How to Prepare Yummy Fried Modak

Fried Modak.

You can cook Fried Modak using 14 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Fried Modak

1. You need 1/4 cup of whole wheat flour.
2. You need 1/2 cup of refined flour (maida).
3. You need 1/4 cup of semolina (sooji / rava).
4. You need 1/2 cup of milk or as required.
5. You need 1.5 tbsp of warm clarified butter (ghee) or oil.
6. It's of salt as per taste.
7. Prepare 2-3 cups of oil for deep frying.
8. You need 1.5 tbsp of clarified butter (ghee).
9. Prepare 1.5 tsp of white sesame seed (safed til).
10. You need 1.5 tsp of poppy seed (khus khus).
11. It's 1 cup of fresh grated coconut (nariyal).
12. You need 1/2 cup of grated jaggery.
13. Prepare 1 tsp of cardamom powder.
14. Prepare 1 tsp of nutmeg powder.

Fried Modak step by step

1. Combine all the flour and mix with milk..
2. Start kneading into a smooth dough..
3. Towards the end add warm ghee or oil..
4. Allow the dough to rest fro 10-15 mins..
5. Let's make our filling. Take a heavy bottomed pan Place on low heat and saute khus khus seed (poppy seed) and safed til (sesame seed) for few secs. Now take out from pan and keep aside..
6. Add ghee and saute freshly grated coconut for minutes so moisture dries out..
7. Add jaggery and let it mix well and dissolve properly..
8. Mix it properly till the mixture gets dry..
9. Add nutmeg powder, cardamom powder, sesame seeds and poppy seeds mix well..
10. Panchakhdya filling is ready allow it to cool down..
11. Make marble sized balls from the dough..
12. Dust some flour and roll them into thin round discs..
13. Start forming pleats or pinch the edges..
14. Place some filling in the center..
15. Bring all the pinched edges or pleats together forming a modak shape. Seal the edges properly.
16. Deep fry or shallow fry the modak until golden brown or cooked from all sides..
17. Modaks are ready..