Happy Ganesha Chaturthi all. Happy birthday Ganesha. Today is an auspicious day for Lord Ganesha thus, i'm making His all time favourite sweet....modakam. Sweet dumpling made of rice flour and stuffed with channa dhal paste. Modakam is an ideal neiveidhyam for Lord Ganesha.
This is the first time i'm making modakam and for the first timer i should say it comes out well. I'm very much excited to try my hand on modakam as it's my beloved Ganesha's favourite prasadam(offering) so, its customary to make modakam on this special day. May Lord Ganesha bestow all of us with wisdom,prosperity and good health
Ingredients
For Dough
1 cup rice flour
1 tsp sesame oil
1 1/4 cup water
A pinch of salt
For Filling
1/2 cup grated coconut
1/2 cup channa dhal
3/4 jaggery
1/4 tsp ghee
A pinch of cardamom powder
Methods
Boil water with salt and sesame oil.
In a bowl add flour. Mix the boiling water to the flour and stir with a spoon. Cover it with damp clothes for 2 minutes. While it still warm, grease hand with sesame oil and knead the flour mixture into a dough. Take a lemon size of dough, with you hand make a small dough cup and place the prepared filling into the center. Cover it and shape it into modakam.
Boil water in a steamer, grease a steaming pan with little oil and place the modakam on it. Steam for 10-12 minutes. Let it cool for 2 minutes and transfer to a serving pan
For Filling
Soak the channa dhal for 30 minutes. In a frying pan, dry roast the channa dhal for 4-5 minutes over a medium flame. Boil the channa dhal till soft.
Grind the channa dhal with coconut and cardamom powder. Grind to a smooth paste and add jaggery. Pulse twice. Transfer to a plate and divide the filling to an equal parts.
Ganesha's neiveidhyam is ready
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