Baked Modak and Karanji/Gujiya Recipe
Since Ganesh Chaturthi is coming closer, few of the health freaks like me must be wondering, how to prepare some healthy snacks. So here is the tried and tested recipe of baked modak and karanji. These are healthy and tasty at the same time. So this festival try these snacks and we are sure you will love it.
Ingredients
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Ingredients for dough
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1-1/2 cup All Purpose Flour (Maida)
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2 tablespoons Ghee
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Salt
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Pinch
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Water
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as required
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For stuffing
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1 cup Dessicated Coconut
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1/3 cup Sugar
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powdered
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1/4 cup Sooji (Semolina/ Rava)
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1/4 cup Cashew nuts
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cut into small pieces
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2 tablespoons Ghee
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1 teaspoon Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)
Instructions
Step 1
To begin making the Baked Modak and Karanji recipe, first make the dough by mixing together maida, ghee and pinch of salt
Step 2
Add water little at a time, till you get nice dough like chapati dough
Step 3
Knead it well, cover it with wet cloth and keep it covered for 10 minutes
Step 4
The next step is to make the stuffing
Step 5
On a skillet, melt ghee and fry sooji until fragrant
Step 6
Add coconut and fry for around a minute or until it slightly changes its colour
Step 7
Add sugar, mix and cook on low flame for around a minute
Step 8
Add dry fruits and cardamom powder
Step 9
Mix everything well and cook for another minute and switch off the stove
Step 10
Keep the mixture for cooling
Step 11
Now let’s make karanji and modak
Step 12
First make small balls out of dough
Step 13
Size of a golf ball
Step 14
Roll them one by one with rolling pin to make thin discs
Step 15
Keep these discs covered with moist cloth or moist kitchen paper towel to keep them moist
Step 16
For karanji, place a spoon full of the filling at the centre of each disc and fold the circle in a half-moon shape and with the help of fork, press the folded side to make nice design
Step 17
For making modak, the same process but hold the disc on your left palm in the shape of a bowl and just place the filling in the centre of the disc and merge all the sides of the disc to make in the shape of a fresh fig
Step 18
After you make all the karanjis and modaks ready, lets bake them
Step 19
Place them on the baking trays lined with greased aluminium foil (Greased with little ghee)
Step 20
Brush each karanji and modak with ghee to give them a nice glaze after they are baked
Step 21
Bake them at 350 degree Fahrenheit preheated oven for 20 minutes
Step 22
After every 10 minutes, flip them and bake on the other side
Step 23
After 20 minutes, remove and keep on the cooling rack
Step 24
Once cooled down completely, store in the air tight container
Step 25
Serve Baked Modak and Karanji along with some snacks such as Moong Dal Mini Samosas and Chana Chaat to your guests or family members