Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, fried modak. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Fried Modak is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Fried Modak is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
Fried modak as the name suggests is a fried version of the steamed modak and much easier to make than the steamed version. During the festival, I make steamed modak and Patholi (stuffed rice sweet). These fried modak are not so very commonly made like the steamed ones.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have fried modak using 14 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Fried Modak:
- Get 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
- Take 1/2 cup refined flour (maida)
- Take 1/4 cup semolina (sooji / rava)
- Get 1/2 cup milk or as required
- Prepare 1.5 tbsp warm clarified butter (ghee) or oil
- Get salt as per taste
- Take 2-3 cups oil for deep frying
- Take 1.5 tbsp clarified butter (ghee)
- Prepare 1.5 tsp white sesame seed (safed til)
- Prepare 1.5 tsp poppy seed (khus khus)
- Take 1 cup fresh grated coconut (nariyal)
- Prepare 1/2 cup grated jaggery
- Prepare 1 tsp cardamom powder
- Make ready 1 tsp nutmeg powder
Fried Modak is a relatively easy way to make Modaks. Modak is a popular Maharashtrian delicacy prepared especially during Ganpati Festival. Fried modak is made with wheat flour outer covering and coconut, jaggery filling. Deep fried in ghee or oil, it can keep good for few days too.
Instructions to make Fried Modak:
- Combine all the flour and mix with milk.
- Start kneading into a smooth dough.
- Towards the end add warm ghee or oil.
- Allow the dough to rest fro 10-15 mins.
- Let's make our filling. Take a heavy bottomed pan Place on low heat and saute khus khus seed (poppy seed) and safed til (sesame seed) for few secs. Now take out from pan and keep aside.
- Add ghee and saute freshly grated coconut for minutes so moisture dries out.
- Add jaggery and let it mix well and dissolve properly.
- Mix it properly till the mixture gets dry.
- Add nutmeg powder, cardamom powder, sesame seeds and poppy seeds mix well.
- Panchakhdya filling is ready allow it to cool down.
- Make marble sized balls from the dough.
- Dust some flour and roll them into thin round discs.
- Start forming pleats or pinch the edges.
- Place some filling in the center.
- Bring all the pinched edges or pleats together forming a modak shape. Seal the edges properly
- Deep fry or shallow fry the modak until golden brown or cooked from all sides.
- Modaks are ready.
My mom told me this recipe when she was here. Fried mawa modak is a traditional North Indian way of preparing modak for Ganesh Chathurthi. fry modak with detailed photo and video recipe. a simple and easy deep fried modak recipe made using plain flour and pooran. it is an alternative way of making the traditional modak recipe. These Fried Modak are made with a dough of whole wheat flour, stuffed with a delicious mixture of coconut, khoya and nuts. The modak has a rich aroma, brought about by the addition of a few spoons.
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