Ukadiche Modak – Steamed Rice Flour Dumplings Stuffed With Coconut Jaggery Sweet Mixture

Ingredients

• 1 cup rice flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup freshly grated coconut
• 1/2 cup jaggery
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 tsp poppy seeds
• 1 tsp cardamom nutmeg powder
• 1 tsp dryfruits powder (optional)
• 2 tsp ghee
• Some Strands of saffron

Steps

1. Take a pan, dry roast poppy seeds, add grated coconut, and stir constantly on a low flame. Add ghee and jaggery. Jaggery melts and a smooth mixture is ready. Add dryfruits powder and cardamom nutmeg powder. Mix well. Transfer to a plate.
2. Take a pan add, water, milk, and a pinch of salt. When boiling, add rice flour gradually, stirring constantly to avoid lumps. Make a smooth dough. The flame must be low. Turn off the gas. Add ghee. Stir well. Cover it. Keep aside for 10 minutes.
3. When the dough is warm, transfer it to a plate. Make smooth with the palm by applying a little ghee. There should be no cracks in the dough.
4. Grease the inside modak mold with ghee. Take a small ball of the steamed rice flour dough and press it evenly into the mold, creating a thin layer around the sides and leaving a cavity in the center.
5. Fill the coconut-jaggery mixture in the cavity, and close it with some dough. Make all modaks in the same way.
6. Now keep all modak in a steamer, on a greased plate or a banana leaf. Brush a little water or milk on and around all modak. Put 2 strands of saffron on each modak.
7. Steam it for 10 minutes. Turn off the gas. Keep aside to cool down and set.
8. Ready to offer a very delicious divine Ukadiche Modak to Ganpati Bappa on the auspicious day of Ganesh Chaturthi.