Baked Modak
Cuisine: Goan
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Serves: 21 modaks
 
Baked Modak is the healthier version of the traditional deep fried wheat modaks 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. I have heard that some people use ready made moulds to make modaks. I have not used it, but would love to try it soon.
  9. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
  10. Place the modaks on a baking tray and brush with some oil.
  11. Bake the modaks for 20-25 mins till golden brown in color.
Recipe by YourHungerStop at https://www.yourhungerstop.com/baked-modak/