Modak

Name: Modak
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: for outer modak covering-; 1 cup rice flour; 1 cup water; 1/4 tsp ghee; 1-2 pinch salt; For filling:; 1.5 cup freshly grated coconut; 1 cup powdered or grated jaggery; 4-5 green cardamom(powdered); 1/2 tsp poppy seeds(optional); 1/2 tsp ghee

starving_tzigane @cook_16633624

Hyderabad

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi
On plate: Homemade modak with coconut,jaggery stuffing. #ganesha

starving_tzigane @cook_16633624

Hyderabad

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi
On plate: Homemade modak with coconut,jaggery stuffing. #ganesha

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Ingredients

for outer modak covering-
1 cuprice flour
1 cupwater
1/4 tspghee
1-2 pinchsalt
For filling:
1.5 cupfreshly grated coconut
1 cuppowdered or grated jaggery
4-5green cardamom(powdered)
1/2 tsppoppy seeds(optional)
1/2 tspghee

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Steps

1

Heat ghee in a low flame in a pan. Add poppy seeds & cardamom powder. Roast them till poppy seeds start crackling.
2

Add grated coconut & powdered jaggery. Mix them well.
3

Cook in low flame. Jaggery will start melting.
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Cook till the moisture from the jaggery begins to dry.
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Avoid overcooking the mixture to avoid hardening of jaggery. Turn off the flame & let the mixture cool down.
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In a pan or wok,add water,ghee & salt. Let them boil.
7

Add rice flour gradually after reducing the flame. Quickly stir the flour to mix it with water.
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After making a mixture of rice flour,turn off the flame & cover it with a lid for 4-5min.
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Knead the dough when it is hot after 5min. Use water on your palms while doing this. If it looks dry,add a little warm water & knead it well.
10

Make small balls from the dough. Make sure the balls are soft and there's no crack outside it. Cover them with a towel.
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Boil 2-3cups of water in a large pan for steaming. Shape your modak like momos but it should be pointed at the top. (Make a small puri. Fill it with coconut mixture & make sharp thin edges around the filling. The bottom part of modal should be thick & upper one, thin. Join all the edges to shape the modak.)
12

Grease a steamer pan with ghee.
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Put all the modak on the stand inside the steamer/ large pan. Cover it and let it steam for 15min. It's ready to eat. You can also keep it in refrigerator.