Modak

‘Modak’ is a very popular recipe of Maharashtra and it is a special Indian sweet dish prepared there especially during Ganesh Chaturthi.

Usually, Modaks are fried in oil, but you can also even steam the flour dumplings i.e., filled with jaggery and coconut mixture rather than frying them which are healthier.

Filling can also be customized by replacing jaggery with sugar along with add-on dry fruits like cashews and raisins which   looks great.

Ingredients:

Paneer- 400 grams

Sugar powder – 200 grams

Cardamom pods – 1tsp

Coconuts – 2

Jaggery – 600 grams

Ghee – 1tbsp

Method of Preparation:

Grate the coconut and fry it in ghee in a saucepan. Add the grated jaggery to it and allow it to boil for sometime till the mixture gets thick.

Sprinkle cardamom powder in it and allow it to cool for sometime. Make the mixture into small balls. Now take a slab of paneer, grate it and knead the dough. Also add sugar to it and make it like a small (chapathi) balls.

Fill the coconut ball in it and close the edges of the chapathi (ball) and mould it like the way onion look. Steam the onion shaped balls in a pressure cooker and ‘Paneer Coconut Modaks’ are ready to serve hot.