Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chana dal modak. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chana Dal Modak is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Chana Dal Modak is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
Here's a novel recipe for Chana Dal Modak if you keen to try this for the elephant-headed Hindu gods' special celebration. Sweet kozhukattai recipe with step by step photos - South Indian recipe variation of modaks stuffed with a filling of chana dal, coconut and jaggery. I have also shared the traditional Kozhukattai recipe made with coconut and jaggery.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chana dal modak using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chana Dal Modak:
- Make ready For Chana Dal:
- Make ready 1/2 cup Chana dal
- Get 1 cup water
- Make ready For Sweet Stuff:
- Prepare 1/3 cup grated coconut
- Prepare 1/2 cup jaggery powder
- Take 1/4 cup water
- Make ready 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
- Prepare For Dough:
- Get 1 cup rice flour or modak flour
- Make ready 1.5 cup water
- Get 1/4 tsp salt
- Get 1/4 tsp sesame oil
Making modak is no easy feat. Kadalai Paruppu Pooranam Kozhukattai / Chana dal modak with step by step pictures and lots of tips. This Kozhukattai is a must in my home every year for Ganesh Festival and it's loved by everyone. I always prepare this inner stuffing (kadalai paruppu pooranam) in bulk and use it for Puran Poli, Suzhiyan and Sweet Paratha too.
Steps to make Chana Dal Modak:
- Wash chana dal in running water and cook in pressure cooker by adding a cup of water. Cook chana dal in medium flame. Once done keep aside.
- Take another pan add jaggery with a quarter cup of water. Stir until jaggery melts. Do this in low flame. Just melt the jaggery don't thicken the syrup. Use the strainer to filter the syrup and keep aside. - Now strain the excess water from chana dal and mash it. Now mix mashed chana dal, jaggery syrup and grated coconut. Mix everything very well.
- Cook this mixture on low flame. Cook until the stuff starts thickening. The mixture will begin to leave the side of the pan and become dry. Switch off the flame and keep aside. Don't overcook this. - Finally add the cardamom powder to this and mix very well. Cool down the mixture completely.
- It's time to prepare the dough. In a pan take 1.5 cups of water and place it on stove medium to high flame. Then add 1/4 tsp of salt and oil. Le the water to get rolling boil consistency. - Now reduce the flame a bit add a cup of rice flour gradually. Quickly start stirring. Mix well and switch off the gas. Cover the pan and keep aside for 5 to 8 minutes.
- Transfer this mixture to wide plate and knead to dough while it's warm. The dough should be soft and smooth. Cover the dough will muslin cloth for 13 minutes.
- Now it's time to make modak. Make small balls from dough. They should be smooth. - Grease the modak mold with bit of oil. Close the mold and put the dough ball in the mold. Press the dough along the surface of the mold. Add chana dal stuffing. Then cover with a small piece of dough on top. Press to it. - Now unlock the mould. Gently remove the modak from the mold. Keep aside on a clean plate. Do this with remaining dough.
- In idli pan or steamer you have to steam the modak for 10 to 13 minutes on low flame until done. - Once done remove from the steamer and serve hot.
- Yummy healthy snack is ready. You can prepare this for breakfast, snack. We usually prepare this for pooja.
Chana Dal Modak Recipe - Modakam Recipe. I am up with the final recipe for ganesh chaturthi. This is one of my favourite sweet or modak. It is so tasty and pretty easy to make as well. There are many types of modak prepared during Ganesh Chaturthi.
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