Modak or Kozhukattai the favorite of Lord Ganesha. I make kozhukkai every-year, this year I have made the fried modak. Here’s the recipe.

Ingredients for filling

Grated Coconut —- 2 cup Jaggery —- 1 cup Ghee —– 2 tbsp Cardamom pwd —– 1/4 tsp

Ingredients for dough

Wheat flour —- 2 cup Maida —– 2 tbsp Ghee —– 2-3 tbsp water, pinch of salt. Oil for frying

Method

Add 2 cups of water to the jaggery, mix it well and put it to boil. Boil it for 2 minutes and put off the heat. In a pan add 2 tsp Ghee add the coconut and stir for an minute in a low heat. Now add the jaggery water and keep stirring till everything comes to together. Add the Cardamom pwd,stir and put off the heat. Cover and let it rest for 10mnts. After it cools down make small balls.

For the dough,warm the ghee. Mix the wheat flour, Maida, pinch of salt ,ghee. Add water. Knead well and into a semi- stiff dough.

How to proceed Make small poori, place a small coconut filling in the center. Pinch it from the circumstances at regular intervals and bring it together. Repeat this with rest of dough. Heat oil in deep pan. Deep fry all the modak’s till it turns golden brown in the color. Fried Modak ready.

COCONUT FILLING

DOUGH

Ingredients Carrot— 1 cup Milk—- 4 cups Sugar—- 3/4 cup Ghee— 1 tbsp Almonds—- 7

Method Wash and scarp the skin of the Carrot. Cut it into small pieces add 2 cups of milk and pressure cook for 4 whistles. Boil the remaining 2 cups of milk in a deep pan in low heat. Cool the pressure cooked carrots and grind it now add this to the boiling milk. Give it a stir, add the sugar, stir and further cook for 3-4 minutes. Put of the heat. Slice the almonds ,heat ghee in a pan add the Almonds, fry for an minute ,add this to carrot payasam. Carrot Payasam, enjoy it😊.

With rain pouring one feels like having something hot to drink again and again and one obvious choice is tea! Try out this healthy tea.

Gud wali chai.

Gud (jaggery) chaai. When you hear Namak Shamakz, Namak Shamakz, you know it’s the great chef Harpal Singh. Some time ago I had watched him make this simple but healthy tea, so tried it today and it was awesome.
Here’s how you make it– boil 1 1/2 glass of water, pound 3 cardamom, add it, add 3/4 teaspoon sauf(fennel/sombu) & 3 whole pepper. Let it boil for a minute, then add 2 teaspoon of tea powder, allow to boil again for 3-4 minutes then add one glass milk. When it boils put of the heat and strain it over a vessel which has jaggery in it. ( I used karupatti vellam) . Strain the tea once again.
Enjoy hot healthy tea☺