White Chocolate Dipped Panchakhadya Modak

These Panchakhadya Modak dipped in chocolate, will strike the fancy of children of all ages!

Panchakhadya is the ubiquitous food offering made for many religious ceremonies. The blessed food is then distributed among all devotees as prasad. It is made mainly with 5 ingredients that are mixed in a loose, trail mix of sorts.

Panch means five and khadya is food. According to Ayurveda, the combination of the 5 main ingredients in the panchakhadya are supposed to be good for the brain functions. So I wanted to make it more appealing to kids and adults alike. I certainly can use some good brain food 🙂

It is fascinating that the 5 main ingredients in this ‘kh’adya (food) all begin with the letter ‘kh’ in Marathi and Sanskrit- Khobra (coconut), khuskhus (poppy seed), khadi saakhar (rock sugar) khareek (dry dates) and khismis (golden raisins).

I wanted to try molding the panchakhadya in the ‘modak’ shape for Ganesh Chaturthi coming up soon. So I used khajur (dates) instead of the khareek (dry dates).

I also dipped them in white chocolate and dusted them with coconut flakes for enticement….and it worked!  Kids …and some adults who shall remain nameless, who had scrunched up their noses at the mention of panchakhadya, came asking for more and more of these White Chocolate Dipped Panchakhadya Modak! So they were a huge success in my home.

Hope you are all set with which modak to make on Monday for Ganesh Chaturthi. I am still debating between the Pedha modak ready in 3,2,1, the Gauva and Coconut Modak with Pistachio centers and these Panchakhadya Modak……all yummy choices!

Hope your family enjoys them as much as mine did! I am sharing these modak at Fiesta Friday co hosted this week by  Jhuls @ thenotsocreativecook and Suzanne @ apuginthekitchen.

Love,

❤

Sandhya