Ganesha's favourite...Modak !

Ganpati Bappa Morya!

This is that time of the year when Lord Ganesha adorns a place in our house and everyone is busy pleasing him for the 10 days of his stay, starting from Ganesh Chaturthi to Anant Chaturdashi. One of His most favourite dishes is the Modak. This sweet is made as an offering to the Lord of Wisdom. It can be made in several ways using rice flour and refined flour with varied sweet fillings.  Here I have given my mother's traditional recipe of Modak.

Ingredients

Refined flour 1/2kg

Refined oil 2tbsp

Coconuts 2 medium sized

Milk half a cup

Cardamom powder

Sugar 300gms

Almonds handful

Pinch of salt

Method

Knead a dough with refined flour, salt, refined oil and water and leave it covered for 3hours.

Break the coconuts and grate them to a fine texture.

Cook the grated coconut on a slow fire along with milk, sugar and cardamom powder till all the liquid gets absorbed and a heavenly aroma starts tingling your senses!

Keep this mixture aside and let it cool.

Make small roundels of the refined flour dough and roll them out. Fill the coconut mixture in the rolled out dough.

Now carefully pinch your fingertips into the dough so as to make petals. Twist the dough from the top and seal it by pressing the remaining dough together.

In a frying pan, heat the oil and fry the modaks on medium heat till they are golden brown in colour. Make sure the insides of the dough also get cooked properly.

Enjoy these delicious Modaks with Lord Ganesha and  your family and friends!