Modak... Ganesh Chaturthi Special....

Hey ...

Today we will make Modak... Ganpati Bappa's Favorite.... Basically , Modak is of many different types , but here we will make a simple yet yummy version of it.

All your need is few ingredients but a bit of more time and patience than the other versions. So lets start with the recipe.

Ingredients :

For Cover

1). Atta : 200gms

2). Ghee : 3-4 Teaspoons

3). A pinch of Salt

Knead in a tight dough and keep it aside to set.

For Filling

1). Coconut : 1 Grated

2). Milk : 1Kg

3). Dry Fruits : 1 Tablespoon chopped

4). Sugar : 5-6 Tablespoons

Procedure :

(For Filling)

1). Take a kadhai , and put the milk in it on medium flame If you are away doing some other preps (Do not add entire milk in one go , add 2-3 cups at a time or else it will overflow) 

Tip : Use high only if you are standing there in front of the kadhai , keep using a spatula in the kadhai to get rid of the bubbles forming with a creamy layer.

2). Once the milk is has reduced by 1/4 or so , add grated coconut. Let the coconut boil with the milk.

3). Add the dry fruits in it while the milk is boiling with the coconut.

4). A point will come when the milk will start drying up in the Kadhai ,this is the perfect time to add sugar in the mixture.

5). Now , after adding sugar once again the mixture will dry up. At this time , remove the filling of heat.

6). You have both the filling and cover ready. Please let the filling cool for sometime , till that time divide the dough into 21 equal balls.

7). Roll out small circular puris out of the balls. Now put the filling in the middle of each small puri. Pinch the edges. Then join all of them (refer the image for help)

8). Once the procedure is repeated for all 21 Modaks.

Deep fry these modaks into ghee or oil as per your wish. While frying modak's you need to be careful that you don't distort the shape. Specially the pointed top.

9). Fry only 2-3 modaks at a time until crispy golden colour. When all 21 modak's are properly fried as directed. Offer them to Bappa as Navedhya and then serve the prashad... :) :) :)

Will catch up with you all tomorrow with few more Navedhya Recipes for our Bappa... :)

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