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Sugary Modak / Pakatle Modak Recipe

Vidya

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Cup Maida / All purpose flour
  • 1 Cup Sugar
  • Cup Ghee / unsalted butter
  • ¼ tsp Baking powder
  • Cup Water for kneading the dough
  • Water to make sugar syrup.
  • a pinch saffron threads
  • ½ tsp cardamom powder or 2-3 cardamom pods.
  • Oil / Ghee for frying
  • Dry fruit powder for filling and decoration.

Instructions
 

Making Sugar Syrup

  • In a pan add sugar and water to coat sugar.
  • Add saffron thread in sugar water.
  • Add cardamom pods / powder and mix it well.
  • Cook the sugar syrup on medium heat, stirring in between until thick.

Making dough

  • In another bowl add maida / all purpose flour.
  • Add and mix baking powder in it.
  • Add ghee or unsalted butter and mix it well the mixture will become crumbly.
  • Add water and mix it, just mix it well don't knead it.
  • Keep it aside for 15-20 mins.
  • After 15 mins mix the dough properly.
  • Flatten it with hands and again mold it in half and again mold in half.
  • Again flatten the dough and again mold it in half and then half.
  • Do this 4-5 times so the dough will get many layers.
  • After 4 times flatten it and shape it in a roll or cylindrical shape (see images given below the recipe)
  • Cut the pieces of roll like we make for bakarwadi.
  • And again cut them in half.
  • Make small balls of each shape, flatten it, fill some dry fruit powder in it.
  • Give it shape of Modak.
  • Heat ghee or oil in a deep pan and fry the modak until golden brown.
  • Don't turn the modak frequently while frying, let the first side get brown then turn and cook another side.
  • Once the modak turn golden brown, deep them in sugar syrup.
  • Make sure sugar syrup must be warm and not hot when you add the modak in it.
  • After 3-4 minutes take the modak in a plate and garnish them with dry fruit powder.