Wheat Flour Semolina Churma Ladoo-Modak – Ganesh Chaturthi Special – Authentic Taste Of Gujarat

Ingredients

• 1 cup wheat flour
• 1/4 cup sooji
• 3/4 cup ghee
• Oil is required to deep fry wheat flour fist-shaped dumplings
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
• 1 tsp nutmeg powder
• 3/4 cup warm milk to knead a dough
• 1/4 cup milk to bind ladoo
• 2 tsp poppy seeds

Steps

1. In a mixing bowl, add salt, wheat flour, and semolina. Mix well. Add gradually lukewarm milk. Knead the dough. Make muthiya. Deep fry in oil on a low to medium flame of gas. Fry till it turns golden brown.
2. Cool completely. Break randomly. Take a mixer jar, add in fried muthiyas in batches, and grind them.
3. Take a pan, add ghee and ladoo mixture. On a low to medium flame, roast it. Stir constantly.
4. Add cardamom and nutmeg powder and dryfruits powder. Stir well. Add soft jaggery, mix well till it melts completely. Turn off the gas. Add milk for more softness, and ghee releases. Fill in the modak mold, and make modak, or make ladoo in hand by giving g a ball shape. Make all and sprinkle some poppy seeds on each modak or ladoo.
5. Keep aside to set them. Offer authentic Gujarati Churma Ladoo or Modak as bhog to Ganpati Bappa on the auspicious day of Ganesh Chaturthi.