Modak-Bappa's favourite Sweet

If modaks could talk they would say don't make me in one more flavour please. The 11-day ganpati season is when you get to enjoy these delicacies, but the sweet shops across Mumbai sell Modaks which are made of Mawa. Unlike the original home made yummy ones made of rice, jaggery, coconut, elaichi which are either steamed or fried. The one that is steamed will be white in colour while the one that is fried will be in brown. These dumpling look alike are to be crushed from the top, add a bit of pure ghee and savour the taste of these mind blowing sweet. Stopping at one wont be easy but having more than two will make you sleep immediately.
In the marketplace this time there are N number of flavoured modaks. A visit to the sweet shop on Saturday was a horrible experience. There was a time when the famous Gauri Shanker in Parel would only sell the three standard falvours---Kesar, Mawa, Coconut. Among the three the first two would run out of stock quickly. Now days, you think of a flavour and you shall get---Butter scotch, chocolate, Anjeer, Kaju, Kandi, Strawberry. Some restaurants even serve, Carrot modak. For those who are witnessing Ganpati festival for the first time and want to taste the original sweet, i suggest head for a maharashtrian house, restaurant or the nearest Kutum Sakhi joint to taste the Bappa favourite Sweet.