Name: Flax Seeds Modak
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 1 cup Flax seeds; 1/3 cup Palm sugar (powdered ); 1/2 teaspoon Cardamon Powder; 1 1/2 cup Rice flour; Water (as needed); 1 teaspoon Sesame Oil; 1 pinch Salt; Ghee (for rubbing the hands); Thonnai Leaves (dried leaves, as needed to cover the pan)

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Last week being Vinayaga Chaturthi I had plans to make the regular modaks with coconut , sesame and urad dhal. However there was a big no no for the sesame modak from my kid as she does not like sesame.

Hence I decided to replace it with flax seeds. In a way it was much faster than all other modaks. Flax seeds is ground along with palm sugar and cardamom powder as a powder and mixed with boiling water to form the modak stuffing.

It this then stuffed with rice flour dough and steamed in dried biodegradable leaves (thonnai leaves) to get a quick and easy Flax seed modak

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 40

Total Time 1

Served AsDinner, Lunch

CuisineFusion

Recipe Taste Sweet

Servings

Ingredients

▢ 1 cup Flax seeds
▢ 1/3 cup Palm sugar powdered
▢ 1/2 teaspoon Cardamon Powder

For the outer layer

▢ 1 1/2 cup Rice flour
▢ Water as needed
▢ 1 teaspoon Sesame Oil
▢ 1 pinch Salt

Others

▢ Ghee for rubbing the hands
▢ Thonnai Leaves dried leaves, as needed to cover the pan

Instructions

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For the stuffing ; Take a mixie and add the flax seeds, powdered palm sugar and elachi powder. Blend 3 or 4 times and make it semi-powder.
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Take a pan and add 1/3 cup water and allow it to boil. Switch off the gas and add the flax seeds palm sugar mix. Mix well and add ghee
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Take them out and divide them into 21 equal balls. You need to rub your palm with ghee before shaping them so that they will not stick on to your hands
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For the outer layer. Take 1 1/2 cup of rice powder, add salt and half a tsp of sesame oil.
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Boil 2.5 cups of water, you may not need all of them. Pour the water little by little on the rice flour and make it as a pliable dough.
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Add sesame oil to this and cover with a wet cloth. Open it only when needed.
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Rub your hands with ghee. Take a small portion of rice flour and shape it into a round ball.
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Later start making as a cup by starting to press from outer side. Place the stuffing and cover it.
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Take a pan for pressure cooker and place the dried thonnai leaves. Place the modaks and steam for 15 minutes.
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Flax seed modak is ready.