Crispy Modaks for Ganesha.

How good plate full with modaks look in the hand of "Lord Ganpati"... really!

I still remember the last Ganesh utsav when i made 51 Modaks on the visarjan day
that was really something that gave me an opportunity to learn
a dish which i can say i am very expert in...more than my mom (as being said &
Complemented by herself ;-) ).
My Recipe goes like this.......







Ingredients :
1/2 Bowl Rice  Flour.
1/2 Bowl Jaggery.
1 Bowl Grated Coconut.
4 Cardamom.
1/2 Nutmeg (Jaiphal).
Salt to taste.



Method :
1)Add the salt to rice flour & knead it till it turns into soft dough ; Tips:
you can also use hot water & some oil to make it soft.

2)On other hand mix grated coconut jaggery in a a pan & keep it on a slow flame
; Tips : you can also grate jaggery that could help to melt it fast.

3)Keep stirring it well till jaggery melts & gets mixed well while coconut turns
light brown color also add a pinch of salt to taste.

4)Then, run cardamom & nutmeg in mixer till it becomes a powder like & sprinkle
it on the coconut jaggery mix to form in so called "Saran"
to be filled in Modak.

5)Now start making small puri's of rice flour & fill it with saran & shape them
into Modak like ; Tips : you might find shaping a bit difficult but theres a
solution for it like you can use "Modak saancha " available in shops just like
we have it for Karanji.

6)Now once filling up is finished & shaped into modak keep a water to boil in a
vessel & adjust a chalni on it such that it should not touch water , then cover
it with a plate or a cloth to ensure modaks are steamed properly.
once steaming is done modaks are now ready to be served as prasad ;-)



AS a twist to the recipe rather than steaming the modaks you can also fry them
in a Ghee or Dalda till they turns light brown color to enjoy "Crispy
Modaks"....YUmmy! 
"Lord Ganesha " will surely bless you if you really do this much efforts to give
him a bhog of Modaks made by you... :-) as i also tried doing it!