Shahi Modak - Fried Modak

Name: Shahi Modak - Fried Modak
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 15 persons
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup refined flour,; 1 cup semolina,; 1 cup wheat flour; 3 tbsp melted ghee and pinch of salt; 1 and 1/4 cup water; 1 cup mawa that is solidified milk.; 1 cup dessicated coconut.; 1 cup heaped sugar.; 1 cup semolina.; 1 tbsp ghee for frying nuts and semolina; 1/ 2 cup Dry nuts - sliced almonds,cashews,pistachios and raisins; 1 tbsp poppy seeds; 1/2 tsp cardamom powder

Surekha Dongargaonkar @sdsurekha53

These sweet fried dumplings are made with dry coconut, sugar and mawa (solidified milk). In Maharashtra, these -are made during Ganesh festival.

Surekha Dongargaonkar @sdsurekha53

These sweet fried dumplings are made with dry coconut, sugar and mawa (solidified milk). In Maharashtra, these -are made during Ganesh festival.

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Ingredients

1 hour

15 persons

For cover -
1 cup refined flour,
1 cup semolina,
1 cup wheat flour
3 tbspmelted ghee and pinch of salt
1 and 1/4 cup water
For stuffing -
1 cup mawa that is solidified milk.
1 cup dessicated coconut.
1 cup heaped sugar.
1 cup semolina.
1 tbsp ghee for frying nuts and semolina
1/ 2 cupDry nuts - sliced almonds,cashews,pistachios and raisins
1 tbsp poppy seeds
1/2 tsp cardamom powder

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Steps

1 hour

1

Mix flours, semolina add salt and melted ghee. Rub ghee to flour nicely and make semisoft dough using lukewarm water. Keep it covered.
2

Let the dough rest for 15 minutes. Until then, we will make the stuffing.
3

Put a pan on gas stove. Roast coconut for two minutes on low heat.
4

Fry mawa for two to three minutes, then add sugar. mix well,cook on low flame till sugar melts.
5

Fry nuts in little ghee. Roast rava with one tbsp ghee, till golden color.
6

Mix all the above ingredients viz. fried rava, mawa, nuts, raisins, cardamom powder to make stuffing.
7

Knead the dough again for a minute and divide it into equal lemon size balls. Cover with damp cloth.
8

Take one ball roll into puri shape, stuff the sweet stuffing, make modak shape with folding. Make all modak and keep ready for frying.
9

Heat oil on medium heat and fry 5-6 modaks till golden color. It will take 4 to 5 minutes to fry on low heat.
10

Fry all modaks, cool them, and keep them in a container. The fried modaks will remain good for one week.