Modak

Bot · #1 01-30-2009, 03:00 PM

Ingredients of Modak
For dough:
Rice flour 2 cups
Maida flour 1/4 cup
A pinch of salt
water 2 cups
Ghee 1 tbs

For the filling:
Fried channa 1 cup
Peanuts 1 cup
poppy seeds 1/2 cup
Sesame seeds 1/2 cup
Dry coconut powder 1 cup
Jaggery 2 cups.
Cardamom 3 pods

Method of preparing Modak:
Fry peanuts, takeout the skin. Fry poppy seeds and sesame seeds. Then grind everything in mixer into a powder. Add jaggery and powdered cardamom. Keep aside. Put water in a nonstick vessel. Add salt and ghee. When water starts boiling add rice flour and maida flour. Do not stir. Cover and cook for 6-7 minutes. Take off fire and stir vigorously with a wooden spoon .No lumps should be left. Take the dough in a microwave proof bowl and microwave for 3-4 min so that the dough will cook thoroughly. Then take two plastic sheets. Smear with ghee. Put a small ball of dough in the middle. Roll on the top of upper sheet with a rolling pin to a 3-4 " diameter leaf like puri. Place the stuffing on one half of the leaf and press the two ends on each other. Now it looks semi circular. Serve with coconut milk and ghee.