Ganesh Chaturthi: A sweet excuse for modak! (view pics)
11 years, 6 months ago

Ganesh Chaturthi: A sweet excuse for modak! (view pics)

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Year's one of the big festival 'Ganesh Chaturthi' is here. The preparations begin on the day of Ganesh Chaturthi, on this auspicious day an idol of lord Ganesha is brought in home and is worshiped daily for 10 days.People often keep Ganeshaji for auspicious number of days, be it 1, 3, 5, 7, 11 or 14. On the last day the idol is then celebrated immersed in water seeking prayers for his early arrival next year.The day devotees offer ‘modak' considered Lord Ganesha's favorite prasaad.Given below is a quick recipe to make delicious 'modak':Modak is a form of sweet steamed dumplings.2 cup of rice flour1 1/2 cup of jaggery 2 cup chopped coconut 4 finely chopped cashew nut3 finely cut kishmish5-6 cloves of elaichi1 tbsp of ghee1/2 teaspoon salt-to-tasteHeat ghee in a kadhai and add jaggery and toss it until the entire jaggery is melted. Once the content turns brown, add cashew nuts, kishmish, and elaichi into it and keep it aside after slightly mashing it all up.Now prepare 'pethi' or dough for the filling. Now make small dough balls and prepare small pethi's on your hands supported with thumb and index finger.Now, pour some filling inside the pethi and make a dumpling.

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