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Ukadiche Modak is an Indian sweet dumpling and is one of the must make Ganesh Chaturthi recipes. We make it from steamed rice flour and is stuffed with jaggery and grated coconut mixture.

These Modaks are offered to Lord Ganesh and made especially during the ten-day celebration of the Ganesha festival which starts this week. There are literally dozens of ways to make a modak. lord Ganesha is also popularly known as modakapriya because of his love to this simple sweet.

Hany Tips:

• Use fine rice which comes specially to make modak. Although you can use the regular rice flour, the ones made using special modak flour tastes much better as the flour is ground very fine.
• Make sure to knead the dough very well until it is very smooth. Also knead when the dough is warm. Do not wait for it to turn cold.
• Make sure there are no cracks in the dough.
• Grease your hands well with oil/ghee before you start to shape modaks.
• The skin of the modak should be as thin as possible. So make sure that it’s even and thin.
• With Green Cardamom powder you can add dry fruits of your choice.

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Traditional Ukadiche Modak | Steamed Modak – Ganesh Chaturthi Special

ukadiche modak is a traditional maharashtrian steamed sweet dish offered to bhagwan
ganesha on the occasion of ganesh chaturthi festival.

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time30 mins

Total Time40 mins

Course: festivals, prshad, Sweet

Cuisine: Indian

Author: Bhawna Maharshi

Ingredients

For Modak Dough

• 2 Cups Rice Flour
• 2 Cups Water
• 1 tbsp Ghee
• 1/2 tsp Sugar

For Filling

• 1 Freshly grated Coconut
• 250 Grams Jaggery / Gud
• 1/2 tsp Green Cardamom Powder

Instructions

• Roast freshly grated Coconut.
• Add jaggery, gud allow it to melt .he mixture feels sticky to the fingers.
• Cook till Add Green Cardamom Powder.
• Filling is ready . Let it cool Completely.
• Now in a Pan or kadai take 2 Cups of Water.
• Add ghee, salt and Sugar.
• Add rice flour and mix properly.
• Cover it with a lid for 5 minutes.
• Knead the mixture into a soft dough.
• Now take a small portion of the dough, make a ball.
  
  
• Flatten the dough with fingers to make a cup.
  
  
• Fill the centre with the filling.
• Close the modak and steam them for 15-20 minutes using banana leaf .
• You can use the moulds also for making Modaks.
• finally, offer ukadiche modak to lord ganesha and celebrate ganesh chathurthi.

Notes

In preparing this Modak it is important the the Rice flour dough has the perfect firmness. If it is too loose, your Modak will not take the right form. On the contrary, if the dough is too firm, it will lead to brittle Modaks that will break during steaming.

 

So in order to maintain the right proportion of water and rice flour in the dough, just remember this simple rule – add as much water (by volume) as the Rice flour. 

 

So if you take about 1 cup of Rice flour to prepare Modak then ensure that you also add 1 cup of Water to the dough. 

 

Additionally, adding Desi Ghee to the dough is also important to help prepare a smooth dough.

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to all the readers . May Lord Ganesha bestows prosperity, luck and blessings to everyone.

Cooking with lots of love and straight from the heart.

Bhawna Maharshi

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