POHA MODAK

Ganesh Festival starts this year on 29th August.  I am pretty sure, everyone will be busy breaking their head to make some different kind of modak for welcoming the Lord Ganesha, the remover of all obstacles.  Here I am presenting for you a simple and easy modak recipe made out of poha and coconut which can be used for making poha coconut pak too.

Let us look at the recipe now:

Ingredients:

Stuffing:

1/2 cup poha, aval, pressed rice, flattened rice, flaked rice, beaten rice
1/2 cup jaggery
1/2 cup grated coconut or dried coconut
2 tbsp roasted and crushed peanuts  or 2 tbsp roasted crushed almonds or sliced pistachios
a generous pinch of cardamom powder
1 tbsp ghee

Cover (rice dough)

less than 1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp oil + 1/4 cup oil
1 cup rice powder
1 cup water

Method:

Preparation of dough

Method

In a heavy bottom vessel, mix the rice flour in water.  Ensure that no lumps are formed.  Add the salt and oil and cook the same in low flame till  the rice balls starts leaving the vessel.  Cover this for 10 minutes and keep aside.   OR

boil the water with salt and oil.  add the rice flour slowly and mix well without any lumps. when it turns to a ball shape, switch off gas, cover and keep for  10 minutes.

After 10 minutes, take the dough in a plate. apply oil on your palm and knead the dough well.

Preparation of stuffing:

Put the poha in mixer and grind to a rava form.  heat kadai and add the ground poha in it, roast till the colour changes into brown. remove it on a plate.

in the same kadai, add one cup water, jaggery and boil till the jaggery melts. strain to remove the impurities, if any.  transfer back to the kadai the jaggery syrup, add the coconut and boil for 5 minutes. add the roasted poha and cook till it starts leaving the kadai. add cardamom powder, ghee, the nuts  and mix well. transfer it to a plate.  Make small balls out of it  and keep aside.

Method to make Kozhukattai (Dumplings, Modak)

Pinch out  small balls of dough  and prepare the cover into a cup shape.
 

Place one poha coconut mix ball  which you have already made and kept ready in it, seal properly.  continue till you complete the process and steam cook for 10 minutes.  switch off gas allow to cool, take out the modak ready for naivedyam.

NOTE:  You can also make the modak out of filling by putting them in the modak mould which is in the picture in brown colour.

 poha coconut pak