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.