Add small quantities of water while mixing to form a dough. keep it for rest while making other things below.
Take a pan, add ghee to heat on a low flame.
2 tbsp Ghee
Now add Almonds, Cashews, Melon Seeds and Raisins. Roast them for 5 mins stirring them so that they become crunchy.
¼ cup Almonds, ¼ cup Cashew, ¼ cup Melon Seeds, ¼ cup Raisins
add dry coconut. Roast for 2-3 Mins. Turn off the flame to add powder jaggery and cardamom powder, mix thoroughly. The filling is ready.
1 cup Dry Coconut, 1 cup Powder Jaggery, 1 tsp Cardamom Powder
Take the dough and mix it a little bit. Make small pieces of dough that can be rolled to make a small circle shape.
Roll the small pieces of dough evenly to form a circle shape. Take the circle shape, on one hand, add one spoon of dry fruit mixture at the centre.
Now with the help of fingers make small pinches at the ends and close the filling with the ends to give a shape of modak. Repeat with the left dough to make all the pieces.
Take a pan, heat oil to the optimal temperature for frying. Add modaks to heated oil and fry on low flame on all sides one by one.
Remove the modaks on a plate and the Fried Modaks are ready.
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Notes
The stuffing if leftover can be kept in a vacuum container box which can be used for 15 days. Eating the mixture alone has a great taste.