Puran Modak

Ingredients

For cover

• 1 cup wheat flour
• 1/2 cup semolini
• 1/4 cup hot oil

Stuffing

• 1 cup chana dal
• 1/2 cup jaggery
• 10 chopped cashews
• elaichi

For frying Modak

• 3 cups oil

Method

Mix all the ingredients for cover well with water to make a hard dough

Boil dal in 1.5 cup water.

Add jaggery and heat till the mixture becomes dry.

Add elaichi for flavour.

Roll a chapati out of a small ball from the dough.

Put 1 spoon of the stuffing and shape into a modak. 

Heat oil and deep fry till done.

Yields 21 modaks