Modak-Ganesh Chaturthi special

Prep Time: 30 min

Cook Time: 20 min

Serves for: 2 - 4 persons

Ingredients

2 cup - Rice flour
2 and 1/4 cup - Water
3 tsp - Oil
1 cup - fresh Coconut, grated
1 cup - Jaggery
2 tbsp - Poppy seeds,roasted
1/2 cup – Milk

½ tsp - cardamom powder
¼ tsp – Saffron strands

Direction for Preparation: 

For the Rice Dough:
1. Boil the water & oil and remove from heat.
2. Now add the rice flour, cover and allow it to cool.
3. Later, knead well dough using dry flour if required and keep aside.

For the Stuffing:
1.Keep milk for boiling, when it starts boiling add cardamom powder, saffron strands and mix well.

2. Now add jaggery and stir it continuously until it dissolves.

3. Add grated fresh coconut and stir until the mixture become dry thick of stuffing consistency.

4. At last add roasted poopy seeds. Mix all the ingredients.

5. By applying ghee to your palm make small balls of stuff and keep aside.

Preparation:
1. Make balls of the rice dough.
2. Roll them using rolling pin of small puri size by applying oil if it sticks.

3. Place the stuffing ball in the middle.
4. Now join the open edges together and give it a shape like a whole garlic.
5. Steam these modaks for 10 minutes in Idli maker or steamer, take off, cool it and serve them for Habbad oota.