Ukadiche Modak Latest – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Take rice flour into a bowl.
• Add salt, ghee and mix well.
• Add milk and mix well. Milk gives nice white color to modak.
• Add water and knead dough as chapatti dough.
• The dough should neither be too thick nor too thin.
• It should have medium consistency.
• Spread the dough a little so that it will be well steamed.
• Take the steamer upper pot and put a banana leaf at the base of it.
• You can use cotton cloth in place of banana leaf.
• Transfer the dough on the banana leaf.
• Heat up 1-2” water in the lower pot of the steamer.
• Put the pot containing dough on it.
• Close the lid and steam the dough on medium heat for about 10-15 minutes.
• Turn off the gas and let the dough be in the steamer for another 10 minutes.
• Heat up a pan on medium heat.
• Add poppy seeds and roast a little.
• When poppy seeds begin to turn light golden add shredded fresh coconut.
• Roast the coconut for about 2-3 minutes until the moisture in it is removed.
• Add jiggery, dry fruits and mix well.
• Fry on medium heat for just 3-4 minutes after gudh melts.
• Turn off the gas and add cardamom powder, nutmeg powder and mix well. Stuffing is already.
• Take the ukad and knead it well once when it is hot.
• You can dip your palm in cold water if you want while kneading the dough.
• Transfer the ukad into a bowl and keep it covered.
• Take a small ball of dough and make it nice and even.
• Press the ball a little between your palms and roll a nice, even puri from it.
• You can make pari using hands too.
• Take the puri in your hands and pinch the edges to make petals.
• Pinch the petals upto the bottom so that modak gets nice shape.
• Fill the stuffing and close the petals.
• Transfer the modak into the steamer.
• Sprinkle a little saffron milk on the modak.
• Heat up 2-3” water and transfer the pot containing modak on it.
• Close the lid and steam modak on medium heat for just 10 minutes.
• Turn off the gas and modak are already.