Modak
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Serves: 15 modaks
 
Fried Modak is a sweet deep fried wheat dumpling commonly made in Goa at the time of Ganesh Chaturthi.
Ingredients
  • Chana Dal: 1 cup
  • Jaggery: little less than 1 cup
  • Scraped Coconut: ¼ cup
  • Salt: to taste
  • Cardamom Powder: ¼ tsp
  • Whole Wheat Flour: 1 and ½ cup
  • Oil: 2 tbsp
Instructions
  1. Cook the Chana dal in a pressure cooker for around 5 whistles so that it becomes very soft.
  2. Drain the excess water in the dal using muslin cloth.
  3. Place dal in a pan along with jaggery and let cook on low flame stirring occasionally till the mixture is dry.
  4. Add scraped coconut, cardamom powder and a pinch of salt and mix well. Let cool. Stuffing is ready.
  5. Mix together the whole wheat flour, salt and oil and knead into dough.
  6. Take one portion of the dough and roll it out with rolling pin into a small circular disk of 2-3 inches.
  7. Place a portion of stuffing at the center of this disk.
  8. Bring the edges towards the center and seal them by tapering at the center making shape of modak.
  9. Heat oil in a deep frying pan.
  10. Deep fry the modak till golden brown on all sides.
Recipe by YourHungerStop at https://www.yourhungerstop.com/modak-recipe-fried-wheat-modak/