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Home » Festival recipes » Ganesha Chaturthi recipes » Easy Ragi Modak With Coconut & Jaggery

Easy Ragi Modak With Coconut & Jaggery

Published: Aug 14, 2020

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Ragi modak is a sweet dumpling made with ragi, coconut and jaggery.

This finger millet modak is healthy and one of the easiest modak you will ever make.

ragi modak arranged in a white plate and garnished with coconut

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
  • is healthy, refined sugar free
  • 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:

ragi modak 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.

pan fried ragi flour in a pan

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.

cooking ragi,coconut and jaggery cooked and formed to modak

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)

steamed ragi modak arranged in a palte

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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ragi modak arranged in a white plate and garnished with coconut

Ragi Modak Recipe

Healthy Ragi Modak which can be made for Ganesha Chaturthi.
5 from 3 votes
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 7 modak
Author: Madhavi

Equipment

  • instant pot/steamer/pressure cooker

Ingredients

  • 1 cup ragi flour (finger millet, nachni)
  • ¼ cup + 1.5 tbsp jaggery powder ( add 1 to 2 tsp more, if you like it more sweeter)
  • ¼ cup grated coconut
  • 2 cardamom pods, crushed
  • 2 tsp ghee, divided
  • 2 tbsp cashew pieces
  • ¾ cup water

Instructions

  • In a pan add the ragi flour and fry for 5 minutes in medium heat. Remove and set a side.
  • Add water and jaggery to a pot and cook till jagerry melts.
  • Add fresh grated coconut and boil for a minute.
  • Now add the roasted ragi flour, 1 teaspoon of ghee, cashew and cardamom.
  • 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.
  •  Grease a plate with little ghee, add the ragi micture and knead it till soft.
  • Use a mold and shape the modak. If you don’t have a mold, you can jsut make small round balls or oval shaped.
  • 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.

Steaming in the instant pot –

  • 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)
  • If using traditional pressure cooker & Idli stand – boil 1.5 cups of water in the cooker, do not place the whistle ( for the cooker) and steam them for 10 minutes.
  • If you don’t have any of the above gadgets use a wide pot. Add 1.5 cups of water in the bottom of the pot and let it simmer… then use a steamer basket or any other plate. Close the lid and steam the modak for 8-9 minutes. Let rest for 5 mins before removing them.

Notes

If your jaggery has impurities, strain the water jaggery mixture before adding rest of the ingredients. 
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Comments

  1. Pushpa Otiv

    January 26, 2022 at 12:48 am

    Very tasty & precise recipe, thanks

    Reply
    • Madhavi

      January 26, 2022 at 6:43 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
  2. Rashmi

    September 08, 2021 at 7:10 am

    Can i use dry coconut instead of fresh?

    Reply
    • Madhavi

      September 08, 2021 at 7:37 am

      Fresh coconut or frozen coconut is recommended, dry coconut will make the Modak dry.

      Reply
  3. Usha

    September 07, 2021 at 10:49 am

    Ingredients list has jaggery in two places and no coconut mentioned

    Reply
    • Madhavi

      September 07, 2021 at 10:58 am

      Thank you for pointing it out…. I corrected it.

      Reply
  4. Nayana

    August 31, 2020 at 9:47 am

    5 stars
    Delicious and healthy!

    Reply
    • Madhavi

      August 31, 2020 at 11:46 am

      Thank you Nayana!

      Reply
  5. Sujatha

    August 17, 2020 at 1:24 am

    5 stars
    Thanks for your easy recipies

    Reply

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