New Delhi: Modaks are rice flour dumplings stuffed with a traditional sweet filling. It is a popular traditional sweet made on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.
IngredientsÂ
- 12 no. or 2 tablespoons Almonds
- 15 no. or 3 tablespoons Cashew nuts
- 8 Dates seeds removed and roughly chopped
- 2 tablespoons Raisins
- ½ cup Desiccated coconut
- 1 tablespoon Ghee (Clarified butter)
- 1-2 teaspoons Water if needed
Instructions
- Powder the nuts: Take almonds and cashews in the jar. Pulse it to grind coarse powder.
- Add & grind dry fruits: Now add dates, raisins and dry coconut. Again pulse it to make a coarse mixture.
- Pulse with ghee: Now add ghee. Again start pulsing and it should come together like a dough. If not then you can a teaspoon of water at a time, pulse and see.
- Shape: Remove the mixture to the plate. Grease the mould using ghee and start shaping it into modak. Usually, keep the mould close, and start stuffing and pressing tightly from the bottom hole. Then smooth out the bottom surface and after that, open and unmould.
