STEAMED RICE DUMPLINGS (MODAK)

Ingredients :
- rice 2 cup
- coconut 1
- jaggery 250 gm
- cardamom powder 1tbs
- nuts 1/2 cup
- salt to taste
- turmeric leaves or
- banana leaves
METHOD
Wash and soak the rice in water
for two hours.then boil rice.
Grind the rice with a little water
and salt to form thick paste.
finely scrape the coconut .
In a pan melt jaggery on slow flame.
Add coconut and nuts.After that add
cardamom powder and mix well.
In another pan cook rice paste
till it leaves sides.
make a smooth dough of rice.
Apply pinch of oil/ghee on your
palms and make small balls of
the dough.
Flatten it to give the shape of cone.
Put some stuffing in the cone
and close the ends to give them
a shape like momos.
Take a leaf of banana or a soft
cloth like muslin, and apply bit
oil/ghee on it and place it in
the steamer pan.
steam these rice dumplings
for 15 min.