Ukadiche Modak | Modak recipe.
Ukadiche Modak is a traditional Marathi recipe made of rice flour, jaggery and desiccated coconut. These are Lord Ganesha favorite dessert and thus made during Ganesh Chaturthi. Delicious, melt in mouth Modaks are indeed a festive bliss!
Servings Prep Time
6-7Modaks 20minutes
Cook Time
10-15minutes
Servings Prep Time
6-7Modaks 20minutes
Cook Time
10-15minutes
Ingredients
For Rice dough
For the stuffing
Instructions
Making the stuffing
  1. In a kadhai, heat ghee and add in the desiccated coconut. Cook it for a minute.
  2. Now add in the jaggery and cook it on low flame, till it dissolves and everything starts coming together.
  3. The jaggery will melt first but then will start getting mixed with the coconut. It will take about 5-7 minutes.
  4. Do not overcook the jaggery as eventually it will become hard once it will come to normal temperature. Keep this filling aside.
Making the dough
  1. In a kadhai, take water add salt and ghee. Let it come to a boil.
  2. Reduce the flame and add the rice flour gradually. Mix the flour with the water. Stir till all the rice flour is mixed with the water. You will notice it will take shape of a dough immediately.
  3. Switch off the flame and remove the kadhai from the stove. Close the lid and keep it like this for 4-5 minutes.
  4. Take the dough in a thali and start kneading to make a soft smooth dough. It will be hot, take a bit of water or wait for 1-2 minutes to cool down a bit.
  5. Its important to knead the dough when it is hot enough. It should be a soft dough which should not break or else add a little more hot water.
  6. Make small round balls of the dough and keep it aside.
Assembling the Modaks
  1. Grease the mould with ghee and put some flour mixture inside. Gently press it around the sides leaving a cavity in the middle.
  2. Now add in the filling inside the cavity and cover it with some more rice flour dough.
  3. Take it out from the mould and modaks are ready to steam. Make all the modaks like so.
Steaming the Modak
  1. Heat water in a large kadhai. Place a ring or a rack. Grease a steel dabba with some ghee and place the Modaks inside.
  2. Cover it with a lid that has holes.
  3. Cover the Kadhai with a bigger thali and let it steam for 15 minutes on medium flame.
  4. The idea is to steam them like how we make Momos 😛
Final Step
  1. Once the Modaks are steam, you will see a shine that means they are done. Now drizzle some ghee on top of them.
  2. Add saffron strands and garnish.
  3. Ukadiche Modaks are ready to serve.
Recipe Notes

Notes:

  • Keep all the ingredients ready.
  • Measure them and then start cooking.
  • Knead the dough properly. It should be smooth.
  • The filling should not be dry. It should be gooey and melt in your mouth.
  • Start by making few Modaks. 
  • Practice!