Tri color Ukadiche Modak

Instructions

• Heat up water in a pan.
• Add milk, salt, and ghee. Bring it to boil.
• When water begins to boil, turn off the gas and add rice flour.
• Mix well and keep it covered for about 10 minutes.
• Heat up a pan on medium heat and add poppy seeds.
• Dry roast it until it gets a light golden color.
• Add fresh coconut and fry for about a minute.
• Add jaggery and dry fruits. You can skip dry fruits if you don’t want.
• Mix well and fry for about 5-7 minutes until it becomes a little dry.
• Turn off the gas and add cardamom powder.
• Mix well and let the mixture cool down. Stuffing is already.
• Take ukad into a dish and knead it really good for at least 7-8 minutes.
• If you feel the ukad getting dry, then you can use a little ghee or hot water while kneading.
• Divide ukad into 3 portions.
• Take green and orange food color and make it a little liquid.
• Add green color into one dough ball and knead it. Keep it covered.
• Add orange color in other dough ball and knead again.
• Make 11 balls each from all 3 white, green, and orange color dough balls.
• Take one ball each and press them together.
• There should no gap left. It should be properly sealed.
• Make pari from tri color dough ball by pressing it lightly from the edges.
• The pari should be nice and even.
• If the dough sticks to hand while making pari or modak, then use dry rice or corn flour while making
• pari or modak.
• Make plates to pari and add stuffing in it. Close the modak.
• If you can’t make pari with hands, then you can roll it with a rolling pin.
• Take steamer and spread the oil to its base so that modak won’t stick.
• You also can use banana leaves or clean cloth.
• Transfer the modak into it.
• Heat up 1” water at the base of the steamer.
• Place the pot with modak on it.
• Close the lid and steam on medium heat for 15 minutes. Do not steam high heat.
• Take modak out and serve them hot with lots of ghee.
• We can make 11 medium size modak from 1 cup flour.