Jilledu Kayalu recipe | Easy Ukadiche Modak Recipe
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.
Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 15 minutes mins
Course Appetizer, Breakfast, Main Course
Cuisine Andhra/Telangana, Indian
Ingredients for Filling
- 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 Water
- 1 tbsp Ghee
- a pinch of Salt
- 1 Cup Rice Flour
Procedure for stuffing:
Grate coconut and chop jaggery. keep them aside.
Heat a thick bottom kadai, add a spoon of ghee.
Add freshly grated coconut and saute it.
Saute it in low flame only for a minute.
Add jaggery and combine well.
Cook on a low flame till the jaggery melts.
Cook for 5 to 10 minutes.
Once the moisture goes off, and the coconut jaggery mixture retains the shape.
Add cardamom powder and khuskhus.
Procedure for outer shell:
Boil water in a thick kadai.
Add a pinch of salt and ghee.
When water starts boiling add rice flour and mix it well.
Let the rice flour cook for 2 to 5 minutes.
Cover and cook.
Keep it aside to cool enough to handle.
Knead with greased hands.
While kneading add 1 spoonful of ghee and wet yout hands.
Knead it well to make smooth dough like that of chapati dough.
Allow this to rest for another 5 minutes.
Procedure of making modak:
Grease the modak mould with ghee.
Close the mould and stuff it with the outer shell, rice flour dough.
While stuffing keep some space in the middle.
Make a hole in the center of the dough shape.
Stuff it with coconut jaggery mixture.
Seal it from the bottom with some more rice flour dough.
De mould and take out the modak.
Repeat the same with the rest of the stuffing.
Keep all of them in a plate or bowl.
Heat water in a pressure cooker and place the prepared modaks bowl in it.
Steam cook for 10 to 15 minutes.
Offer Ukadiche modak or modak or jilledu kayalu to Lord Ganesha and serve anytime
Let the moisture present in the coconut and jaggery should be dried completely. Otherwise it would become tough to fill it.
Knead the rice flour well to make it soft and smooth. It should be pliable to handle.
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