Saturday, September 11, 2010

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi and Modak

Tried and tasted by Nivedita
Hi All,
WISHING EVERY ONE A VERY HAPPY GANESH CHATURTHI
(The above Ganesha pen stand is given in my younger daughter's school for the festival)
Usually we make Kadabu on this day. But as I used to make Modaks in UAE, I thought of making only modaks this time. 21 modaks are offered to Lord Ganesha with other sweets.
This recipe is for 21 modaks.
For dough:
All purpose flour (APF) - 1/4 cup
Wheat flour - 3/4 cup
Salt a pinch
Oil - 1 tbsp
Knead with little water to make a soft dough. Keep it aside.

To fry 
Oil


For stuffing,
Fresh coconut, grated - 1 cup
Jaggery, powdered - 1 cup 
Dalia powder - 2 tbsp(kadale parapu or puthani)
Cardamom  powder - 1 tsp
Salt a pinch

Mix everything under stuffing, in a M/W safe bowl and cook on HIGH for 1 minute. No M/W, no problem, keep the mixture on heat for a minute in a vessel. 
Divide the stuffing into equal 21 balls.
Same way,
Divide the dough into small and equal 21 balls.
Take one dough ball in your palm and stuff it with coconut and jaggery mix. Give the desired shape(usually its round with folded lines on the top, but you can give kadabu shape also, you can see in the above photo). Repeat with remaining dough and the stuff. 
Keep oil to heat. Fry these modaks in batches till golden color.
Offer with other sweets to Lord Ganesha.



Keep Smiling,

9 comments:

Nithya said...

Wish you a very happy Vinayaka chathurti too :)

Lovely modak. This type is something new to me and sure a interesting one. Will try them soon irrespective of the occasion. yummy :)

Nivedita Thadani said...

Thanks Nithya,
I am happy you liked my version.

Unknown said...

Wish you the same dear. Lovely offerings :)

Nithu Bala said...

Very new and different version of modak..looks tempting..Hope you had a very great Vinayagar Chaturthi. Btw, pen stand is very cute.

Hari Chandana P said...

Happy Vinayaka Chathurdhi to u too.. Nice recipe.. looks really good and tempting !!

RUBY said...

hey..thats a good twist to the conventional modak...lovely!

Veggie Hut said...

there are modaks all around.. festive feeling.. happy ganesh Chaturthi!

Nammaruchi.blogspt.com said...

happy Ganesh Chaturti to you and your family..lovely modaks yummy!

Shanthi Krishnakumar said...

Offerings are wonderful

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