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Celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi with a mix of traditional and modern recipes from classic modaks and sabudana tikki to rich kheer that make your festival both delicious and auspicious.<\/h2>\n
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Ganesh Chaturthi 2025: Delight your taste buds this Ganesh Chaturthi with traditional modaks, kheer, and sabudana tikki!. (File Photo)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Ganesh Chaturthi, the vibrant festival celebrating Lord Ganesha, is incomplete without the divine aroma of traditional sweets and festive delicacies. From the iconic modaks\u2014soft, sweet dumplings believed to be Lord Ganesha\u2019s favorite\u2014to innovative twists like Ukadiche Modak with Bourbon, this festival offers a delightful culinary journey. Savory treats like sabudana tikki and poha add the perfect balance to the festive spread, making it ideal for family gatherings and prasadam offerings. Incorporating seasonal ingredients such as coconut, jaggery, and milk, these recipes not only honor age-old traditions but also cater to contemporary palates. Whether you prefer classic steamed modaks, crunchy fried treats, or easy-to-make kheer, Ganesh Chaturthi recipes bring warmth, devotion, and indulgence to your celebrations. Explore this curated selection of authentic and modern Ganesh Chaturthi recipes, and make your festival joyous, flavorful, and Instagram-worthy.<\/p>\n

Ukadiche Modak with a Bourbon Twist<\/h4>\n
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Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rice flour dough (rice flour, hot water, ghee, salt)<\/p>\n

Stuffing: Desiccated coconut, jaggery, cardamom, nutmeg, crushed Bourbon biscuits<\/p>\n

Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prepare soft rice flour dough with hot water, ghee, and salt.<\/p>\n

Cook coconut and jaggery in ghee until melted, then add cardamom, nutmeg, and Bourbon biscuits.<\/p>\n

Shape dough into small cups, fill with mixture, pleat and seal.<\/p>\n

Steam until cooked. Drizzle with ghee before serving.<\/p>\n

Black Sesame Modak<\/h4>\n
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Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Black sesame seeds, jaggery, ghee<\/p>\n

Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dry roast sesame, grind into powder.<\/p>\n

Cook jaggery with little water into syrup.<\/p>\n

Stir in sesame powder and ghee.<\/p>\n

Shape into modaks while warm and let set.<\/p>\n

Bourbon Choco-Besan Modak<\/h4>\n
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Roasted besan, ghee, crushed Bourbon biscuits, sugar, nuts, cardamom, saffron, milk<\/p>\n

Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Roast besan in ghee until fragrant.<\/p>\n

Add Bourbon biscuits, sugar, nuts, cardamom, saffron.<\/p>\n

Stir in milk until mixture thickens.<\/p>\n

Press into greased moulds, steam for 10\u201312 mins, cool, garnish with pistachios.<\/p>\n

Kunafa Chocolate Pistachio Modak (by Filo Chocolate)<\/h4>\n

Ingredients (per modak):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Milk couverture chocolate, kunafa strands, butter, pistachio paste, roasted pistachios<\/p>\n

Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bake kunafa strands with butter at 170\u00b0C until crisp. Crush.<\/p>\n

Mix with pistachio paste (+pistachios if desired). Chill.<\/p>\n

Temper chocolate and coat silicone modak moulds. Refrigerate briefly.<\/p>\n

Fill with pistachio-kunafa mix, seal with more chocolate.<\/p>\n

Chill until set. Garnish with pistachio or silver leaf.<\/p>\n

Saviya Kheer by Swapnadeep Mukherjee, Executive Chef, The Metropolitan Hotel & Spa<\/h4>\n
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Vermicelli \u2013 100 g<\/p>\n

Ghee \u2013 1 tbsp<\/p>\n

Raisins \u2013 4 tbsp<\/p>\n

Sliced almonds \u2013 4 tbsp<\/p>\n

Full cream milk \u2013 2\u00bd cups<\/p>\n

Sugar \u2013 \u00bd cup<\/p>\n

Powdered cardamom \u2013 \u00bd tsp<\/p>\n

Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Break vermicelli into finger-sized pieces.<\/p>\n

In a thick-bottom saucepan, roast vermicelli, raisins, and almonds in ghee on low heat until light brown.<\/p>\n

Add milk, stir, and bring to a boil over medium heat.<\/p>\n

Simmer, then add sugar and cardamom; cook for 1 minute.<\/p>\n

Serve hot or chilled.<\/p>\n

Almond & Goji Berry Boondi Laddoo<\/h4>\n

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Batter: Besan, water, cardamom<\/p>\n

Add-ins: Almond slivers, goji berries, ghee<\/p>\n

Syrup: Sugar, water, saffron<\/p>\n

Method<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Prepare one-string sugar syrup with saffron.<\/p>\n

Make boondi by dropping batter into hot oil, fry lightly.<\/p>\n

Dip in syrup, strain, then mix with almonds, goji, and ghee.<\/p>\n

Shape into laddoos.<\/p>\n

Almond & Amaranth Laddoo<\/h4>\n

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Popped amaranth, jaggery, almond slivers<\/p>\n

Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mix all ingredients well.<\/p>\n

Shape into small laddoos while warm.<\/p>\n

Almond & Sesame Pinni<\/h4>\n

Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wheat flour, semolina, besan, sugar, water, ghee, cardamom, almond slivers, sesame<\/p>\n

Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Roast flour + semolina in ghee until golden.<\/p>\n

Prepare sugar syrup (1-string).<\/p>\n

Mix syrup with roasted flour, add sesame + almonds.<\/p>\n

Shape into pinnis, roll in sesame, garnish with almonds.<\/p>\n

Almond & Makhana Kheer<\/h4>\n

Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Milk, sugar, saffron, cardamom, almonds, makhana, ghee<\/p>\n

Method<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Roast almonds + makhana in ghee.<\/p>\n

Boil milk with saffron and sugar.<\/p>\n

Add roasted makhana and almonds, simmer till thick.<\/p>\n

Serve warm or chilled, garnished with nuts.<\/p>\n

Almond Millet Mathi with Chilli Yoghurt Dip<\/h4>\n

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Dough: Pearl millet flour, almond flour, all-purpose flour, potato, onion, ginger, chilli, spices, coriander, roasted almonds<\/p>\n

Dip: Greek yoghurt, ginger, chilli, coriander, cumin, salt<\/p>\n

Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mix all dough ingredients, rest 30 mins. Shape into discs.<\/p>\n

Pan-sear with ghee till golden.<\/p>\n

Serve with yoghurt dip.<\/p>\n

Almond, Sweet Potato & Pomegranate Chaat with White Pea Ragda<\/h4>\n

Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Almonds, boiled sweet potato, pomegranate, white peas, onion, tomato, chutneys, spices<\/p>\n

Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cook white peas into ragda, season with onion, tomato, lemon, spices.<\/p>\n

Mix sweet potato, almonds, and pomegranate with chutneys + chaat masala.<\/p>\n

Plate ragda, top with almond chaat. Garnish with coriander.<\/p>\n

Sabudana Tikki by Swapnadeep Mukherjee, Executive Chef, The Metropolitan Hotel & Spa<\/h4>\n
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Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sabudana (sago) \u2013 250 g<\/p>\n

Boiled, peeled potato \u2013 100 g<\/p>\n

Roasted, crushed peanuts \u2013 50 g<\/p>\n

Finely chopped ginger \u2013 10 g<\/p>\n

Finely chopped green chili \u2013 10 g<\/p>\n

Finely chopped coriander \u2013 10 g<\/p>\n

Cumin powder \u2013 5 g<\/p>\n

Salt & black pepper \u2013 to taste<\/p>\n

Desi ghee\/refined oil \u2013 50 ml<\/p>\n

Method:<\/p>\n

Soak sabudana for 30 minutes, then drain.<\/p>\n

In a bowl, mix potato, peanuts, ginger, chili, coriander, cumin, salt, and pepper.<\/p>\n

Shape mixture into small flat patties.<\/p>\n

Heat a tawa, roast patties with a few tsp ghee until golden brown on both sides.<\/p>\n

Serve hot with chutney of choice.<\/p>\n

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