Handmade traditional modak-dipped in chocolate

Name: Handmade traditional modak-dipped in chocolate
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Rice flour -; 3/4 th cup Water -; 1/2 cup Jaggery-; 1/2 cup Coconut powder -; 1 tsp Ghee -; 1/4 tsp Salt; 1 tbsp Khus khus /post dana; 2 tbsp Mawa - .mixed with kesar milk(1tsp .); 1/2 cup Dark chocolate compound-; 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder; 1 tsp Almond and cashew nut .(chopped)

Kalpana Rai @cook_26263526

Ghaziabad

Modak- prasad is offered to Lord Ganesha in Maharashtra on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi .Now a days this festival is celebrated not only in Maharashtra but other parts of the country.I have made traditional Modak,using rice flour,coconut, jaggery and nuts.
#Ganesha21

Kalpana Rai @cook_26263526

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Ingredients

1 hour

4 people

1/2 cupRice flour -
3/4 th cupWater -
1/2 cupJaggery-
1/2 cupCoconut powder -
1 tsp Ghee -
1/4 tsp Salt
1 tbsp Khus khus /post dana
2 tbsp Mawa - .mixed with kesar milk(1tsp .)
1/2 cupDark chocolate compound-
1/2 tsp Cardamom powder
1 tsp Almond and cashew nut .(chopped)

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Steps

1 hour

1

Heat ghee in a pan,add khus khus,saute,mix coconut powder and jaggery.Cook on a low flame till the jaggery melts. Switch off the gas.Sprinkle cardamom powder and mix.Add nuts and mix.Keep aside.
2

Heat water ina pan,add ghee and salt.When the water starts boiling,slow down the heat,add rice flour and mix.It will become like dough.Switch off the gas.Cover the rice mixture for 3-4 min.Now transfer it in a plate.Knead the dough when it is warm.Make a smooth dough.
3

To make Modak with hand,first divide the dough into 10 parts.Make a ball from all 10 portions.Take a ball flatten it,place 1/2 t.spoon. coconut filling in the center,make pleats with the outer edges of the rice dough and give the shape of a Modak. Make all the Modak like this with Mawa filling and coconut filling.
4

For steaming the Modak - heat water (2 cups).in a broad pan.Keep a greased strainer over it.When the water starts boiling,place the Modak in the strainer.Cover it and steam it for 12 to 15 min.
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Remove from the strainer.Let it cool.
6

For chocolate dipped modak- melt chocolate in microwave.Dip your Modak into melted chocolate and keep it in the fridge for 15 min.Decorate it with silver vark.
7

Your traditional madak is ready for offering to Lord Ganesha. HAPPY GANESH CHATURTHI !

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Kalpana Rai @cook_26263526

on September 07, 2021 15:51

Ghaziabad

I'm a passionate and experimental cook with extensive cooking exposure. Most of my recipes are inherited from my mother and have a twist of my cooking exposure.