Motichoor Modak Recipe

Name: Motichoor Modak Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: ½ cup Gram Flour (1/2 cup Gram flour (besan)); 0 pieces Table Salt (Salt as per your taste + pinch Salt optional) — optional; 0 pieces Orange Food Coloring (pinch Orange color); 2 tbsp Clarified Butter (1 tablespoon Ghee + 1 tablespoon Ghee); 0 pieces Bicarbonate of Soda (pinch Baking soda); 0 pieces Water (Water as required + 1/4 cup Water); 0 pieces Vegetable Oil (Oil as required, for frying boondis (vegetable oil used)); ½ cup Granulated Sugar (1/2 cup Sugar); 10 pieces Saffron (10 to 12 Saffron strands — up to 12); ½ tsp Ground Cardamom (1/2 teaspoon Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)); ½ tsp Rose Water (1/2 teaspoon Rose water); 1 tsp Melon Seeds (1 teaspoon Melon seeds); 1 tsp Almond (1 teaspoon Whole Almonds (Badam) crushed)

Motichoor Modak Recipe - Sweet Recipes (Indian Mithai / Indian Dessert) (Indian)

60 minIndian

Servings10

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Steps

1To begin making the Motichoor Modak recipe, sieve the besan. To this add in salt, orange food colour and ghee.
2Mix them well. Next, add in water, little by little & make them into smooth batter. The consistency should be like thick dosa batter.
3Heat oil in a wok/kadaiand just before making the boondis, add in the baking soda & give a quick mix.
4When the oil is hot, using a perforated laddle making the boondis as shown in the picture. When they are 3/4th done, remove them & drain them in a kitchen towel. Repeat the same procedure until done.
5When boondis are done, allow them to cool down completely & grind them into coarse powder.
6Heat sugar & water in a kadai/wok on medium flame. When it reaches the one string consistency, add in orange food colour & switch off the flame.
7To the coarsely powdered boondis, add in the crushed almonds, melon seeds, salt, rose water, cardamom powder, saffron & ghee. Mix them roughly.
8Then add in the sugar syrup little by little and you will end up in using in all the syrup. Mix them well. Cover this and leave it aside for 15 to 20 minutes so that the boondi absorbs all the flavours.
9After 20 minutes, mix them again with your hands. Take a modak mould, grease them with ghee lightly, fill in the boondis. Make them into modak shape. Keep in the fridge for sometime & then serve.
10Serve Motichoor Modak as a religious offering during the Ganesh Chaturthi Festival or as a sweet dish after your meal of Achari Masala Puri and Aloo Dum.