Maharashtra
Ukadiche modak
Steamed rice flour pleats hiding coconut and jaggery. Ganpati's favourite, and honestly fair.
75 minTime
3 gProtein each
mildSpice
Twenty one for Ganpati2 chapters · 1 min readMake it your way
Grandma's wayRice flour pleats, coconut jaggery heart.
The original409kcalsame
3 gproteinsame
5 gfibresame
75minutessame
Classic ukadiche modak.
Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.
Ingredients
Method
5 steps- 1Cook coconut and jaggery in a pan, stirring, until the jaggery melts and the mixture turns sticky. Add cardamom and poppy seeds. Cool.
- 2Boil water with a teaspoon of ghee and salt. Add rice flour, stir, cover and rest off the heat for 5 minutes.
- 3Knead the warm dough with greased hands until very smooth.
- 4Flatten a lemon sized ball into a thin cup, fill, pleat the edges and pinch into a peak.
- 5Steam on a greased plate or banana leaf for 12 minutes. Serve with ghee.
Serve it like this
Serve in small bowls, warm or chilled as it likes best, with a few chopped nuts on top.