Ganesh Chaturthi Special Sweet Recipes | Sweet Modak | Boondi Ladoo

Ganesh Chaturthi Special Sweet Recipes | Sweet Modak | Boondi Ladoo

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Sweet Modak

Modaks or Khozhukattai’s are the first things that come to our mind when we think of offering to Lord Ganesha on Ganesh Chathurthi. Here, I have made a traditional Sweet Modak/ Khozhukattai. I hope you enjoy this recipe and you try it for this Ganesh Chathurthi.

Ingredients

Jaggery – 100 gms
Grated Coconut – 1 cup
Cardamom Powder – 1 tsp
Modak flour – 1 cup
Gingelly Oil – 1 tsp
Salt
Ghee
Water
Oil

Method

1. Heat some water in a pan and add jaggery to it.
2. Melt the jaggery completely and keep it aside
3. In a kadai, add some ghee and roast some grated coconut till they lose their moisture
4. After the coconut is roasted, filter the jaggery and add it to the coconut.
5. Mix them well and cook them until the mixture thickens
6. Add a pinch of cardamom powder and turn off the stove
7. Take a cup of modak flour and add salt, oil and hot water and mix well
8. Knead the dough well for 5 minutes
9. Rest the dough for 10 minutes
10. Take a mould and apply some oil on it and put some dough on both the sides of the mould and fill the center with the sweet filling
11. Close the mould and hold the mould for a couple of seconds and release the modaks from the moulds and keep it aside
12. Steam the modaks for 5-7 minutes
13. Sweet Modaks are ready to be served now. Celebrate your Ganesh Chathurthi with these Sweet offerings!

Boondi Ladoo

Ingredients:
For Boondi Batter
Besan/Gram flour – 1 cup [Buy: https://goo.gl/2JnSAH]
Cardamom powder – 1/4 Tsp
A pinch of Yellow food color
Water
Oil for frying

For Sugar Syrup:
Sugar – 1 cup [Buy: https://goo.gl/2hGFDv]
Water – 3/4 cup
Cardamom powder – 1/4 Tsp
A pinch of Cooking Camphor (optional)

For Ladoo’s:
Roasted Raisins
Roasted Cashew nuts
Ghee – 2 Tsp

Method:
For batter:
1. Take a cup of besan powder/gram flour in a bowl, add some cardamom powder and a pinch of food colouring and mix well.

2. Add water to the bowl gradually and keep mixing continuously so no lumps are formed. The batter should now have a thin pouring consistency.

For sugar syrup:
1. Heat water in a container and add sugar to it and mix it well until it boils.
2. Add some cardamom powder to the sugar syrup for flavouring.
3. Turn off the stove once it thickens.
4. Pour the sugar syrup into a wide bowl.
5. You can also add some cooking camphor to the syrup for a nice aroma. (Optional)

For the Ladoo’s:
1. Heat some oil in a pan.
2. Once the oil is boiling, take a perforated ladle and pour some batter over it. Stir gently so the batter drops into the oil in the shape of tiny balls (boondi’s).
3. Fry the boondi’s until the oil stops bubbling.
4. Now add the fried boondi’s to the sugar syrup. Mix well until the boondi’s absorb all the sugar syrup.
5. Now add some raisins, roasted cashew nuts, and a little ghee, and mash it gently.
6. Take a bit of mixture and roll it in your palms to make your ladoo’s of your desired size.