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I planned to post several recipes for Vinayagar/Ganesh Chaturthi, though I prepared and clicked few but due to time constraints I couldn’t publish all on time…Today’s recipe is one healthy Ragi millet modaks (without filling/stuffing) prepared with just few ingredients also this Ragi Vella modhagam needs very less time to make. Quite easy, quick and healthy recipe to try during Lord Ganesha’s birthday!!!

Recipe Source :- Own

Yields – 8-9 Modaks as shown in pictures

Ingredients

Ragi Flour – 1 Cup (If you want you can take half cup rice flour and half cup ragi flour too)
Jaggery – 3/4th Cup
Pottukadalai Flour – 1/4 Cup
Peanut Flour – 1/4 Cup (Dry roast the Peanut, remove skin and powder it).
Water – 1/2 Cup or just to immerse jaggery
Cardamom Powder – 2tsp

Method

Mix Ragi flour and other flour in a bowl, keep aside.
Add jaggery in a sauce pan with 1/2cup water(Pic 1) and boil in medium flame, if you want you can strain the impurities and again start boiling it.
Once jaggery gets thicken and reaches one string consistency or when starts foaming well and if added a drop of syrup in water it should not dissolve that is the right consistency to put off the flame (Pic 2).
Now add cardamom powder to jaggery syrup, reserve 1-2 tbsp of syrup and immediately add the ragi flour mixture to it (Pic 3).
Use spatula and mix all well, if needed add the reserved jaggery and everything comes together like shown in picture 4 start making the shapes.
Make sure the dough is hand bearable; if so take 8-9 lemon size balls from it.

Place each ball in between oil greased modak mould and hold tightly to remove excess(Pic 5).
Now gently transfer the shaped one to idli/steamer plates (Pic 6).
Repeat the above process till done with prepared balls.
Steam the modaks for 3-5 minutes or till done.