As vinayagar Chaturthi is on the way, thought of preparing something unique and healthy – mostly no sugar Modak and here evolved my Nutty Modak flavored with Honey and nuts. Let me share the recipe…

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Taking it to Fiesta Friday #135 hosted by Angie@thenovicegarderner.

Nutty Modak / Nutty Modagam

Nutty Modak / Nutty Modagam

Ingredients:

• Nuts (Cashew nuts, Almonds, Pistachios and Walnuts) – each 8 nos
• Rice flour (store bought) – 1 cup
• Salt to taste
• Honey – 1 ½ tbsp.

All the nuts coarsely ground and mixed with honey

Rice flour with water

Getting mixed

Rolled out to a dough

Dough getting filled in the modak

Making hole in the center of the modak

Nutty filling stuffed to the modak

Covered completely

Gently getting removed from the mould

Remoed from the mould

Nutty Modak / Nutty Modagam

Nutty Modak / Nutty Modagam

Preparation:

• Take all the nuts together in a blender and coarsely blend them.
• Transfer it to bowl, pour in the honey and mix it well.
• Take the rice flour in a bowl, pour in boiling water and mix it well with a spoon.
• Knead the dough with your hands to ball.
• Take a small portion of the dough, grease the modak mould, stuff the mould with the dough and make a hole with your index finger.
• Stuff the filling in the hole and close the hole with dough.
• Open the mould, gently take the modak.
• Steam them, until they are cooked.

Serve hot or at room temperature.

Making of Nutty Modak –