Easy Ragi Modak With Coconut & Jaggery

Ragi Modak is a sweet dumpling made with ragi, coconut and jaggery. Popular Modalk made during Ganesha Chaturthi.

This recipe is a easy version of the ragi kozhukattai recipe. In Ragi Kozhukattai, ragi is cooked separately and filled with a coconut – jaggery mixture. In the recipe I am sharing today ragi, coconut and jaggery are cooked together and shaped to modak.

You will love this ragi modak because

• this is a no stuffing modak recipe

• made with wholesome finger millet flour

• makes for a wonderful neivedyam for Ganesha Chaturthi

• can also be eaten as snack by kids and adults

Ingredients:

Step by Step Instructions for Finger Millet Modak:

1 – In a pan add the ragi flour and fry for 5 minutes in medium heat. Remove and set a side.

2 – Add water and jaggery to a pot and cook till jagerry melts.

3- Add fresh grated coconut and boil for a minute.

4- Now add the roasted ragi flour, 1 tsp of ghee, cashew and cardamom.

5- Mix all the ingredients until no lumps are seen. Ragi will immediately absorb all the liquid and come together. Cook for just about a minute and turn off the stove. Close it with a lid and set a side for 5 minutes.

6- Grease a plate with little ghee, add the ragi micture and knead it till soft.

7- Use a mold and shape the modak. If you don’t have a mold, you can jsut make small round balls or oval shaped.

8- Steam the modak for 8 minutes and release the pressure naturally. Let stay for 2 to 3 minutes before removing from the pan. The cooked ragi modak will be shiny and non sticky to touch.

I used instant pot to steam my modak. add 1.5 cups of water and boil it in the saute mode. Once the water comes to a boil, hit cancel. Place the idli mold and close the lid. Turn the pressure valve to vent position. Press the steam mode and keep an external timer for 8 minutes. ( we don’t want to use the timer in the instant pot because instant pot takes time to built up pressure, before the cooking time kicks in. We don’t know how much time that is….so an external timer works best in this recipe)

Serving Suggestions:

Ragi Modak is served for Lord Ganesha as neivedyam for Ganesha Chaturthi.

This is also a wonderful sweet treat or snack which can eaten any time of the year.

More Ganesha Chaturhi Recipes –

Dry Fruits Modak

Puarn Poli

Coconut Jaggery Ladoo

If you love Ragi (nachni, finger millet), then do check out my other recipes – ragi dosa, ragi mudde, ragi roti and ragi jowar rotti.

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