Ukadiche Modak (Steamed Rice Dumplings with Coconut and Jaggery)
Soft steamed rice flour dumplings filled with fragrant coconut and jaggery, the sweet made for Ganesh Chaturthi.
- Time1 hr
- LevelHard
- Costabout £0.47 a head
Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.
Ingredients
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Method
- 1
Make the filling: warm the jaggery and 50 ml water in a pan until melted. Add the coconut and cook over a low heat for 5 to 6 minutes, stirring, until the mixture is sticky and no longer wet. Stir in the cardamom, nutmeg and poppy seeds. Cool.
6 min - 2
Make the dough: bring the 250 ml water, coconut oil and salt to a rolling boil in a pan.
- 3
Take off the heat, tip in the rice flour all at once and stir with a wooden spoon. Cover and leave for 5 minutes.
5 min - 4
Tip onto a worktop and knead the hot dough with oiled hands for 3 to 4 minutes until smooth and soft with no cracks. Keep covered with a damp cloth.
- 5
Take a walnut sized ball of dough, press out into a thin cup in your palm, with the edges thinner than the middle. Put a heaped teaspoon of filling in the middle.
- 6
Pinch the edge into 6 to 8 pleats, bring them together at the top and pinch to seal into a point.
- 7
Oil a steamer basket or line with baking paper and steam the modak over simmering water for 12 minutes until shiny and firm. Brush with a little coconut oil and serve warm.
12 min
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