Healthy Steamed Modaks

Hello all you smiley faces. I wish you all a very Happy Ganesh Chaturthi. Our beloved Ganpati Bappa is finally here. Bappa loves Modaks so today I have a healthier version of it to share with you all. So here we go.

Ingredients:

For filling

1. ½ cup desiccated Coconut

2. ¼ cup Jaggery

3. 3 tbsp. Dry fruits

4. 1-2 tbsp. Cocoa powder (optional)

5. ½ cup Milk

(I used double the amount of filling ingredients because I was going to make another batch on the next day :D)

For dough

1. 1 cup Rice flour

2. ¼ cup Corn flour

3. 1¼ cup Water

4. ½ + ½ tsp. oil

You will also need a steamer or you can also jugaad with a large vessel and a sieve. The circumference of the sieve should be nearly equal to that of the utensil.

Procedure:

1. To a non-stick pan, add desiccated coconut and milk. Mix well for about 3-4 minutes on medium heat.

2. Add jaggery to it and let it cook for about 5 minutes. Keep stirring it.

3. Add cocoa powder and dry fruits to it. Mix it well.

4. Turn off the heat after 3-4 minutes. The mixture should have lost water by this time. Keep it aside to cool.

5. For the dough, mix corn flour, rice flour, ¾ cup water and ½ tsp. oil. Roughly knead the dough.

6. To a thick bottomed pan or kadhai, boil ½ cup water. Add the kneaded dough to it. Mix well.

7. Cover the pan and let the dough cook for around 5 minutes or until it changes its colour to off-white. You need to keep mixing it after every 1 minute or so.

8. After the dough has cooled slightly, knead it well and divide it into 21+1 equal portions.

9. Make small chapatis by flattening the ball with your fingers. You can even use a rolling pin if you need.

10. Place small amount of filling into the chapati and mould it into a modak. My modaks weren’t perfect because I am not an experienced Modak maker :D

11. Fill a large vessel nearly 20% with water. Let the water boil. There should be enough gap between the water and the sieve.

12. Grease a sieve with ½ tsp. oil and place all the modaks in it.

13. Place this sieve on the utensil and cover it with a plate.

14. Let the modaks steam for around 10-12 minutes on medium heat or until the modaks again change their colour to deeper off white.

15. Then remove the sieve and let the modaks cool a little. These modaks taste great when they are warm.

So friends I hope you like this healthy but yummy recipe. If you decide to try it out, let me know whether you like it or not. Goodbye my dear friends and I will see you soon. Until then Keep Smiling. Please do follow my blog, like the facebook page. (https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Happy-Girl/292903830872974?ref_type=bookmark), follow me on twitter (https://twitter.com/A_Happy_Girl2) as well as on Google Plus. If you have any suggestions or questions, please comment below.