Motichoor Modak Recipe

Step 1: To begin making the Motichoor Modak recipe, sieve the besan

Step 2: To this add in salt, orange food colour and ghee

Step 3: Mix them well

Step 4: Next, add in water, little by little & make them into smooth batter

Step 5: The consistency should be like thick dosa batter

Step 6: Heat oil in a wok/kadai and just before making the boondis, add in the baking soda & give a quick mix

Step 7: When the oil is hot, using a perforated laddle making the boondis as shown in the picture

Step 8: When they are 3/4th done, remove them & drain them in a kitchen towel

Step 9: Repeat the same procedure until done

Step 10: When boondis are done, allow them to cool down completely & grind them into coarse powder

Step 11: Heat sugar & water in a kadai/wok on medium flame

Step 12: When it reaches the one string consistency, add in orange food colour & switch off the flame

Step 13: To the coarsely powdered boondis, add in the crushed almonds, melon seeds, salt, rose water, cardamom powder, saffron & ghee

Step 14: Mix them roughly

Step 15: Then add in the sugar syrup little by little and you will end up in using in all the syrup

Step 16: Mix them well

Step 17: Cover this and leave it aside for 15 to 20 minutes so that the boondi absorbs all the flavours

Step 18: After 20 minutes, mix them again with your hands

Step 19: Take a modak mould, grease them with ghee lightly, fill in the boondis

Step 20: Make them into modak shape

Step 21: Keep in the fridge for sometime & then serve

Step 22: Serve Motichoor Modak as a religious offering during the Ganesh Chaturthi Festival or as a sweet dish after your meal of Achari Masala Puri and Aloo Dum