Recipe Name: Modak |
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Category: Indian Regional |
Sub Category: Marathi |
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Prep Time |
Cook Time |
Serves |
30 mins |
25 mins |
8 |
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Ingredients: |
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Shredded fresh coconut |
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2 Cup |
Mixture of unsalted pistachios and unsalted cashews |
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1/2 Cup |
cardamom powder |
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1/2 Pinch |
Milk |
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1/2 Cup |
Jaggery or sugar |
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1 Cup |
For the outer cover |
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Rice flour |
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1 Cup |
Ghee |
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1 tsp |
Water |
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1 Cup |
Salt |
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1/2 tsp |
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Method: |
- To prepare the filling, combine coconut, milk and jaggery or sugar, mix well.
- Cook it over medium flame, stir continuously till they are mixed properly.
- Add cashews and pistachios and cook for about one minute.
- Now add cardamom powder.
- Let it cool, keep aside.
- Bring water to a boil.
- Now add flour, ghee and salt, stir quickly so as to remove all lumps.
- Cover with a lid for some time and cook.
- Remove the lid and keep stirring.
- Now remove the pan from the heat and transfer all the mixture on a flat plate.
- Knead it to make soft dough.
- It should be neither too sticky nor too dry.
- Grease the palms of your hands properly and make a ball from the dough.
- Flatten the dough to make a cup shape.
- Put 3/4 tsp coconut filling into this cup.
- Dip thumb and index finger in the oil and make 5-6 small pinches on the outside edges of the cup.
- Bring them together on top and join to shape a peak.
- Put modak on a pre greased plate.
- Make rest of the modaks.
- Now Steam them for about 15 minutes and serve with ghee.
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Tags:
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now , cup , dough , coconut , properly ,
bring ,
put , cook , shape , plate , keep , steam , milk , combine , filling , jaggery , ghee , stir , add |
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