Most popular sweet made during ganesh festival. Modaks are usually made during festivals and sankashti.

Preparation time: 30 mins

Cooking time: 10 mins

Yield: 20 modaks

INGREDIENTS:

• Roasted Rice flour: 2 big cups
• Grated coconut: 1 n 1/2 cups
• Grated jaggery: 1 cup
• Cardamom: 1 tsp powdered
• Raisins: 1 tsp chopped
• Salt: a pinch
• Ghee: 2 tbsp

PREPARATION:

• Heat 2 cups of water in a vessel.
• Add a pinch of salt and 1 tsp ghee to it.
• Let it heat for 2 to 3 mins.
• Now pour this water into rice flour slowly and keep aside for 5 mins, let it cool down.
• Mix and knead into a soft dough.
• Heat ghee in a wok and add raisins; add grated coconut and jaggery and mix well.
• Add cardamom powder and mix for say 5 mins and turn off the flame.
• Now you can make modak using mould or by rolling it into round shape and placing the filling im centre and covering it in pleat form.
• I used the mould ; its readily available.
• After making the modaks , steam it in a big vessel with 2 cupa of water for 10 mins.
• Keep it aside for cooling before serving.