Maharashtrian Traditional Ukadiche Modak recipe

 Traditional Indian Dessert Modak is made with rice flour and coconut jaggery stuffing. This recipe makes soft, Outer layer stuffed with chewy, sweet coconut filling. It is specifically made during the Indian festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. This steamed Modaks are lord Ganesha favorite food and it is offered as a bhog during this festival time.

'Ukadiche' is marathi word, meaning 'Steamed'. This is Traditional and Classic Maharashtrian recipe.

Offering to Ganesha to usually concludes with an offering of 11 or 21 steamed handmade modaks. On Sankashti Chaturthi which occures every month and Angaraki Chaturthi, Steamed modak is made as an offering to the lord.

This steamed modak are made of three main ingredients - Rice flour, Coconut and Jaggary 

There are three steps for making Ukadiche Modak 

1. Make Stuffing
2. Make outer layer dough
3. Shape and Steam

Ingredients:

For stuffing

• Oil/ Ghee 2 1/2 tsp
• Fresh grated coconut 1 bowl
• Gaggery 1/2 bowl
• Cardamom powder with powdered sugar 1 tsp

Ingredients

For Outer layer dough

• Water    1 bowl
• Salt  1 1/2 tsp
• Oil / ghee  2 tsp
• Rice flour 1 bowl

Recipe:

For Stuffing:

• Heat oil or ghee in a pan, Add fresh grated coconut stir it very well.

• Grind the cardamom with 2 tsp sugar to make fine paste

• Mix in jaggery and Cardamom powder with sugar and keep stirring till the whole mixture comes together. This will not be more than  4-5 minutes and gas off.

For Outer layer dough (Ukad):

• Heat water in a pot, add salt in it, Once boil starts coming add ghee/ oil and give a good boil.

• Add rice flour in boiled water

• And keep roughly stirring to avoid hard lumps 

• After than immediately keep the plate on pot and switch off gas and let it remain for at least 5 mins

• Remove all ukad transfer into a plate 

• When warm start kneading, You can use normal water if required.

• Ukad needs a really good kneading to make a smooth soft. When the ukad dough is not sticking to your fingers it means kneading is perfectly done.

For shaping modak:

• Take one ball of dough is roll on your hands, with help of your thumb press it between and with fingers start expanding to a puri size. Just keep in mind that the puri, It's called PARI in Marathi, should be even in a corner and slight thick in center.

• Take a pari and place it on your left palm and to it's center, add a spoonful Coconut-jaggery Stuff, It's called SAARAN in Marathi.

• Now with the help of right thumb, Index finger and middle finger start pleating like showing below images

• After pleated bring all pleated pati together in circular movement which will bring shape of modak.

• Seal the tip properly like showing below image.

For Steaming:

• I used IDLI PATRA for steam, You can use own way steam to modaks.
• Take Steamer plates apply ghee/ oil to plates.
• I used Idli Patra, Some water added in bottom of Idli patra and take it on gas for preheated about 5-10 mins.

• All ready modaks are place on plates and put all modak plates into preheated Idlipatra.

• Close the lid and load take on top of the lid.
• Steam them about 15-20 mins on medium heat

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• Once the ukdiche modak are steamed , You can drizzle the few spoons ghee on them.
• Serve Hot and enjoy UKADICHE MODAK😋😊

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