I just tried these modak today and it happened to be so good that I am sharing it instantly. The recipe has been adapted from 'veg recipes of india' and it is so simple and soft. The filling used here is simple coconut and jaggery filling, you shall use any filling like channa dal-coconut-jaggery or sesame-jaggery. Infact today I tried all the three fillings and everything works fine. It is not only easy to prepare, but light on stomach too.
I was skeptical as how it would turn into so tried with just 1/2 cup, but infact that was more than enough yielding around 30 small modaks. I just tried shaping with moulds and it was much easier to shape rava modaks than rice modaks. Shaping by hand also is fine. For the sake of photography used moulds here.
INGREDIENTS
For the outer layer:
1/2 cup white rava
1 1/2 cups of water (1:3 ratio)
1 tsp of oil
salt to taste
For the sweet filling:
1 tsp of ghee
1/2 tsp of poppy seeds
1 cardamon
1 pinch of nutmeg powder
1/2 cup shred coconut
1/2 cup jaggery
For shaping:
moulds (optional)
oil as required for greasing hands
Method:
1. Heat a pan with water oil and salt. Allow it to boil.
2. Meanwhile dry roast white rava and keep it ready. Mix it with water without any lumps.
3. Cook until the water dries up, but let it be on the softer side. The right consistency is when you are able to roll them and it is soft yet. If not offering to God taste check whether it has cooked well. If not sprinkle some more water and let it cook for a while. Keep it covered for 5 minutes. When it is hand bearably start kneading it.
4. Knead until it becomes a smooth mass. Keep it covered. Grate coconut and jaggery.
5. Heat ghee in a pan, add poppy seeds, whole cardamon or cardamon powder and a pinch of nutmeg powder.
6. When aroma arises, add coconut and jaggery. Jaggery will start melting.
7. Jaggery will entirely melt and lose moisture. Do not cook more than this, switch off, it will turn dry when it cools down. Let's begin shaping now.
8. Fill the modak with the rava by pushing it inside. Grease with oil when necessary. Stuff with enough filling.
9. Seal it with rava again. Now the gorgeous modaks are ready to serve. Yes ! no need to cook again.
Notes:
1. Shaping by hand is also easy.
2. It stays soft even after sometime, but keep them covered from starting.
3. Tastes good with any sweet filling.
4. We are not cooking after shaping so make sure you roast and cook well priorly with enough water. Just follow the measurements everything works fine.
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