Starting the Sangakala unavu with sweet modagam,I dedicate these modagams to my luvly god Ganesha....
Here is the stepwise procedure...
Heat two table spoons of Ghee in a pan
Measure 200 gms of Hand pound Rice
Add it to the hot ghee in the pan
Roast it for 2-3 minutes in medium flame
Add 400 ml of water and it takes jus 2 minutes to be cooked
It wont be sticky like cooked rice,but luks like cooked rava.
Melt jaggery with little water in med heat,once it started to boil,switch off the gas
(No consistency required for the syrup)
Filter the jaggery syrup to the cooked rice
Mix the jaggery syrup and Rice well
Grate some fresh coconut and add to it
Add some cardomom powder to it
Make some modagam with warm cooked rice
With some desired shapes too...Steam it for 4-5 minutes
And its ready to serve
Actual recipe is
Ingredients
Broken rice-200 gms
Jagggery-100 to 125 gms
(Or) Karupatti sugar-3/4 cup
Ghee-2 tbsps
Cardomon powder-1 tsp
Method
1.Heat the pan,add the ghee and the rice
2.Roast the broken rice for 1-2 minutes in ghee
3.Add 200 ml of water and allow the rice to cook
4.The rice ,will be cooked in 2 minutes,in mean melt jaggery in little water and bring to boil
4.Add the jaggery syrup by filtering it to the rice
5.Add cardomon powder and Reheat the rice in same pan
6.Switch off the fire and make desired shapes of modagam when it is warm itself
7.Steam them for 5 minutes and Its done now
Ingredients
Broken rice-200 gms
Jagggery-100 to 125 gms
(Or) Karupatti sugar-3/4 cup
Ghee-2 tbsps
Cardomon powder-1 tsp
Method
1.Heat the pan,add the ghee and the rice
2.Roast the broken rice for 1-2 minutes in ghee
3.Add 200 ml of water and allow the rice to cook
4.The rice ,will be cooked in 2 minutes,in mean melt jaggery in little water and bring to boil
4.Add the jaggery syrup by filtering it to the rice
5.Add cardomon powder and Reheat the rice in same pan
6.Switch off the fire and make desired shapes of modagam when it is warm itself
7.Steam them for 5 minutes and Its done now
To make Kaikuthal Rise/Hand pound Rice
1.Wash the raw rice 2-3 times in water
2.Spread a plastic sheet ,over it spread another doti /muslin cloth
3.Spread the washed rice and allow it to dry for a day
(I usually dry it by morning to evening,it depends on your atmosphere humidity)
4.Grain the dried rice in blender in a single pulse
Make it coarsely ,not powder form
5.Store it in Container for future use.
Yummy and Healthy Snack is ready...