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Chef Shares Chocolate Mawa Modak Recipe for Ganesh Chaturthi 2026
Modak is a sweet often offered during Ganesh Chaturthi.
Chef Parvana S. Mistry has shared a chocolate version that can be made at home.
It uses mawa, which is a thick dairy ingredient, along with chocolate and cocoa.
Cardamom helps keep the flavour connected to Indian festive sweets.
First, the mawa is softened in a pan with ghee.
The other ingredients are then added and cooked until the mixture becomes thick.
It is important not to cook it too long after adding sugar, or the modaks may become hard.
The warm mixture is pressed into a greased modak mould.
People can decorate the sweets with nuts or melted chocolate and try other flavours too.
Chef Parvana S. Mistry shares a chocolate mawa modak recipe that makes 10–12 pieces.
The recipe combines mawa, sugar, cocoa powder, chocolate, milk, ghee and cardamom.
The mixture should be cooked only until it thickens and leaves the pan’s sides.
The modaks can be shaped in a greased mould and garnished with nuts or melted chocolate.
Suggested variations include coffee and walnut, hazelnut and Nutella, and cookies and cream.
- Who
- Chef Parvana S. Mistry shares the recipe and preparation tips.
- What
- A recipe for chocolate mawa modaks, along with flavour variations and cooking advice.
- Where
- The modaks are designed to be prepared at home in India.
- When
- For Ganesh Chaturthi 2026.
- Why
- To offer a festive sweet that combines traditional modak-making with chocolate and other modern flavours.
Key facts
- Recipe yield
- 10–12 modaks
- Main dairy ingredient
- 200 g mawa or khoya
- Chocolate
- 50 g dark or milk chocolate
- Cooking time for mawa
- Three to four minutes on low heat
- Key texture tip
- Stop cooking when the mixture thickens and leaves the sides of the pan.
- Traditional comparison
- Ukadiche modak uses a rice-flour covering with coconut, jaggery and cardamom.
- Suggested dairy brand
- Chef Parvana recommends Parsi Dairy Farm mawa, milk and ghee.
Quotes
Chef Parvana S. Mistry
Chef sharing the cultural context and recipe for chocolate mawa modaks.
“There are so many different types of modaks, but the most traditional one is the ukadiche modak. This modak has a soft, delicate rice-flour covering and a fragrant filling, with the flavours of coconut, jaggery and cardamom in perfect balance.”
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“Modaks are deeply associated with Ganesh Chaturthi and are prepared as an offering to Ganpati Bappa. Modaks represent the warmth of family recipes and the joy of celebration at home.”
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