Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, steamed veg modaks. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Huge Stock - Great Prices : Granite Limestone and Sandstone Patio Slabs. Take one ball and flatten it, and roll out a small flat disc. A popular Maharashtrian dessert, modaks are an inseparable part of the Ganesh Chaturthi festivities. Traditionally, the sweet filling of the modak is made from jaggery, coconut and chopped dry fruits, while the outer shell is usually made of rice flour (for steamed versions) or all purpose (for fried ones).

Steamed Veg Modaks is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Steamed Veg Modaks is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have steamed veg modaks using 13 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Steamed Veg Modaks:

1. Make ready 1 carrot grated
2. Prepare 1 capsicum chopped
3. Prepare 1 onion chopped
4. Prepare 100 g cabbage chopped
5. Take 2 green chillies chopped
6. Get 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
7. Make ready 1 tsp red chilli powder
8. Take 1 tsp garam Masala powder
9. Get Pinch turmeric powder
10. Get As required salt
11. Get 1 cup wheat flour
12. Prepare As required water & oil
13. Make ready as needed water

They are especially prepared during Ganesh Chaturthi (Vinayaka Chaturthi) and Sankashti Chaturthi. Modaks are usually prepared with Wheat flour or Rice flour for the cover. The filling for both these types of Modaks is same. The vegetarian feast served on plantain leaf, would consist of satvik (made without onion and garlic) food.

Instructions to make Steamed Veg Modaks:

1. Sieve wheat flour and salt in a broad plate. Add boiling water little by little and keep mixing with spatula. Knead the mixture with hand to make a soft dough. Set aside.
2. To make the vegetable filling, heat oil in a wide pan, add the chopped green chillies and ginger garlic paste and mix well. Add the chopped onions and saute for 3 mins till they turn translucent.
3. Add the chopped carrot and cook for 3-4 mins on medium heat. Add the chopped cabbage and cook for at least 8-10 mins. Then add the capsicum & saute for 2 minutes.
4. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt and garam masala powder and mix well. Turn off the heat and allow to come to room temperature.
5. To make modaks, knead the dough again for 2-3 mins and pinch out small lemon sized balls of the dough and dust with flour. Roll out each ball into a round shape. It should not be too thick or too thin in thickness.
6. Place a tablespoon of the prepared vegetable filling in the center of each rolled out circle. Do not overstuff as it will be difficult to form a meat pouch shape.
7. Beginning at one end of the flat circle, gather the edge to form pleats working your way around the circle. Bring the pleats together to form a pouch-like dumpling and seal the top.
8. Fill and shape all the rolled out circles into pouch-like dumplings. Grease an idli steamer with oil and place the shaped dumplings leaving a little space between each of them. Fill a vessel with water and bring to boil.
9. Once the water starts to boil, place the steamer in the vessel and cover with lid. Steam on high heat for 10 mins. They are done cooking when they are not sticky to touch.
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The filling for both these types of Modaks is same. The vegetarian feast served on plantain leaf, would consist of satvik (made without onion and garlic) food. So there would be poori, puran poli, lentil stew (varan), a sautéed vegetable dish, steamed rice, curd, ladoo, Banana Sheera and of course modak in this feast. Modak is a favorite sweet of the family too. We all like the sweet jaggery and coconut stuffing inside the modak.

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