AroundTheKitchen

Click here to see Video Steps to make modak: take a small portion from the dough, flatten the dough ball in your palms, start pinching the sides of the flattened ball from all the sides, keep pinching and pressing the sides, until it make a cavity or vati, fill the modak stuffing in the cavity or vati that we made, to make the design, pinch the sides and make a straight line till the end, do it from all the sides, once all the layers are done, rotate and gather all the layers together, once all the layers are gathered, pinch the top and close it, apply some ghee at the modak of the modak and steam in the steamer for 10-12 mins on low to medium flame.

                                                                              INGREDIENTS: FOR STUFFING : COCONUT - 2 CUPS JAGGERY - 1 CUP CARDAMON POWDER - 1 TBSP POPPY SEEDS - 2 TBSP TO PREPARE STUFFING: heat a pan, add 2 cups of freshly grated coconut dry roast coconut for a min on medium flame, add 1 cup of JAGGERY keep stirring till the jaggery melts, once the jaggery is all melted and combined with the coconut add 1 tbsp of cardamon powder and 2 tbsp of POPPY SEEDS, mix everything well together and turn of the flame and keep it aside FINAL STEP: heat a pan and add 1 cup of water, 4 tbsp of milk, 1/4th tsp of salt  let it come to a boil and add 1 cup of rice flour mix until it forms crumbly in texture switch off the flame and cover it...