STRAWBERRY ROSE KESARI MODAK
Strawberry Rose Modak, made with semolina,sugar, strawberries, rose syrup is easy to make and a delectable sweet offering to Lord Ganesha during the Ganesh Chaturthi Festival.
Ingredients
- ½ cup semolina,sooji
- 1 cup milk warm
- 3 tbsp ghee
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 tbsp rose syrup
- 8-10 medium strawberries fresh
- 1 tbsp coarsely chopped pistachio
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder
- 1 tbsp chopped dried rose petals organic
Instructions
PREPARATION OF STRAWBERRY ROSE KESARI
- Wash the strawberries and puree them using the ½ cup water.
- Pour the puree into a small pan. Add about 2-3 tbsp sugar from the measured sugar.
- Heat the puree over low heat, stirring it frequently till the sugar melts. Let it simmer for 3-4 minutes.
- Add rose syrup to the strawberry puree and mix.
- Heat ghee in a wide pan over medium heat.
- Add semolina, lower the heat. Roast the semolina, stirring it constantly till it turns light brown in colour or the ghee begins to separate.
- Add milk, slowly from the edge as steam will be created.
- Mix well, and make sure there are no lumps.
- Add the strawberry puree and sugar.
- Keep stirring till the mixture comes away from the pan and becomes like a dough.
- Add cardamom powder, rose petals and pistachios.
- Mix and serve hot strawberry rose kesari.
PREPARATION OF MODAK:
- Open the mould. Lightly grease a modak mould with some ghee.
- Take about a teaspoonful of the kesari and form a rough ball.
- Place the ball in the middle part of the mould.
- Close the mould. Press the kesari from the bottom.
- Open the mould and remove the shaped kesari.
- Repeat with the remaining kesari.
Notes
- Serve hot strawberry rose kesari as a dessert
- I didn't add any food coloring as the rose syrup has colour. However, if you want then add red food colour.
- If you don't have dried rose petals then omit adding them.