Saffron modak stuffed with dry fruits

 Modak a popular Prasad offered to lord Ganesha during Ganesh chaturthi. The traditional way of making modak is made of coconut & jaggery & til seeds .

Now there are different ways of making modak & today I share a modak stuffed with dates,coconut ,coconut sugar a natural sweetener with dry fruits & til seeds .

 Ingredients : 

• 1 cup raw rice flour.
• 1 1/2 cup water.
• 1 tsp sugar.
• 1/2 tsp salt or according to your taste.
• 1 cup grated coconut.
• 1/4 cup coconut sugar.
• 10 dates ( Kajur) or according to your taste.
• 10 Almonds.
• 10 pista.
• 5 cashew nuts.
• 1/8 cup til seeds.
• 1/2 cup ghee for the rice mixing, dry fruits &to apply to the modak mould.
• 1/2 tsp cardamom powder.
• Few saffron strand’s soaked in 1tbsp water.

Method :

• Heat a non stick pan add in 1 1/2 cup water, 1 tbsp ghee, salt, sugar & the soaked saffron & let it boil.
• Once it starts boiling lower the flame & slowly add the rice flour & keep stirring for till it forms a dough off the flame. Cover & keep aside to cool.
• If the dough is dry add little more hot water.
• When the dough is cool knead it till soft & keep aside.
• Meanwhile let’s make the filling. Remove the seeds from the dates & soak them in hot water for a min.

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• Heat a pan add 1 tbsp ghee add the til seeds(sesame seeds) sauté for a few sec.
• Next add the coconut, soaked dates & all the dry fruits & sauté them for a few sec. Allow it to cool.. 👆

• Grind them to a coarse paste. 👆

Let’s make the modak:

• Grease the mould with a bit of ghee then lock the mould. As you can see in the above video👆
• Make a ball with the rice dough  & press it inside the ball & make a space in the centre so that the rice dough will form a layer touching the walls of the mould.
• Make a ablong shape of the sweet filling  & stuff it inside the mould.
• Cover the bottom with the a small piece of the rice dough & smoothen it & seal it applying a little ghee.
• Slowly unlock the mould & remove the modak gently from the mould, Shape all modak this way with mould or you can simply make a ball shape.
• Keep the modak covered with a napkin so that the modak doesn’t dry out..
•  Steam the modals for 10 to 15 mins.
• Once it’s done remove on serving plate.
• Mix 1 tbsp milk,sugar,saffron & microwave for 1 min mix well & drizzle over the modak.
• This Ganesh Chaturthi try this recipe & serve as a naivedyem to lord Ganesha 🙏.plz comment me.

Chapati egg sandwich

   A easy & unique sandwich for breakfast. Chapati stuffed with Egg, Tomato , Capsicum, cheese & turned into a sandwich. Try it’s yummy 😋

  

 Ingredients :

• 1 chapati  
• 2 egg
• Few slices of red, yellow & green capsicum.
• Cheese slice.
• 1 small round slice tomatoes.
• Salt to taste.
• Pepper powder to taste.

Method :

• Whip the eggs till frothy add a pinch of salt & keep aside.
• Heat oil in a pan & add capsicum slices & sauté for a few sec.
• Place the sliced tomato .
• Pour the whipped eggs over it sprinkle pepper powder cover & cook on low flame for a few sec.
• Now here be carefull it’s tricky place the chapti over the omelette & cover the pan with a plate upside down & slowly invert the pan. 
• Place the pan on the flame & slide the chapati omelette on the pan add cheese slice over the omelette & fold the chapati omelette & fry on both sides applying butter & fry till it’s crisp cut in half & serve hot with coffee & avocado slice. 😋