| • | To prepare the filling, combine coconut, milk and jaggery or sugar, mix well.
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| • | Cook it over medium flame, stir continuously till they are mixed properly.
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| • | Add cashews and pistachios and cook for about one minute.
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| • | Now add cardamom powder.
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| • | Let it cool, keep aside.
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| • | Bring water to a boil.
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| • | Now add flour, ghee and salt, stir quickly so as to remove all lumps.
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| • | Cover with a lid for some time and cook.
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| • | Remove the lid and keep stirring.
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| • | Now remove the pan from the heat and transfer all the mixture on a flat plate.
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| • | Knead it to make soft dough.
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| • | It should be neither too sticky nor too dry.
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| • | Grease the palms of your hands properly and make a ball from the dough.
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| • | Flatten the dough to make a cup shape.
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| • | Put 3/4 tsp coconut filling into this cup.
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| • | Dip thumb and index finger in the oil and make 5-6 small pinches on the outside edges of the cup.
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| • | Bring them together on top and join to shape a peak.
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| • | Put modak on a pre greased plate.
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| • | Make rest of the modaks.
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| • | Now Steam them for about 15 minutes and serve with ghee. |
