Ukadiche Modak or Steamed Modak for Angarki Sankashti Chaturthi

How to make Ukadiche Modak or Steamed Modak Recipe

So  Angarki Sankashti Chaturthi is coming, It is a Sankashti Chaturthi falling on Tuesday.It is considered highly auspicious among all Sankashti Chaturthi days and is dedicated to Lord Ganesha.

So on this day to make Bappa happy ,devotes prepare his favourite dessert and offer him this sweet dessert  to get his blessings . Does anyone knows what is it? Yes you guessed it right...! MODAK….!

Oh…. These sweet little modaks are so tasty and yummy that you just cant stop eating them.

So how to make them?? 

Its simple .. Just follow my recipe and you will be able to make tasty,delicious,yummy modaks and impress Ganpati Bappa and all your friends and family. They are also called as Ukadiche modak or steamed modaks. You can even make fried modaks but they don’t taste as much as delicious as Ukadiche Modak.

Ukad is a Marathi word and it means steam.Hence Ukadiche Modak or Steamed Modak.

Ukadiche(Steamed) Modak

You will need :

Ingredients:
(Note : These ingredients make upto 25-30 modaks based on the size you make )

1)Coconut 2

2)Rice flour ½ kg

3)Jaggery 300gm

4)Green cardamom  10

5)Ghee ( clarified butter) 1 table spoon

6)A pinch of salt

7) Cashews 8-10

10) Water

Procedure :
For the filling : 

Jaggery and Coconut

Step 1:

Scrape the coconut and cut the jaggery into small pieces,and crush the cardamoms into a fine powder.

Step 2:

Take a non-stick pan and add 1 teaspoon of oil or ghee.Let it heat for some time then add the scrapped coconut and roast it till it becomes very light brown.  Don’t roast it for a long time .Just roast it till little water from the coconut has evaporated.Just roast for 5-7 minutes continuously.It took me 5-7 minutes because I used two coconuts.Time may vary according to the quantity you take.

Roast Coconut

Keep mixing continously

After 5-7 minutes

Step 3:

Then add the chopped jaggery pieces and let it melt very nicely with the coconut.Once the jaggery has melted properly you will get a gooey kind of batter.Turn off the stove.And remove this mixture in a plate so that it doesn’t keep cooking.

Add jaggery

Keep mixing continuously

Sweet Filling Ready

Stet 4 :

Then add a very little less than a pinch of salt,cardamom powder and finely chopped cashews(optional but tastes great with it) and mix everything nicely and keep aside.

Add Cardomom powder ,cashew and salt

Mix Nicely

For the Cover (Rice Dough) :

Step 1:

First measure your rice flour with the help of cups. If you have 2 cups of rice flour then you will need two cups of water.

Step 2:

Take a pot and add 2 cups of water.Let it boil.Once the water comes to boil add 1 tablespoon of ghee(this is very important it makes the cover soft) and very little salt , less than a pinch.And add the rice flour and mix it with water.Add little by little flour and keep mixing until no lumps remain.Turn of the gas.And close the lid for 5-10 minutes.And then remove the mixture on a plate and let it cool a little but keep it a little warm (don’t cool it completely) and nicely knead it lump free.If you think that the dough is dry add little by little water and keep kneading until you get a soft ball.If you think the dough is hot while kneading apply some oil to your hands and then knead.

Add 1 tbsp oil to the water first and then add rice flour when the water boils 

Mix Everything

Cover for 5-10 mins

Remove rice flour mixture on a plate

Apply oil to hands and knead dough by adding little by little water

Preparation of Modak:

Now you have the  filling and cover ready.Now lets make modak.

Step 1:

 Apply some oil to your hands. Take a small lemon size ball of the rice dough and roll it between the palm of your hands nicely,and make a hollow circle out of it by slowly pressing the dough from middle using your thumbs and fingers.Place your thumbs in the middle and support the dough with your fingers.

Take lemon size ball dough

Step 2:

Take the 1 tablespoon of filling or more as per your convenience, and place it between the circle you made.

Step 3:

Now using your thumb and first finger ,start pinching the little edges and make the pleats.More near the pleats the more beautiful it looks.

Step 4:

Now carefully pinch all together and seal it nicely. Good job! You made a modak! Now place  this modak  in a plate and cover it with a cloth.

Fill the dough with sweet filling

Pinch all the sides to createb modak

Step 5:

Repeat the steps to make the remaining modaks.

Once all your modaks are ready we have to steam them now.

Lets Steam

Step 1:

Get your steamer ready with water boiling.(Tip : You can keep the water to boil while you are halfway of getting the modaks done)

Step 2:

Take a coconut leaf or haldi leaf ( i prefer haldi leaf as it gives a great aroma and fragrance to the modaks.) Cut the leaf in round shape similar to the size of your steamer thali/plate, or just place it as it is so that it is covering the whole steamer thali/plate.

Place a coconut leaf on steamer when water boils

Step 3:

Now place the modaks, as much as they can fit.(Don’t crowd them)

Place modak on steamer

Step 4:

Cover the steamer with lid and let it steam for about 15 minutes on fast flame.

Cover the steamer with lid for 15 minutes on fast flame

Step 5:

Switch off the stove after 15 minutes. Take off the lid.Let the modaks cool and take them out nicely and carefully on a plate.

Steamed modaks are ready to eat

Step 6:

Place a new batch of modaks to steam. Keep checking the water each time you place a new batch of modaks.And steam them the same way.

You can make these modaks using a modak mould too.

Modak using modak mould:

Step 1:

 Grease the modak mould with a little oil or ghee.Close the mould.

Step 2:

Take a small ball of dough and press it inside the mould until it has covered all the places in the mould.

Step 3:

Now the fill the inside of mould with the filling.  

Step 4:

Now take very little dough and seal the base of the mould very nicely so that all the base is covered.

Step 5:

Now remove the modak from the mould. Repeat these steps to make the rest of modaks.

Arrange the modaks in a plate and offer them to Lord Ganesha , to receive his beautiful blessings.

You can also give shape of ghujiyas 

Ghujiya shaped modaks

A very happy Angarki Sankashti to all. Ganpati Bappa Morya.

Important Tips :

1)   Take correct proportions if 2 cups water then 2 cups rice flour.

2) If while making the balls you feel the dough is dry add a water little by little to make it soft.

3) Adding ghee to the boiling water is very important while making the dough.

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