Kudumulu - Modak Recipe

 

 Ingredients

• Rice Flour - 1 cup
• Water - 1 cup
• Salt - A Pinch
• Ghee - 1/2 tsp
• Coconut - 1 cup
• Jaggery - 1 cup
• Sugar - 1 tbsp
• Elaichi - 1/4 tsp
• Milk - 1 tbsp

Preparation

Filling

1. Take a thick bottomed pan and put grated coconut, jaggery, sugar and milk in it.
2. Keep it on medium flame. Jaggery starts melting. Keep on stirring till the mixture thickens and comes together.
3. Cool the mixture. Add Elaichi and make equal sized balls.

Covering

1. Pour water in a vessel. Keep it on medium flame.
2. When water starts boiling, add Ghee, salt and rice flour stir to make dough.
3. Make equal sized balls and equal number of coconut balls.
4. Apply ghee to the palms and flatten the rice balls (covering) with fingers.
5. Keep the coconut ball (filling) in flattened rice ball and close it to make Modak or Kudumu.
6. Repeat same procedure with remaining covering and filling balls.
7. Steam cook all Modaks about 10 minutes.