Recipe: Delicious Pedha Modak

Pedha Modak.

You can cook Pedha Modak using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Pedha Modak

1. You need 1 (14 oz.) of can sweetened condensed milk, such as Eagle or Carnation brand.
2. Prepare 1 stick of sweet unsalted butter.
3. It's 1 1/2 cups of milk powder, such as Carnation brand (about 1 1/2 pouches or 12 ounces).
4. Prepare 1 of fat pinch of saffron threads, crushed.
5. It's 1 1/2 teaspoons of ground green cardamom powder.
6. Prepare 1 of very tiny pinch of salt (optional).

Pedha Modak step by step

1. The 3-2-1 method- In a microwave safe bowl, combine all the above ingredients, mix and microwave on high for 3 minutes..
2. Stir well and microwave again for 2 minutes. You will see the mixture bubbling..
3. Stir well again and microwave once again for 1 minute. Remove from microwave, stir well and set aside until the mixture is cool enough to handle..
4. Pedhas can be also shaped into balls and stamped with a pretty stamp. I used the molds shown below to shape them into Modak..