FAMOUS MODAK RECIPE

 

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Ingredients

For outer modak covering:

• 1/2 cup rice flour
• 1/2 tsp ghee
• salt to taste
• water as needed

For inner sweet filling for modak

• 1 cup coconut grated
• 1/2 cup jaggery crushed
• 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg powder
• 1 tsp ghee

Instructions

Modak sweet filling

• Heat ghee in a pan.
• Add coconut and jaggery to it. Make sure to add good quality jaggery free from impurities.
• Mix well and keep cooking until jaggery starts to dissolve .It will be slightly gooey at this stage.
• Cook until its thick still juicy. Do not overcook as it might turn hard and chewy.
• Add ghee, cardamom powder and nutmeg powder to it.
• Mix well and switch off. Let it cool down a bit.

Modak dough

• To a mixing bowl add rice flour.
• Add salt and ghee to it.
• Mix this well first.
• Boil water.
• Add water little by little.
• Keep mixing using a spatula.
• Keep adding and mixing.
• Keep stirring adding water little by little.
• Gather to form a mass.
• Once it gathers to form a dough close and keep aside for 5 mins.
• Once it is warm enough to handle with hand, open give a quick mix.
• Mix well with fingers to form a soft dough.
• Keep covered until use to avoid drying up .Modak dough ready.

Making modak without mould

• Pinch a lemon sized dough flatten it slightly then make it thin on all sides. Add the coconut jaggery filling on it.
• Pull the edges and bring it to the center and seal it.
• Shape it like a modak .Remove extra portion of the dough on top if any.

Making modak with mould

• Get all your ingredients ready.
• Grease your mould with oil or ghee.
• Fill it with a pinch of small lemon sized dough.
• Using your finger make space for the filling as shown.
• Make sure the sides of the modak are slightly thin.
• Add coconut jaggery filling inside the space ,may be a spoonful.
• Seal using the side dough first.
• Now pinch a small portion of dough flatten it and seal the base like shown below.
• Gently open.
• Modak is shaped and ready .Repeat and finish.
• Add enough water say 2 cups to the steamer pot .Let it start to boil .Grease the steamer plate. Arrange the modak's on it.
• Cover with lid.
• Steam cook in low medium flame for 5-8 mins or until the outer covering turns shiny . If the modak's are big in size it may take up to 10 mins .Do not overcook as the modak's will turn hard.
• Steaming hot modak’s are ready.