flavored cookies or oreo cookies (without cream).
- Chocolate chips: You can use the cooking chocolate bar, chopped up. To make dark chocolate modak, simply use dark chocolate here.
- Pistachios: You can use your choice of other nuts like almonds, cashews, walnuts, hazelnuts, etc.
Add ground powdered nuts instead of chopped. Also, take a portion, make a smooth, tight ball and then stuff into mould. Storage: It stays good for up to 4-5 days in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
what alernative can be used for graham cracker crumbs? Is this available in india? or can we use any biscuit crumbs or some specific brands?
graham crackers of digestive biscuits can be available in super market in India.
or You can use any biscuit crumbs.
Can we use chocolate powder instead of the chips? Does that change the consistency?
No chocolate powder won't work here.