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    Fried modak recipe (With wheat flour) | Fried Mothagam

    September 16, 2015 by Raks Anand 11 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Fried modak is made with wheat flour outer covering and coconut, jaggery filling. Deep fried in ghee or oil, it can keep good for few days too.

    fried mothagam
    fried modak

    My mom told me this recipe when she was here. I was afraid last year how it would turn out without opening up in oil and if it would spoil the oil.

    She gave me the confidence as she made a lot of this and nothing opened up while frying. Mom deep fried this in ghee.

    And she told it kept good without getting spoiled for few days too. So I decided to try this out and it turned out really good. I found it easier than the regular kozhukattai 😊

    Wishing all my readers, friends a happy Ganesh Chaturthi!! 😊

    fried modak recipe
    fried modak

    Step by step photos

    1. In a pan, heat coconut, jaggery, cardamom with a tablespoon of water. Cook over medium flame until the jaggery melts and again becomes thick. It will start leaving the sides. Set aside for cooling. 

    1-stuffing

    2. Make a smooth dough out of flour, water and salt, in a mixing bowl. Let the dough be stiff, not too loose. If you add more water, then outer layer won’t turn crisp.

    1-dough

    3. Make big chapathis. Cut out smaller discs using a lid. Repeat to finish the dough and arrange in a broad plate. You can roll again the dough we cut out from the chapathi.

    roll

    4. Make equal sides balls with the coconut pooranam we made in step 1. Grease your hands with ghee every time. Keep one ball of stuffing in the middle of the small disc.

    4-shape

    5. Pleat it on the top and pinch to seal it. Repeat to finish all, in the same way.

    5-shape

    6. Heat enough oil in kadai, once hot, put the flame to medium. Drop few modaks at a time. Cook in medium or low flame until golden turning now and then to avoid browning at spots. Drain in paper towels.

    5-fry

    Ghee fried modaks are crispier, tastier and keeps good for longer time. Delicious and flavourful fried modaks for Ganesh chaturthi!

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    fried modak
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    Fried modak recipe

    Fried modak is made with wheat flour outer covering and coconut, jaggery filling. Deep fried in ghee or oil, it can keep good for few days too.
    Course Snack
    Cuisine Indian
    Servings 10 modak
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    Outer layer

    • ½ cup Wheat flour heaped
    • Water as needed
    • Salt as needed

    Stuffing

    • ½ cup Grated coconut
    • ¼ cup Jaggery
    • 1 Cardamom powdered
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    Instructions

    • In a pan, heat coconut, jaggery, cardamom with a tablespoon of water.
    • Cook over medium flame until the jaggery melts and again becomes thick.
    • It will start leaving the sides. Set aside for cooling.
    • Make a smooth dough out of flour, water and salt, in a mixing bowl.
    • Let the dough be stiff, not too loose. If you add more water, then outer layer won’t turn crisp.
    • Make big chapathis. Cut out smaller discs using a lid.
    • Repeat to finish the dough and arrange in a broad plate.
    • You can roll again the dough we cut out from the chapathi.
    • Make equal sides balls with the coconut pooranam we made in step 1.
    • Grease your hands with ghee every time. Keep one ball of stuffing in the middle of the small disc.
    • pleat it on the top and pinch to seal it. Repeat to finish all, in the same way.
    • Heat enough oil in kadai, once hot, put the flame to medium. Drop few modaks at a time.
    • Cook in medium or low flame until golden turning now and then to avoid browning at spots. Drain in paper towels.

    Video

    Notes

    • Make sure pooranam is not watery. If watery, it may lead to opening up while frying due too too much steam inside.
    • If you mix the stufiing in high flame or for more time than needed, then it may turn hard or brittle.
    • Make the dough stiff so that the covering turns crisp as you deep fry.
    • To get a even cooked crispy modaks, cook in low flame for long time. At no point the ghee or oil should smoke while cooking.
    • If you find more dough on the top while making modak shapes, pinch out little dough on the top after making the shape.
    • Keep turning while the modak gets fried, otherwise it won’t get evenly golden.
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Veena Theagarajan

      September 16, 2015 at 2:26 am

      wow! looks so yum Love your 2nd pic amazing Raks

      Reply
    2. Kaveri Venkatesh

      September 16, 2015 at 2:59 am

      Lovely...I too tried it only a couple of days back...beautiful pics

      Reply
    3. Subashini

      September 16, 2015 at 4:08 am

      My mother and aunt make this every month on sankatahara chathurthi...i am a big fan of this dish...lovely clicks as usual..

      Reply
    4. Arulpriya Mathiselvaraj

      September 16, 2015 at 9:11 am

      Hi Raks.. this is really new to me.. gonna try this tomorrow Ganesh Chatuthi..

      Reply
    5. Unknown

      September 16, 2015 at 9:53 am

      Plz upload Urdu some things k name nae pata apki recipes k so plzzzz Urdu m upload be kardy hmry haha some things k Name or h or apny India m or plzzzzz

      Reply
    6. Hinach Hinach

      September 16, 2015 at 9:54 am

      Plz upload for Urdu recipes plzzzz I can't understand for some things

      Reply
    7. Craft drama

      September 16, 2015 at 10:58 am

      Nice recipe I would try

      Reply
    8. Craft drama

      September 16, 2015 at 11:02 am

      Nice recipe I would try

      Reply
    9. The Delicious Destination

      September 16, 2015 at 2:34 pm

      Looks very crispy..Will try it out this time !!
      The kutti Ganesha idol & its base in the background are eye catchers too... 🙂

      Reply
    10. Unknown

      September 16, 2015 at 7:05 pm

      Looks yummy and great. Happy vinayakar chathurthi to u n family

      Reply
    11. Thilak saravanan

      September 17, 2015 at 2:37 am

      Is it not possible to do rice flour. Will it break? .. But loved this, first time hearing /seeing such!!

      Reply

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