Fried Modak - Sweet Coconut Dumpling - Indian Vegetarian Sweet Dessert Recipe. Chef Ruchi Bharani teaches you to make Modak which is offered to Lord Ganesha during Ganesh Puja and also considered as Ganesh Ji's favorite. Learn how to make simple to cook homemade recipe - Modak. br br Ingredients: br 1 & 12 cup Wheat Flour br 2 tbsp Semolina (Rava Sooji) br Salt br 1 & 12 tbsp Clarified Butter (Ghee) br 12 tsp Cardamom Powder br 1 tbsp Roasted Poppy Seeds (Khas Khas) br 1 tbsp chopped Cashew Nuts br 1 tbsp chopped Almonds br 1 cup Grated Fresh Coconut br 1 cup chopped Jaggery br Oil br br Method: br Take wheat flour, salt, semolina, ghee, water in a bowl and start kneading the dough very well br Keep the dough to rest for about 10 -- 15 mins br Meanwhile heat ghee in a pan and add grated coconut to the heated ghee br Cook the grated coconut for a minute and add the jaggery br Cook this till the jaggery melts br Turn off the flame and add the cardamom powder, roasted poppy, almond flakes, chopped cashew nuts and mix everything well br Remove the filling onto a plate and let it cool completely br Take small portions from the dough and make flat round br Apply ghee to the rolling board and rolling pin and start rolling the roti into soft small rounds br Cut it with a ring to get a perfect shape and equal size br Take the small roti and put about 1 tbsp of the filling br Pinch the edges of the roti, bring the edges together, seal and close it so that while frying them no oil goes in br Heat oil in a pan and put the modaks for frying in medium hot oil br Fry and cook them in medium flame till its golden brown in color.