Puran poli modak

Name: Puran poli modak
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup split bengal gram or chana dal; 1 cup rice flour; 2 tbsp ghee; 2 tbsp milk powder; 3 tbsp sugar; 1 +1/2 cup water to cook the dough; Ingredients for stuffing; 1/4 th cup pistachio; 1/4 th cup shredded coconut or fresh grated coconut; 1/4 th cup jaggery; 1/2 tsp cardamom powder

Sabrina Yasmin @barak_kitchen

Riyadh

#Festive
Modak is the most popular dish of the festival Ganesh Chaturthi. Generally modak is made with rice flour and coconut stuffing. I made these modak little different from the traditional one, with the flavor of Puran poli which is also a very famous festive dish.

Sabrina Yasmin @barak_kitchen

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Ingredients

1 cupsplit bengal gram or chana dal
1 cuprice flour
2 tbspghee
2 tbspmilk powder
3 tbspsugar
1+1/2 cup water to cook the dough
Ingredients for stuffing
1/4th cup pistachio
1/4th cup shredded coconut or fresh grated coconut
1/4th cup jaggery
1/2 tspcardamom powder

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Steps

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Soak bengal gram for 2-3 hours
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Pressure cook them with water to make them very soft.
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In a mixer grinder grind this cooked dal to make a smooth paste.
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You can add little water or milk to grind them nicely.
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Take out in a heavy bottomed pan.
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Add 2 tbsp of ghee and cook in low flame.
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Stir constantly otherwise the mixture will stick to the pan.
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Add 3 tbsp of sugar and 2 tbsp of milk powder.
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Mix well and continue to cook.
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When a nice ghee roasted aroma starts emitting from the mixture, add 2 cups of hot water and whisk vigorously to mix the dal with water.
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When the mixture starts boiling add 1 cup of rice flour and whisk.
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Cover and cook in very low flame for 3-4 minutes.
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It will form a soft dough of rice and dal.
Be careful not to form small lumps.
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Remove in a plate and let it cool for sometime.
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In the meantime with little water melt the jaggery by heating up.
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Chop pistachio with a chopper and add to the melted jaggery.
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Add shredded coconut and cardamom powder.
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Mix well to combine. Stuffing is ready now.
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Take a small lime size portion of the dough, knead a little to smooth and make a patty by pressing in between palm.
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Make a cavity by pressing with fingers and pour 1 tsp of prepared stuffing. Check the picture below.
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Now make some folds in the edge of the patty with fingers.
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Try to accumulate in the centre by pressing with your palm and fingers. (Shown in the picture below)
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As I am not good in making modak shape I took help of a spoon to make some marks in the modak.
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Like this make other modaks also.
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Heat sufficient water in a steamer.
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Arrange the modaks in the greased perforated pan of the steamer.
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Keep some gap in between the modaks.
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Cover and steam for 10 minutes. Modaks will be cooked completely.
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Take out the pan from the steamer, let it cook for 5 minutes and then transfer these modaks in a serving plate.
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Soft puran poli flavoured modaks are now ready to serve.