Ukadiche Modak Recipe | How to make Modak | Modak Recipe |(Jilledu Kayalu)

Hi friends, thank you all for visiting my website and @EATeasyvegrecipes youtube channel. Today's recipe is ukadiche modak or modak. Ganesh chathurthi is coming around. Undrallu and Modak are the most important offerings to Lord Ganesha. We call jilledu kayalu which are in th shape of it. Jilledu or Giant Milkweed or Crown Flower popularly known as have a semi-circle shape fruit of which the modaks are made too. So the name of it in Telugu is Jilledu kayalu. Modak is a Maharastra recipe. Ukadiche Modak is made with a filling of coconut and jaggery mixture. The outer shell is made from rice flour dough and is usually steamed. Ukadiche modak recipe is normally made during Ganesh chathurthi festival. We can make them during any festival too.

Check out the other festival recipes below:
Undrallu
Chana Dal Sundal
Rice Payasam
Chakkara Pongali
Suji Halwa
Coconut Ladoo

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Ukadiche Modak Recipe | How to make Modak | Modak Recipe |(Jilledu Kayalu)
Author: Sailaja Angara
Preparation Time: 20M
Cooking time: 15M
Servings: 12 pieces

Modak is a Maharastra recipe. Ukadiche Modak is made with a filling of coconut and jaggery mixture. The outer shell is made from rice flour dough and is usually steamed. Ukadiche modak recipe is normally made during Ganesh chathurthi festival. We can make them during any festival too.

Ingredients for stuffing:

• 1 cup Fresh Coconut
• 3/4 cup Jaggery
• 1/4 tsp Cardamom Powder
• 1 tbsp Ghee
• 1 tbsp khuskhus

Ingredients for outer layer:
• 1 cup Rice Flour
• 1 cup Water
• 1 tbsp Ghee
• a pinch of Salt

Procedure for stuffing:

1. Grate coconut and chop jaggery. keep them aside.
2. Heat a thick bottom kadai, add a spoon of ghee.
3. Add freshly grated coconut and saute it.
4. Saute it in low flame only for a minute.
5. Add jaggery and combine well.
6. Cook on a low flame till the jaggery melts.
7. Cook for 5 to 10 minutes.
8. Once the moisture goes off, and the coconut jaggery mixture retains the shape.
9. Add cardamom powder and khuskhus.


10. Mix them well and keep it aside to cool down.
Procedure for outer shell:
11. Boil water in a thick kadai.
12. Add a pinch of salt and ghee.
13. When water starts boiling add rice flour and mix it well.
14. Let the rice flour cook for 2 to 5 minutes.
15. Cover and cook.
16. Keep it aside to cool enough to handle.
17. Knead with greased hands.
18. While kneading add 1 spoonful of ghee and wet yout hands.
19. Knead it well to make smooth dough like that of chapati dough.
20. Allow this to rest for another 5 minutes.


Procedure of making modak:
21. Grease the modak mould with ghee.
22. Close the mould and stuff it with the outer shell, rice flour dough.
23. While stuffing keep some space in the middle.
24. Make a hole in the center of the dough shape.
25. Stuff it with coconut jaggery mixture.
26. Seal it from the bottom with some more rice flour dough.
27. De mould and take out the modak.
28. Repeat the same with the rest of the stuffing.
29. Keep all of them in a plate or bowl.
30. Heat water in a pressure cooker and place the prepared modaks bowl in it.
31. Steam cook for 10 to 15 minutes.
32. Offer Ukadiche modak or modak or jilledu kayalu to Lord Ganesha and serve anytime.