Fried Modaks
Steps to make Fried Modaks:
1: Sieve the flour with salt and add warm oil to the sieved flour.
2: Add water and knead to a smooth dough.
3: Once the dough is kneaded, keep it covered for 20-30 minutes.
4: Take fresh or desiccated coconut, jaggery, roasted sesame seeds, cardamom &
nutmeg powder in a kadai or pan.
5: Mix them all.
6: Add water.
7: Cook the whole mixture on a low or medium flame.
8: Stir for some 8-10 minutes till the jaggery melts, the water dries up and
mixture is cooked & dry. keep the mixture aside to cool.
9: Take a small sized ball of the dough.
10: With a rolling pin gently make a thin round dusting the surface or the dough
ball with some dry flour.
11: Take the rolled dough circle on your palm add the some spoonfuls of the
filling in the center of the thin round.
12: This is an optional step – with a brush or with your finger tip, apply water
on the circular edge. keep a small bowl of water on your work surface.
13: Now start pinching the edges one by one. this comes from practice. so the
more you make modaks, the more efficient you will be :-)
14: Bring all the pinched ends together and taper the center.
15: Make all modaks this way and keep aside. cover with a cloth so that the
dough does not dry out.
16: Heat oil and deep fry or shallow fry the modaks on medium temperature.
17: Drain the modaks on kitchen paper napkins. makes about 10-12 modaks.
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tsp warm oil
- water to knead the dough
- 1.5 cups grated or powdered jaggery
- 1.5 cups fresh grated fresh coconut or unsweetened dessicated coconut
- 1 or 2 tbsp roasted sesame seeds
- 1 or 1.5 tsp cardamom powder or crushed cardamom
- a pinch or two of grated nutmeg (optional)
- ½ or ¾ cup water
- with the ingredients mentioned for the outer covering, make a smooth dough.
- cover and keep the dough aside for 20-30 minutes.
- mix all the filling ingredients.
- cook and stir on a low or medium flame till the mixture is dry and cooked.
- keep aside to cool.
- take a small ball from the dough.
- roll thinly in to a circle of about 3-4 inches diameter.
- gently take this circle on your palm.
- now add the filling in the center.
- pinch the edges one by one.
- bring together all the pinched folds in the center.
- shallow or deep fry the modaks in medium hot oil till golden browned.
- drain on kitchen tissues.
make sure you seal the modak well. any small opening will lead to the filling being drained in the oil while frying.
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