Rainbow modak

Name: Rainbow modak
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For dough -; 1 cup Rice flour; 1 tsp Ghee; Salt as per taste; 2 tbsp Sugar; 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder; 2 cups Water (double the quantity of flour taken); 3 tsp Thick Beetroot juice; 4 Different Food colors; For stuffing -; 1 cup Coconut grated; 1/2 cup Jaggery; 1 tsp Black pepper powder; 1 tsp Cardamom powder; Turmeric leaves few; Other ingredients -; 1 tbsp Oil/ghee for greasing

Shashwatee Swagatica @cook_9283061

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The traditional ukadiche modak (steamed and coconut jaggery filling) in rainbow colour.

Shashwatee Swagatica @cook_9283061

#Modak
The traditional ukadiche modak (steamed and coconut jaggery filling) in rainbow colour.

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Ingredients

30mins

3 servings

For dough -
1 cupRice flour
1 tspGhee
Salt as per taste
2 tbspSugar
1/2 tspCardamom powder
2 cupsWater (double the quantity of flour taken)
3 tspThick Beetroot juice
4Different Food colors
For stuffing -
1 cupCoconut grated
1/2 cupJaggery
1 tspBlack pepper powder
1 tspCardamom powder
Turmeric leaves few
Other ingredients -
1 tbspOil/ghee for greasing

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Steps

30mins

1

Stuffing- Heat a kadhai, add grated coconut, jaggery, cardamom powder, pepper powder mix well.
2

For Dough - Boil 2cups water, add ghee, salt, sugar.
Add rice flour, mix well till dry. Switch off. Cover for 10min.
3

After 10min mash the dough well till smooth.
4

Divide the dough into 6parts. Add pinch of food colour in each dough and mix well.
5

I have used four food colors and added little beetroot juice for light pink colour and 2tsp beetroot juice for dark pink colour.
Now 6colorful doughs are ready.
6

Take small parts from each dough and carefully arrange in the mould, stuff with the coconut jaggery filling and cover.
7

Like this repeat the process for making all the modak.
8

Heat a steamer. Arrange turmeric leaves on the steamer plate, grease with little ghee and place the modaks.
steam for 10min covered.
9

Switch off, take out carefully.
10

The traditional steamed modaks are ready to be served.