Chocolate Coconut Modak Recipe / How to make Chocolate Filling Modak
Author: 
Recipe type: Sweets
Cuisine: Indian
Prep time: 
Cook time: 
Total time: 
Serves: 4
 
Chocolate Coconut modak recipe / Chocolate Filling Modak is a delicious variation of traditional modak. Make this for kids for ganesh chaturthi 2015 .
Ingredients
  • ⅓ Cup of Rice Flour
  • Water as required
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 Tsp of Ghee / Oil
  • For Filling
  • ¼ Cup of Chocolate Chips
  • ¼ Cup of Grated Coconut
  • 7 Almonds, Chopped
  • 2 Tsp of Powdered Sugar or Condensed Milk
  • 1 Tsp of Ghee / Butter
Instructions
  1. For the outer covering dough, bring the water to boil along with ghee. In a bowl, add flour and salt, Add water slowly and keep mixing with spatula.
  2. Let it cool it for 2 mins, it will be warm by now, start kneading to form a smooth dough. Keep covered to prevent from drying.
  3. For filling, take a bowl and melt the chocolate chips in microwave for 30 secs. To that, add coconut, chopped almonds, sugar and ghee or butter.
  4. Make a equally sized balls out of the dough. Grease your hand with oil, take a ball and flatten it with your hand. Add a tsp of filling in the centre. Fold it and seal it in the centre. Repeat the same process for the rest of the dough.
  5. Steam the modak in a idly pan or steamer for 10 mins.
  6. Hot, delicious Chocolate Coconut Modak is ready to serve.
Notes
Adding oil or ghee gives a softer modak.
Boil water well, so that you get soft and non sticky dough.
If kozhukattai looks shiny after steaming, it means they are done. Do not over cook it for long time.
Make thin outer layers of the dough so that the kozhukattai are soft and gets cooked easily.
Recipe by FoodyBuddy at https://foodybuddy.net/2015/09/11/chocolate-coconut-modak-recipe-make-chocolate-filling-modak.html