Ukadiche Modak

Ingredients :

For fillings

• Grated fresh coconut - 1 Cup
• Jaggery - 1/2  or 3/4 Cup
• Ghee - 1Tsp
• Poppy seeds - 1 Tsp
• Cardamom powder 

For cover

• Rice flour - 1 Cup
• Ghee - 1 Tsp
• Water - 1 Cup
• Salt
• Banana leaf(optional)

Procedure :

1. Dry roast poppy seeds and keep aside.
2. Heat ghee in a pan and add jaggery.
3. Add grated coconut and roast it.
4. Add poppy seeds and cardamom powder.
5. Fry for 3-4 minutes so that it will become little dry.
6. Keep aside the filling for cooling.
7. Boil water in a pan. 
8. Add ghee and salt for taste.
9. Once it starts boiling turn of the heat and add Rice flour.
10. Mix well and cover the lid for 5 min.
11. After 5 min knead the dough.
12. Prepare Modak using  Modak mold or by traditional method.
13. Heat water in a steamer.
14. Place Modak on banana leaf and steam for 20 min.
15. Serve hot or after cooling.

Dind

Ingredients :

• Bengal gram - 1/2 Cup
• Sugar /Jaggery - 1/2 Cup
• Cardamom - 2
• Nutmeg Powder - 1 Pinch
• Wheat flour -1 cup
• Oil
• Salt - 1 pinch
• Ghee

Procedure :

1. Wash the bengal gram, add equal amount of water and cook in a pressure cooker until tender.(Generally it requires 4 whistles.)
2. Drain water and add sugar/ jaggery.
3. You can take sugar and jaggery half -half.
4. Remove cover of cardamom, crush the seeds and add it to the solution.
5. Add nutmeg powder.
6. Grind this in a mixer to prepare smooth paste.
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8. Heat this in a pan to remove excess amount of water.
9. Keep aside for cooling.
10. This solution is called as Puran.
11. Heat 1 Tbsp ghee in a small pan.
12. Pour the ghee in wheat flour. Add salt and kneed to prepare hard dough with the help of water.
13. Keep aside for 10 minutes.
14. Make equal 5-6 parts of the dough
15. Roll  one part into thin round shape Poori. 
16. Put 1 round( 1 Tbsp) Puran in the center.
17.  Fold two opposite sides of Puri over Puran and again fold another two opposite sides as shown in the picture.
18. Steam in a steamer for 15-20 min.
19. Serve hot with ghee.

Tilachi Poli (Sesame Roti)

Ingredient :

• Roasted Sesame - 1 Cup
• Jaggery - 1 Cup
• Grated dry coconut - 1/4 Cup
• Nutmeg powder - 1 Pinch
• Cardamom powder - 1 Pinch
• Wheat flour - 1 Cup
• All purpose flour ( Maida) - 1/4 Cup(optional)
• Salt
• Oil
• Ghee
• Water

Procedure :

1. Grind Roasted sesame powder and jaggery.
2. Roast grated coconut lightly.
3. After cooling, crush with hands and mix it with grounded powder.
4. Add nutmeg powder and cardamom powder.
5. Keep this filling aside.
6. Take wheat flour and all purpose flour in a bowl.
7. Add salt and 1 Tsp oil.
8. Prepare dough just like chapati dough.
9. Prepare chapati.(Procedure is just like Puran poli).
10. Roast both the sides on flat pan.
11. Apply ghee and again roast lightly.
12. Serve hot or cool with ghee and Pickle.

Note : This Roti is used for 3-4 days.