Ingredients

• 3 cups - rice flour
• 6 cups - water
• 6 tsp - oil
• 4 cups - grated coconut
• 2 cups - sugar or powdered jaggery
• a little milk

How to Make Plain Modak

• Bring the water to a boil and add oil into it for the outer covering.
• Take it off from the heat.
• Now add the rice flour, little by little to avoid lumps and cover the mixture and let it cool.
• When cool, knead it well into dough with a smooth finish in such a way that it should sparkle.
• Now take the coconut and jaggery/sugar in a heavy-bottom pan for the stuffing.
• Add milk.
• Keep on low flame with stirring.
• Stir and take off heat.
• The mixture should be fairly dry and turn a shade darker.
• Now make balls with the (covering) dough.
• Flatten them on the palm or on a surface into a circle.
• Place the stuffing in it and cover it completely with the dough.
• Steam until done.