Ukadiche Modakउकडीचे मोदक
The steamed rice-flour modak that is Ganesha's favourite offering — and the one skill every Maharashtrian household tests in this season.
About 60 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 cup rice flour
- 1.25 cups water
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 1 cup fresh grated coconut
- 3/4 cup jaggery
- Cardamom, poppy seeds, nutmeg
Method
- Boil water with ghee and salt, add rice flour, stir into a dough, and knead while warm.
- Cook coconut and jaggery until the mixture leaves the pan, then add cardamom, nutmeg and poppy seeds.
- Roll small discs of dough, pleat the edges, fill and seal into a modak shape.
- Steam for 10–12 minutes. Serve with ghee poured over the top.