Dalia Modak with Caramelised Fruits
 
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Dalia Modak with Caramelised Fruits is unique, simple & easy version. It's a modern take on traditional Ukdiche Modak, favourite food of Lord Ganesha.
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Recipe type: Mithai/Sweets
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 5
Ingredients
  • Ingredients to make outer covering :
  • ¼ cup dalia
  • Soya atta 2 tbsp
  • Besan 2 tbsp
  • Wheat flour 2 tbsp
  • Milk powder 2 tbsp
  • 1 tspoon ghee
  • Milk 2 spoons or less or more to knead the dough
  • Salt a pinch
  • Fruit salt  ½ tsp
  • Oil to deep fry
  • For sweet stuffing :
  • 1 cup grated jaggery (gur)
  • 1+½ cup grated fresh coconut
  • ½ tsp cardamom (elaichi) powder
  • 1tbsp ghee
  • To make Caramelised  fruits
  • 1 spoon ghee
  • Cinnamon stick 2
  • 1 cup Pineapple cut into thick rounds
  • 1 Apple cut into rounds
  • Almonds 8
  • Kaju 8
  • Brown suagr 2 spoons or more
  • Lemon juice ½ tsp
  • Honey 2 tsp
  • Cherries to garnish
Instructions
  1. To make outer cover first dry Roast dalia in a pan first.
  2. After that cook it in a pan with water.
  3. It will become double now. Drain excess water if any. Keep aside to cool.
  4. To make outer cover first dry Roast dalia in a pan first.
  5. After that cook it in a pan with water.
  6. It will become double now. Drain excess water if any. Keep aside to cool.
  7. Mix all the flours/attas with cooked dalia.
  8. Add 1 spoon ghee for moyan. Add  fruit salt.
  9. Mix lightly with fingers.
  10. Add very little milk to knead dough to medium thick.
  11. Keep aside.
  12. For the sweet stuffing , in a non-stick pan first add 1 tsp Clarified butter.
  13. Saute grated coconut.
  14. Mix in chopped jaggery pieces and cook over a low flame till the jaggery melts completely and the mixture comes together.
  15. Sprinkle cardamom powder. Cool it.
  16. To assemble modaks :
  17. Grease the inside of the modak mould using ghee.
  18. Take one portion from the dough of outer covering and press it in modak mould.
  19. In between the gap, fill sweet stuffing of coconut mix and seal the lower open part with more dough.
  20. Close the lid of modak. Press it nicely to form a shape of modak.
  21. Now open the mould, remove and place it on the plate.
  22. Deep fry/ bake them on very low flame otherwise it will turn brown very quickly.
  23. Cook till its light golden brown.
  24. NOTE:
  25. Dumplings don’t need much frying as dalia is cooked previously.
  26. Keep aside.
  27. To make Caramelised  fruits :
  28. In a pan put ghee.
  29. Add cinnamon.
  30. Add pineapple and apple pieces. saute it.
  31. Add almonds. Saute it.
  32. Now add brown sugar for caramelised effect.
  33. Keep the flame on sim, sugar will coat all the fruits. Drizzle lemon juice over it.
  34. Add fried dalia dumplings in this.
  35. Drizzle honey over it.
  36. Switch off the flame.
  37. Garnish with cherries and more chopped  dry fruits
Recipe by at https://yummytalesoftummy.com/dalia-modak-with-caramelised-fruits/