మొదకలు: Modakalu- Steamed rice balls stuffed with coconut-jaggery

VINAYAKACHAVITHI SPECIAL

INGREDIENTS

Rice flour.....................1 cup
coconut grated............1 cup
Jaggery........................1 cup
water............................1 cup
oil.................................2 tsp for smearing

Method...

1.Take heavy bottom vessel put one cup water, boil it.then switch off.
2. Immediately add the rice flour. mix very well.
3.Add one tsp oil, the dough should be nicely mixed and not touch to the sides of the vessel.
4.make into small equal portions.
5.Take the grated coconut, put in the a vessel add jaggery cook till it is ready to make balls. remove from the stove.
6.Take the one portion of the dough press it on a platform keep the jaggery ball on it make in to an onion shape modakam.
7. Make all the balls in the same way.
8. Keep the cooker on the stove.using the idli plates grease with oil .keep all the modakams in the plate. close the lid,do not use weight. steam it for 10 mints.
9. when you remove them from the cooker after cooling, the modakams are ready.


These are liked by Lord Ganesha. so usally these are prepared on Ganesh Chathurthi.