Jackfruit Seed Modak Recipe
Total Time: 70 minutes
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients:
- salt
- jackfruit seeds (kathal)
- thonnai (dried leaves)
- ghee
- sesame (gingelly) oil
- water
- palm sugar
- cardamom powder (elaichi)
- rice flour
Instructions:
- To begin making the Jackfruit Seed Modak recipe, we will first prepare the jackfruit seed stuffing
- Take a pressure cooker and add the jackfruit seeds with enough water
- Pressure cook for 4 whistles
- Allow the pressure release naturally, drain the water and remove the outer thick white skin
- The brown skin is fine
- Allow it to cool completely
- In a mixer grinder, add the cooked jackfruit seeds, powdered palm sugar and cardamom powder
- Blend well
- Do not add water
- Transfer into a bowl and divide them into 14 equal balls
- You need to rub your palm with ghee before shaping them so that they will not stick on to your hands
- The next step is to make the outer layer of the Jackfruit Seed Modak
- Take one cup of rice flour, add salt and half a teaspoon of sesame oil
- Boil 2 cups of water, you may not need all of it
- Pour the water little by little on the rice flour and make it as a pliable dough
- Add sesame oil to this and cover with a wet cloth
- Open it only when needed
- Rub your hands with ghee
- Take a small portion of rice flour and shape it into a round ball
- Later start making as a cup by starting to press from outer side
- Place the stuffing and cover it
- In a pressure cooker and place the dried thonnai leaves, now place the modaks over the leaves and steam for 15 minutes and your Jackfruit seed modak is ready
- Serve Jackfruit Seed Modak on festivals or as a dessert after your festive meal of Matki Chi Rassa Bhaji Recipe and Rice Flour Bhakri Recipe and Maharashtrian Bharleli Vaangi Recipe
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