Dry Fruit Modak
Ganesh Chaturthi Special
Ingredients
Outer covering ingredients
- 2 cups Rice Flour
- 2 cups Boiling Water
- 1/2 tsp salt
For the Dry Fruits Stuffing:
- 1/2 cup nuts each of almonds, cashew & pista
- 1 1/2 TBS sesame seeds roasted
- 1 1/2 TBS poppy seeds roasted
- 10-12 large mejdool dates
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1 tsp cardamom powder
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg powder
Instructions
Procedure to make the outer covering:
- Bring water to a rolling boil
- Add rice flour and salt
- Mix with the back of a wooden spatula
- It will still look dry and crumbly
- Cover and set aside for 10 mins
- Knead it for 1-2 mins well
- Make into small balls
- Use rice flour to roll into thin round shapes
- Make modak shape by pinching in 6-8 spots
Procedure to make the filling:
- Add nuts, dates, flavorings to the bowl of a food processor or blender and pulse until the mixture barely comes together. Dry fruit filling is ready.
- Add the dry fruit mixture to modak shape and close the top of modaks
- Steam modaks for 10 mins
- Decorate with saffron strands
Notes
No sugar No jaggery Only dry fruits!!!