Fried Modak

Fried Modak in Marathi

Time: 40 Mins
Yield: 11 small modak

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Khirapat
1/2 cup All purpose flour (Maida)
1/2 cup fine Rava (Sooji)
2 tbsp oil
pinch of salt
Oil for deep frying
1 tsp Milk
You can substitube Khirapat with Karanji Stuffing

Method:
1) Mix Maida and rava into a glass bowl. Make 2 tbsp oil hot enough, that when we pour it over flour, the flour should become fizzy. Add it to flour, mix with spoon. Add little water and knead to firm dough. Cover and let it rest for 30 minutes.
2) After 30 minutes, knead the dough again. Divide and make 1 inch balls. Roll a dough ball to thin round disk. Pinch the edges, keep 1 cm distance in each pinch (Mukharya in Marathi). You will see tiny bowl has been created. Put 1 tsp Khirapat inside. Gather all the pinches, join them with very little milk. Make all the modak. Heat the oil. Don't let the modak become dry. Cover with damp cloth. Deep fry over medium low heat.

Note:
1) As the dough is little dry, All the joined pinches may get open after putting in the hot oil and modaks become oily. Therefore use little milk to join the pinches.
2) Deep fry them over medium-low heat. Do not fry them over high heat as modaks remain uncooked from inside.