Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Kadubu/Modak/kudumulu



Ganesha Chaturthi!!!

VAKRATUNDA MAHAKAYA SURYAKOTISAMAPRABHA
NIRVIGHNAM KURUMEDEVA SARVA KARYESHU SARVADA


O Ganapati, One with a curved trunk, a large body, and a brilliance equal to a crore (10 million) suns! O God, please make all my undertakings free from Obstacles always.



We all love to celebrate Ganesha Chaturthi dont we?..People of any age group indulge in celebrating Lord Ganapathi on this day to seek blessings and victory in any task they do..

Today, I made the traditional kadubu also called modak..Kadubu comes in various forms, either a steamed one or a deep fried one..I chose to deep fry today:)..Here is how you do it..

You need:
2cups fresh coconut
1.5 cups jaggery
1tsp cardamom poweder
1/2 cup water


For the stuffing: take a heavy bottom kadai. Now add jaggery and water and stir till all the jaggery melts. To this add the grated coconut and cardamom powder and keep stirring till all the water evoporates and forms a thick mass (6-7mins)..


For the dough
2cups maida
2tbps sooji/chiroti rava
2tsp melted butter
Make a dough like poori dough and keep it aside for 10mins.

To assemble:
make small tiny pooris, place a tsp of stuffing and close the outer edges to form a semi circle. You can seal the edges with sugar water. Now deep fry these kadubus till crispy and golden and enjoy..

17 comments:

ST said...

Happy Vinayaka Chaturthi dear:))Everything looks awesome and lovely .Lovely pooja pics.

Indian Khana said...

Hey Happy Ganesh Chaturthi Paru...the Pooja attire looking lovely..

Lakshmi said...

Ganeshana habbada haardika shubhashayagalu

Usha said...

Happy Vinayaka Chaturthi to you...the puja pics and the prasadam look lovely :)

CurryLeaf said...

Happy Chathurthi,Tasty Modaks

raaji said...

pooja arrangements were made good..nice idol

Sum Raj said...

puja set is extremly gud....modak is awsome..mine is different recipe..will be posting next...

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Laavanya said...

Kadubu sounds absolutely delicious.

Deepthi Shankar said...

lovely kadubu .... I hope you had a great festival

Unknown said...

hi paru thanks for visiting my blog pooja pics are so good kadubu looks mouthwatering

Archy said...

Lovely Pooja place Paru !!
Tagged u.. and an award waiting !!

Shreya said...

Modak is the perfect offering to be made to Lord Ganesha:-)

Recipeswap said...

Great recipe for Kadabu..nice blog Paru

Anonymous said...

Really the taste would be great, I will surely give it a try some time.
I also found some interesting recipes at http://hungryzone.com , may be you all can visit it.