(Image source from: Welcome Ganapati home with semolina modaks)

Festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi invariable calls for homemade treats. After all, where else on earth can you savor the joy of chowing down on modaks and Mysore pak dipped in the sugary sweetness of spirituality.This festival season don't miss out on the opportunity to treat your tastebuds to sweet dumplings called modak made with flour and coconut. Apparently Lord Ganesh's favorite sweet treat, chomping on these dumplings will soak you in the celebratory air of the season like nothing else. So go ahead, try it at home, and treat Lord Vinayaka to some of your homemade modaks. Rest assured, an appeased God won't stop showering his love and blessings on you. Ganpati Bappa Morya!

Semolina Modak Ingredients

2 cups semolina

2 cups grated coconut

1.5 cup powdered jaggery or add as required

2.5 cups water

4 or 5 cardamoms, crushed or powdered

2 tsp oil or ghee

salt as required

Semolina Modak Recipe

Heat a kadai and mix the powdered jaggery with the coconut, stirring the mixture over low flame.

Cook this mixture until the jaggery has melted and thickened. The consistency by now should be dry. Keep aside this for filling.

In a pan, take some water and add some oil and salt to it. Once the water is hot, add the semolina and stir until it's incorporated in water. Keep stirring for another 5-6 minutes. Ensure that the semolina is properly cooked.

Remove the mixture from heat and allow to cool. Once cold, knead the mixture into a soft dough

Take lemon sized ball from the dough, flatten in with your hand and place a spoonful of coconut filling inside it. Pinch the edges and bring the fluted edges in the center. Join and pinch off the top.

AW: Suchorita Choudhury