Khoya /Mava Modak

Ingredients
khoya/mava - 250 gm
sugar - 150 gm
 4 to 5 cardamom crushed or powdered
food color - optional

Method
In a pan add khoya and sugar and cook on a slow flame stirring continously till it both melts. Then add cardamom powder and food color and cook till it becomes little thick.
Let it cool down completely. It will take about 3 to 4 hours.
Take a modak mould and grease it with ghee or butter. Stuff a ball of this into it.
It will come out in the shape of modak. Demould it and serve.

Gulab Jamun with Khoya

Ingredients

Khoya/mava – 250 gm

Maida/refined flour –  1 cup

Baking soda – ¼ tsp

Milk – 1 tbl.sp

For making sugar syrup

Sugar – 1 cup

Water – 1 cup

Cardamom powder – ¼ tsp

Method

Sieve together maida, and baking soda and then slowly add khoya to it. Add few drops of milk for mixing.

Knead it to get smooth dough. When you make balls, the surface should be smooth, there should be no cracks otherwise it will break while frying.

Make a sugar syrup by adding equal quantity of water and sugar and add cardamom powder to it and leave it to boil.

Remove from fire when the sugar syrup is ready.

Make small round balls of the dough and deep fry in oil in medium flame till golden brown in color.

Remove and immediately put in warm and not hot sugar syrup so that it absorbs the syrups quickly.

Cool and serve.

How To Make Mawa/Khoya At Home