Fried Modak – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Take maida in a dish.
• Add pinch of salt and ghee.
• Mix everything well together.
• Add a little water at a time and knead thick dough from it.
• Do not make thin dough. Transfer the dough into a bowl and cover it.
• Give it a resting time of about 30 minutes.
• Heat up a pan on medium heat.
• Add poppy seeds and roast them until these turn nice reddish.
• Add coconut and roast it for just about 2 minutes.
• Add sugar and khoya. Adding khoya is optional. You can skip it if you don’t like.
• Add dry fruits and mix well. Cook the mixture for just about 4-5 minutes.
• Turn off the gas and the stuffing is already. Let it cool down.
• Knead the dough again and make small balls from it. Roll pari from it.
• The pari should neither too thick and not too thin. Do not use any dry flour while rolling pari.
• Add stuffing and make plates. Bring them together and seal them properly.
• Heat up oil on medium heat.
• Drop modak one by one and fry until they get nice golden from all sides.
• You can seal modak once more before dropping them into oil.
• Take them out of oil and drian excess oil and transfer them into a dish.
• Fried modak are already.