It is modak season again! The time of the year where Ganapathi Bappa comes home and in the bargain we get to eat a lot of delicious food! I wanted to make a different stuffing this year so I decided to stuff them with kunda. It was really a delicious change. Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to all!
What you will need:
| Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| For the modak cover: | |
| Wheat Flour | 2.5 cups |
| Warm water | 1.25 cups |
| Ghee | 1 tablespoon |
| Salt | 1/3 teaspoon |
| For the filling: | |
| Kunda | 1.5 cups |
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Serving: Makes 21 modaks
How to make it:
- To make the filling, follow the recipe for kunda. https://nomadictadka.com/2020/07/07/belgaum-kunda/
- To make the dough for the wrapper, take wheat flour in a mixing bowl.
- Add salt and ghee. Knead into a soft dough using warm water as needed.
- Heat water for steaming in a steamer. I used an idli maker or “saanan kopro” as it is called in Konkani. I used the idli molds to place the modak on for steaming.
- Now make small 21 balls of the dough. Roll them out into flat circles using ghee. Do not use wheat flour to roll the dough.
- Place a small amount of kunda in the center of each rolled out circle as shown below.
place mixture in the middle of a rolled dough circle - Seal the ends to make a modak shape.
- Oil the idli stand lightly. Place the modaks in the molds.
- Steam for 10 minutes. I heard of the following trick on a Marathi TV shows. Apparently, the modaks are cooking until the steam in going upwards. Once the steam starts going downwards or horizontally, they are done. I put it to test this time and it did work!
steam for 10 minutes - Offer to Lord Ganesha and share it with your family and friends!
Steamed modak