MODAK RECIPE

 Lord Ganesha's favourite sweet, Modak are candy flour dumplings filled with coconut, jaggery, nutmeg and saffron. This modak recipe is a steamed verison, which is likewise called 'ukdiche modak', but there's a wide kind of this Indian dessert which includes fried modak as well. A famous dessert from Maharashtra that is consumed enormously for the duration of the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, Modaks are now made in many elements of the united states as well. because of Lord Ganesha being 'Modakpriya', the only who likes modak, 21 pieces of modak are served because the presenting after the puja all through ganesh chaturthi. The clean recipe, wealthy flavours of nuts and saffron, all of this appeals to our flavor buds and make this dish an irresistible one.

INGREDIENTS

For the filling:

• A pinch of Nutmeg
• A pinch of Saffron
• 1 Cup Coconut, grated
• 1 Cup Jaggery

For the shell:

• 2 tsp Ghee
• 1 Cup Rice flour
• 1 Cup Water

INSTRUCTIONS

Prepare fillling:

1. warmth a pan, upload the grated coconut and jaggery.
2. Stir for approximately 5 mins. upload the nutmeg and saffron, blend properly.
3. cook dinner for any other five minutes and preserve apart.

Prepare modak:

1. In a deep dish, boil water with ghee. upload the salt and flour. mix well.
2. cowl the dish and prepare dinner until its half of carried out.
3. spread a few ghee on the bottom of a steel bowl and whilst the dough is still hot, knead it properly.
4. Now take a touch dough, roll it into a ball, flatten it properly, form the edges right into a flower pattern.
5. positioned a spoonful of the filling onto the dough and seal it.
6. put the dumplings in a muslin fabric and steam them for 10- 15 minutes. Serve.