India

Modak

Name: Modak
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 12 pieces
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 200 g Rice flour; 150 g Grated coconut; 120 g Jaggery; 1/2 tsp Cardamom; some of each Ghee & salt; as needed Water

Steamed rice dumplings with coconut and jaggery

Modak are steamed rice dumplings from Maharashtra, filled with grated coconut and jaggery, and considered the favourite food of the god Ganesha.

At the Ganesh Chaturthi festival they are prepared as a sacred offering in an artfully shaped teardrop form.

Servings12 pieces

Time60 min

LevelAdvanced

Ingredients

Rice flour200 g
Grated coconut150 g
Jaggery120 g
Cardamom1/2 tsp
Ghee & saltsome of each
Wateras needed

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Cook coconut with jaggery and cardamom into a filling.
Mix rice flour with boiling water into a soft dough.
Form small dough cups.
Load with filling and seal into teardrops.
Steam about 12 minutes, serve with ghee.

Make it original

Jaggery and cardamom for modak are in the Asia Boutique.

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