Moong dal modak-Step by step photos & Video

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, india | Cooking Time: 15 minutes | To Serve: 5 | Type: Festival special recipes

Ingredients

• Moong dal - 1/4 cup
• Water -3 cups
• Jaggery - 1/3 cup
  Coconut - 1/4 cup
• Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
• For outer layer:-
• Rice flour - 1.5 cups
• Water -2 cups
• Salt to taste
• Oil - 1 tbsp
  

Method

Poornam (Stuffing)

• Roast moong dal then boil until soft
• Add jaggery, coconut, cardamom powder, mix well to make soft dough
• Divide into equal size portions

Modak

• Take a bowl , add rice flour, salt, oil & hot water mix well, cover lid, leave it for 5min.
• 5 min later, knead it to make soft dough consistency.
• Grease modak mould with ghee then fill the inner walls with rice flour dough mixture & leave some space for filling stuffing(poornam).
• Now fill the stuffing and seal the bottom of the modak bottom.
• Then demould & steam for 5 to 10 minutes. Then serve hot.
  

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