Modaka or Kadabu recipe

For Modaka :
1. Rice : 1cup
2. Coconut: 2 tbsp
3. Salt
4. Turmeric (a pinch; optional)

Soak rice overnight. Then grind rice along with the rest of the ingredients. Spray PAM on a non-stick pan and pour the mixture. On medium heat keep stirring till it hardens enough to be moulded. Take off the heat and let cool.

Filling Ingredients:

Coconut: 1/2 cup

Jaggery or Brown sugar: as reqd

cardamom powder: 1/2 tsp

Poppey seeds: 1 tbsp

ghee: 1 tsp

In a pan add all the ingredients and keep stirring on medium heat. The mixture becomes watery as the jaggery melts and hardens a bit later. Turn off the heat.

Now smear your palm with oil and take a small ball of the modaka dough and shape it into a bowl. Add some of the filling and cover it in the shape of an onion. Place the modakas on a buttered container. cover and steam it like idlis for about 15 mins. Modaka is ready.Serve with ghee.