Ganesh Chaturthi is a ten-day Hindu festival celebrated to honour the elephant-headed God Ganesha's birthday. He is the younger son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati.
Ganesha is known by 108 different names and is the Lord of arts and sciences and the deva of wisdom. He is honoured at the start of rituals and ceremonies as he's considered the God of beginnings.
He's widely and dearly referred to as Ganapati or Vinayaka. In this festival, love for sweet dishes is never ending and people really enjoying the variety of scrumptious sweets. Mostly, modak is prepared in every second home in India.
Here’s the easiest way to make this favorite dish of all time!
Ingredients:
For the outer cover
Method:
To prepare the filling, combine coconut, milk and jaggery or sugar and mix the ingredients well. Cook it over medium flame, stir continuously till they are mixed properly. Add cashews and pistachios and cook for about one minute. Now add cardamom powder. Keep aside the mixture to allow it to cool down. Bring the water to a boil in a vessel. Now add flour, ghee and salt, stir quickly to remove all lumps. Cover the vessel with a lid for some time and let it cook. Remove the lid and keep stirring the mix. Now remove the pan from heat and transfer all the mixture on a flat plate. Knead it to make soft dough. It should be neither too sticky nor too dry. Grease the palms of your hands properly and make a ball from the dough. Flatten the dough to make a cup shape. Put 3/4 tsp coconut filling into this cup. Dip thumb and index finger in the oil and make 5-6 small pinches on the outside edges of the cup. Bring them together on top and join to shape a peak. Put modaks on a greased plate. Make rest of the modaks in the similar way. Now steam them for about 15 minutes and serve with ghee.
Enjoy the mouth watering dish and spread happiness around this season!
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