Ukadiche Modak Recipe
By: Anita Mokashi
Published: Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 12:22am

Ingredients




To make ukad
2 cup Rice Flour
4  tsp Glutinous rice flour
(You will get it in Japanese market)
2  cup of water
pinch of Salt
2 tsp Ghee
To make stuffing
2 cup shredded Coconut
2 cup Jaggery
4 tbsp Poppy seeds
Cardamom powder
Roasted cashewnuts and raisins

Preparation

1 To make ukad 2 Mix rice flour and glutinous flour well and seive 2 to 3 times. 3 Boil water, to that add pinch of salt and tsp of ghee and pour rice flour and mix well. 4 Cover with damp cloth and keep for 10 mts. 5 To make stuffing 6 In a pan, roast the poppy seeds. 7 Once they are roasted well add the shredded coconut and jaggery. Mix everything well. 8 Finally add cardamom powder and cashewnuts. The stuffing is ready. 9 To make modak. 10 Take ukad, wet hands with water as well as some oil and knead ukad in soft dough. 11 Now start to pat ball in to small bowl size shape, now stuff filling and start to make plates around stuffing. 12 Gather all plates at the center of stuffing and try to seal edges. Keep the modaks covered with a wet cloth as they can dry out. 13 Heat up 1 inch of water in Idly cooker, put one small round pot, over that place small thali or chalni. On top of the chalni place a banana leaf. 14 Now place modak on the banana leaf, leaving enough space around each modak. 15 Steam for 10 mts over medium heat. 16 Modak are ready to be served

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Modak is a sweet dumpling filled with coconut and jaggery. It is an authentic Indian dessert!