COOKING HOUR: Carrot Moong Dal Modak

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Carrot Moong Dal Modak

Carrot Moong Dal Modak is a sweet & tasty modak made by steaming rice flour filled with sweetened moong dal and carrot. Carrot Moong Dal Modak is healthy and could be made on special occasions apart from Ganesh Chaturthi. How to make Carrot Moong Dal Modak is featured in this recipe with step by step pictures. carrot moong dal modak recipe

Carrot Moong Dal Modak is an easy stuffing made with moong dal or paasi paruppu and carrot.

I wanted to try a easy stuffing and this is what came to my mind, I used cane sugar instead of jaggery this time as we don’t need to make syrup and strain it.Do try this easy paasi paruppu mothagam recipe for this Ganesh Chaturthi!

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carrot moong dal modak recipe

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Carrot Moong Dal Modak

Course Snack

Cuisine Indian

Keyword carrot recipes, easy kozhukattai recipe, Ganesh Chaturthi Recipes, how to make kozhukattai, kozhukattai recipe, kozhukattai recipes, Modak recipes, recipes

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings kozhukattai

Calories

Author Sharmilee J

Ingredients

For outer dough:

1/2 cup homemade rice flour / idiyappam flour
salt to taste
water as needed

For inner stuffing:

1/4 cup moong dal
1/4 cup + 2 tbsp cane sugar
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup carrot
a pinch of cardamom powder

Instructions

Dry roast moong dal until golden.
Pressure cook with 1 cup water for 3-4 whistles or until mushy.
Mash it well, set aside. Heat ghee in a kadai, add grated carrot saute until it shrinks.
Add mashed dal along with cane sugar, the mixture will turn gooey. Keep cooking in low medium flame.
Add cardamom powder .Keep cooking until thick.
Once it comes together as a mass switch off. Let it cool down.
Once it cools down make small balls and oval shaped ones too. Grease the mould with oil or ghee. Stuff a lemon sized ball inside the mould.
Make a hole in center and add the stuffing. I use the oval shaped stuffing for mould as it was easy to stuff. Seal the bottom part with dough as shown. I used the round balls for making hand shaped modaks.
Gently open and demould. Arrange the modaks in a plate.
Grease the steamer plate and arrange them on it. Steam cook for 8-10 mins or until the Modaks turn shiny. Serve Carrot Moong Dal hot!

Notes

Making elongated stuffing makes it easier to stuff inside, do try and see.You can make regular handmade modakams too.

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How to make Carrot Moong Dal Modak

Dry roast moong dal until golden,Pressure cook with 1 cup water for 3-4 whistles or until mushy.
Mash it well,set aside.Heat ghee in a kadai, add grated carrot saute until it shrinks.
Add mashed dal along with cane sugar.the mixture will turn goey.Keep cooking in low medium flame.
Add cardamom powder.Keep cooking until thick.
Once it comes together as a mass switch off.Let it cool down.
Now lets prepare the outer dough.Measure and take rice flour in a mixing bowl,add salt.
Mix it once.Boil water until it bubbles up,switch off then add it to rice flour.Add little by little, do not add it fully at a stretch.
Mix with a laddle,once it starts to come together,Set aside for few mins until it is warm enough to handle with hand.Now bring everything together to form a smooth dough without any cracks.Keep covered with a wet cloth until use.Grease your hands with oil then handle the dough for making kozhukattai.
Once it cools down make small balls and oval shaped ones too.I used the round balls for handmade modaks and oval ones for mould as its easy to stuff.Grease the mould with oil or ghee.Stuff a lemon sized ball inside the mould.
Make a hole in center as shown.Add the stuffing.Seal the bottom part with dough as shown.
Gently open and demould.Arrange the modaks in a plate.I made most of it using mould and few with hands too.
Grease the steamer plate and arrange them on it.Steam cook for 8-10 mins or until the kozhukattais turn shiny.