Dry Nuts Modak

Ingredients
walnut, almond and cashewnut take in small quantities
dry coconut - 50 gm
dates - 200 gm
poppy seed - 1 tbl.sp
jaggery - 50 gm or as per taste
cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
raisins - 2 tbl.sp

Method
Dry roast nuts and grated dry coconut seprately and coarsely make a powder of it.
Heat 2 tbl.sp of butter in a pan and add raisins, cook till it puffs up. Then addpaste of dates, jaggery, poppy seeds, cardamom . Mix well and cook for 2 minutes. Then add the blended powder. Mix well and cook again for 2 minutes. Remove and let it cool down.
Take a modak mould and stuff this mixture inside it and close. Open and take out dry nuts modak. Serve.

Steamed Modak Recipe

Ingredients
rice flour - 1 cup
pinch of salt
warm water for kneading the dough

for the stuffing
grated coconut - 1 cup
jaggery as per taste
cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
poppy seed - 1 tsp
pinch of nutmeg powder

Method

first make a dough of rice flour using warm water and keep aside for 10 to 15 minutes.

Heat 1 tsp of ghee/butter in a pan, add cardamom powder, nutmeg powder and poppy seed and stir fry for few seconds and then add jaggery and grated coconut. Cook till jaggery melts. Off the flame and let it cool down.
Take a small ball of rice flour and spread on the modak mould, put the stuffing inside and again close it with rice flour dough as shown in the video. Remove and steam it for 10 to 15 minutes and serve.