Ukadiche Modak Recipe
Ukadiche Modak is an Indian sweet, particularly famous in the state of Maharashtra. These sweet dumplings are traditionally offered to Lord Ganesha during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
These Modaks are made from rice flour and stuffed with delicious jaggery and coconut filling, ukadiche modak is a delightful combination of flavors and textures.
We’ll take you through a simple and step-by-step recipe to make this mouthwatering treat at home.
Ukadiche Modak Recipe
Description
Ukadiche modak are steamed dumplings made with rice flour, coconut, and jaggery. They are a popular Ganesh Chaturthi sweet treat, and are said to be Lord Ganesha's favorite food.
Our recipe for ukadiche modak is easy to follow and produces delicious results. We use simple ingredients that are readily available, and our step-by-step instructions make the process foolproof.
Whether you are a seasoned cook or a beginner, you will be able to make delicious ukadiche modak with our recipe. So gather your ingredients, and let's get started!
Ingredients -
Ingredients for the Saran -
Ingredients for the Ukad [ Outer Covering]
Instructions -
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Instructions to make the Saran -
Making the Saran -
- Take a Pan. Add coconut. mix.
- Add Jaggery. mix
- Add cardamon powder, salt to taste. mix
- mix this entire mixture till the jaggery melts in the coconut.
- Add 1tsp of Rice flour. This will thicken the mixture and remove all the excess water.
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Instruction on Making the Ukad [outer covering]
- Take a pan.
- Add 2 cups of water.
- Salt to taste.
- 4tsp of milk.
- Bring all this to a nice boil.
- Add 2 cups of rice flour or special modak flour.
- mix well. The mixture will be crumbly.
- keep stirring till its blended properly.
- switch of the flame and cover this with a lid.
- keep this for about 10 minutes so that the crumbly mixture cooks in the steam.
- After 10 minutes. knead this crumbly mixture into a soft dough.
- Make use of water on your hands, wet your hands, palm.
- Follow our Youtube video for step by step process.
- Knead the dough to a nice smooth dough.
- In the end, add 1tsp of ghee or oil on your hands and knead the dough again.
- It should be soft and smooth dough.
- Now its ready for making modaks.
- cover the dough with a cloth so that it does not become dry.
- Knead the dough immediately when its hot do not wait for it to get cold.
- make use of modak moulds or silicon modak moulds and make mould the modaks with its help.
- Steam all the moulded modaks for about 10-15 minutes.
- Serve hot.
Note
- Try to use special Modak flour if not available you can use the regular rice flour.
- make use of little oil while kneading the dough. It will help in kneading.
- Knead the crumbly mixture when its hot. Don't wait for it to get cold.
- Cover the kneaded dough with a cloth so that it does not become dry.
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