Modak
Author: YourHungerStop
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Serves: 15 modaks
- 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
- Cook the Chana dal in a pressure cooker for around 5 whistles so that it becomes very soft.
- Drain the excess water in the dal using muslin cloth.
- Place dal in a pan along with jaggery and let cook on low flame stirring occasionally till the mixture is dry.
- Add scraped coconut, cardamom powder and a pinch of salt and mix well. Let cool. Stuffing is ready.
- Mix together the whole wheat flour, salt and oil and knead into dough.
- Take one portion of the dough and roll it out with rolling pin into a small circular disk of 2-3 inches.
- Place a portion of stuffing at the center of this disk.
- Bring the edges towards the center and seal them by tapering at the center making shape of modak.
- Heat oil in a deep frying pan.
- Deep fry the modak till golden brown on all sides.
Recipe by YourHungerStop at https://www.yourhungerstop.com/modak-recipe-fried-wheat-modak/
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