Modak Recipe

Ingredients-

For outer Modak covering

• 1 pinch salt
• 1 cup rice flour
• 5 cups water
• ¼ teaspoon oil or ghee

Inner sweet filling

• 2 cup fresh grated coconut
• 1 tsp ghee
• 1 cup grated or powered jaggery
• 2 to 3 gree cardamoms powdered/ elaichi
• ½ tsp poppy seeds

How to make the recipe-

• Add ghee to hot pan. Add the salt and flour. Mix well.
• Cover the dish and cook till its half done.
• Spread somegheeon the base of a steel bowl and while the dough is still hot, knead it well.
• Now take a little dough, roll it into a ball, flatten it well, shape the edges into a flower pattern.
• Put a spoonful of the filling onto the dough and seal it.
• Put the dumplings in a muslin cloth and steam them for 10- 15 minutes. Serve.