Dry Fruit Fried Modak Recipe – Ganesh Chaturthi Special Recipes

Dry Fruit Fried Modak Recipe – Crispy deep-fried dumplings stuffed with nuts, coconut and jaggery filling.

Dry Fruit Fried Modak is a delicious and easy modak recipe for Ganesh Chaturthi festival. I have given a twist to the traditional Fried Modak Recipe where we stuff the modaks with jaggery and coconut filling. Instead of the traditional filling, I am using nuts, jaggery and desiccated coconut filling to make these modaks more delicious.

Few More Ganesh Chaturthi Recipes:

• Rava Modak
• Banana Modak
• Nuvvu Poornam Kudumulu
• Prasadacha Sheera
• Suji Kakara Pitha
• Ammini Kozhukattai
• Bajra Modak
• Godhuma Kudumulu
• Undralla Payasam
• Ukadiche Modak

How to Make Dry Fruit Fried Modak Recipe Video below:

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Dry Fruit Fried Modak Recipe

Deep fried dumplings stuffed with jaggery dry fruit filling. An easy recipe for Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chavithi festival.

Prep Time30 mins

Cook Time30 mins

Total Time1 hr

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: Indian

Servings: 12 Modaks

Calories: 186kcal

Author: Hari Chandana Ponnaluri

Ingredients

• 1 cup All Purpose Flour
• 1/2 cup Jaggery
• 1/4 cup Desiccated Coconut
• 1/4 cup Almonds
• 1/4 cup Cashews
• 2 tbsp Poppy Seeds
• 2 tbsp Melted Ghee
• 1/4 tsp Cardamom Powder
• A pinch of Salt
• Oil for deep frying

Instructions

• Combine the flour and salt in a mixing bowl. Add slightly heated ghee and mix well.
• Make a soft dough by adding water little by little.
  
• Cover and keep aside for 15 – 30 minutes.
  
• Dry roast the coconut until light brown color and keep it aside.
• Dry roast the almonds and cashews until brown color and set aside.
• Dry roast the poppy seeds for few minutes and keep it aside.
• Coarsely grind the almonds and cashews. Then add the powdered jaggery and cardamom powder to it and blend again until well combined. 
• Transfer the ground mixture to a bowl and add the roasted coconut and poppy seeds. Mix everything well.
• Make 10 -12 balls out of the ground nuts mixture. Keep them aside.
• Make round balls out of the prepared dough.
• Roll the dough ball into a thin circle/puri.
• Cut the puri with a round shaped cutter.
  
• Place the prepared nuts ball in the center.
• With your fingertip or brush, apply little water around the edges of the puri.
  
• Then pleat the edges as shown in the video. Now gather all the edges together in the center.
  
• Pinch the edges together and seal it properly.
  
• Prepare all the modaks and keep them covered.
  
• Heat oil in a pan for deep frying. Gently drop the modaks in the hot oil.
• Deep fry them over a medium flame, turn over to fry on both sides evenly.
  
• Drain them on paper towels. Serve warm!
  

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