Ganesh Chaturthi 2018- Recipe For Rava Modak

Simple and easy modak using rava or sooji replacing rice flour.This rava modak is made with sooji or rava for outer covering and coconut jaggery for inner stuffing.As this modak doesn’t need steam cooking like other modaks it is quick and easy to make.Now lets get on to learn how to make rava modak recipe.

Ingredients

1 cup fine rava / sooji
2 cups water
1 tsp oil
2 tbsp ghee
salt to taste

For the inner stuffing:

3/4 cup jaggery
1/2 cup water
3/4 cup coconut
1/4 tsp cardamom powder

Instructions

* Dry roast coconut for 2mins until moisture leaves.Then add jaggery syrup.

* Cook until the mixture becomes thick.If the syrup is watery it may take a while.Cook in low flame, add cardamom powder,mix well and switch off.Set aside.

* Dry roast rava for 3mins without changing the color,Set aside to cool.Boil water add oil and salt.

* Let it boil rigorously, add roasted rava and keep stirring continuously so that there are no lumps forming.

* Cook in low flame until it becomes soft.Cook covered for 2mins.

* Once it comes together,switch off and let it rest for a while.When it is still warm,add ghee.

* Knead it well.Now the outer covering and inner stuffing is ready.Take your mould, grease it with oil,grease your hands too.Now close the mould and take a dough shape it as a ball and stuff it from the bottom side.Nicely press it along the sides in the inner part,leaving a center hole for the stuffing.

* Add the stuffing.Then seal it with little dough at the bottom as shown.Open the mould and carefully remove it.

* Likewise shape all the kozhukatais with stuffing.If you do not have mould, you can shape it like this : Take a small lemon sized ball flatten it using your palms,press it in the center to make a cup shape,place the stuffing in the center.Pull all the edges and bring to the center to form modak shape.