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MODAK - A special sweet dish prepared on Ganesh Chathurthi`s festival...

Ingredients

Maida - 1 cup
Sooji - 2 tsp
a pinch salt
Oil - 2 tsp
Oil - for deep frying

Mix all the above ingredients, heat oil and pour on the floor and mix well. Knead into a soft dough and keep aside for 30 minutes.

For Filling
Coconut - 2 Cups grated
Poppy seeds (Khus-khus) - 1tsp
White Til (sesame) - 2 tsp
Jaggary (gud) - 1 cup grated
Cardomum powder - 1/2 tsp
Cashew nuts - 2 tb sp

Preparation
  • Dry roast poppy seeds, white til, cashew nuts til golden colour and keep aside.
  • Take a bowl, add grated coconut, jaggary and all all other ingredients, mix well.
  • Now drizzle 1 tsp of oil on the dough knead well.
  • Take marble sized dough and roll out into 2 inch puri.
  • Now fill the filling in the dough and give a modak shape.
  • Now deep fry all the modaks..

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