A recipe to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi
Modak is a quintessential Indian sweet especially prepared during the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. It is a dumpling made from rice flour with a sweet or savory filling.
This variation has an interesting dry fruit twist to the traditional modak. This dry fruit modak recipe is by V.H. Suresh, corporate executive chef at Platform 65.
Ingredients For Dry Fruit Modak
Rice flour 10.5 ounces
Plain flour 1 ounce
Water 8 to 9 ounces
Salt 1 Pinch
Sugar 1 tsp
Jaggery 8.8 ounces
Cardamom ½ tsp
Fresh coconut 10.5 ounces
Dry grapes 0.35 ounce
Pistachio 0.35 ounce
Cashew nut 0.35 ounce
Dates 0.35 ounce
Ghee/Clarified Butter 3 tsp
Method To Prepare Dry Fruit Modak
Add water to a pan and bring it to a boil.
After the water has boiled, add one teaspoon each of ghee and sugar.
Next, add rice flour and plain flour to the water. Stir continuously until both are mixed well.
Remove from the flame and set it aside to make a smooth dough.
In a fresh pan, add ghee and crushed dry fruits. Cook until they turn golden in color.
Add grated fresh coconut and fry for one minute.
Slowly add shredded jaggery and stir until well mixed. Add cardamom powder as well.
Divide the dough evenly into lemon-sized portions.
Stuff each portion with the mixed dry fruits.
Shape them into drop-like shapes.
Steam all the small stuffed dough portions in a thick bottomed covered pan with enough water at the bottom.
Remove and enjoy.
