Ingredients

• Rice flour - 2 cups
• Water - 2 cups approx
• Salt - 1/2 tsp
• Sugar - 1 tsp
• Oil - 1 tsp
• For Filling:
• Grated coconut - 4 cups
• Powdered jaggery - 2 cups
• Roasted poppy seeds - 2 tbsp
• Cardamom powder - 1 tsp

How to Make Steamed Modak

• Boil the water with salt, sugar and oil.
• Add rice flour and cook on a slow flame till it forms a soft lump.
• Cool slightly and knead with greased hand till smooth.
• For filling:
• Cook coconut and jaggery, stirring continuously, over a low flame till the jaggery melts and the paste thickens.
• Add poppy seeds and cardamom powder.
• To make the modak:
• Take a lime sized ball of the dough on your left palm.
• Flatten into the size of a small poori, with the edges thinner than the centre.
• Place a little filling in the centre and gather the edges and bring them up to enclose the filling, making a conical shape.
• Steam all the modaks for 15 mins.