Janmashtami Special Mawa Modak

• Take 2 tablespoons of hot milk in a bowl and put saffron threads in it and mix well.
• Take 1/2 cup milk in a vessel, add 1/4 cup ghee to it and heat it on low heat till the ghee melts and mixes well with the milk and keep it aside
• Put 1 ¹/₄ cup milk powder in a pan and fry it on low flame for 2 - 3 minutes while stirring continuously.
• Add milk and ghee mixture to it and mix well. There should be no lumps in the mixture. Cook on low heat, stirring constantly, until slightly thick.
• Add green cardamom powder and saffron milk and mix well. Continue cooking on low heat until it becomes like soft dough, while stirring constantly.
• Turn off the gas and transfer the mawa in a plate. Set it aside to cool the mawa at room temperature. Once cool,  add sugar powder and mix well. 
• Take a mold to make modak and grease it with ghee. Place 1 slice of pistachios on both sides and fill the mawa on both sides by pressing the mawa well.
• Add 1-2 pieces of pistachios and one piece of mishri and close the mold. Press the mold tightly to affix both the sides well. Remove excess mawa, which comes out of the mold. Open the mold and remove the modak from it.
• Delicious mawa modak is ready. In this way make all the remaining modak.

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