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Edible Chocolate Diyas

Edible Chocolate Diyas, with a delicious filling, add a special zing to the festival of lights, Diwali.

Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Diwali sweets, chocolate laddoo
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 10
Author Samira

Ingredients

For Diyas

  • 1 Cup (120 g) Milk Powder
  • 1/2 Cup (120 ml) Milk, At Room Temperature
  • 60 g (1/2 Cup) Powdered Rock Sugar (Mishri)
  • 2 Tbsp Ghee
  • 1 Tbsp Cocoa Powder

Instructions

  1. In a pan, put ghee, milk powder and milk. Make a smooth paste and add powdered rock sugar to it.

  2. Stirring continuously, cook this mix on the medium flame for 5 to 6 minutes till it leaves sides.

  3. Take 1 Tbsp of this mix and keep it aside. This white part will be used for making wicks.
  4. Add cocoa powder to the remaining mixture and mix thoroughly.
  5. Switch off the gas stove and let the mix cool down a little. It will be paste-like at this stage.
  6. As it cools down, it will thicken up, like a dough.
  7. Knead this dough for 3 to 4 minutes so that it turns glossy.
  8. Take a small portion, roll it like a ball and then give it the shape of Diya.
  9. Make wicks using the white khoya mix.
  10. Keep wicks in the diyas and enjoy.

For the Filling of Pineapple Sauce

  1. Puree Chopped pineapple. Cook it with powdered rock sugar

  2. Dissolve rice flour or cornflour in water and add to this puree.

  3. Cook it for 3 to 4 minutes till it thickens slightly. It will thicken more as it cools down so do not cook for long.

  4. Fill it in Diyas.

Recipe Notes

  1. You can use readymade/homemade khoya (mawa) in place of milk powder and milk.
  2. Use any sweetener of your choice but ensure that it is white or off white in colour otherwise, wicks will not look real.
  3. Make wicks of different lengths and thickness to give them a real look.
  4. After cooking (and even after mixing cocoa powder), it will be in paste form, not possible to give any shape. But as it cools down it becomes dough-like and can be shaped into anything.
  5. Give these the shape of laddoos/modak and use for Ganesh Chaturthi.