Savoury Modak/Chatpate Modak
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 10 mins
Serves : 4
Ingredients:
Potatoes - 2 nos. boiled & mashed
Poha or Flattened rice - 1/4 cup
Green peas - 1/4 cup boiled
Capsicum - 1/4 cup finely chopped
Carrot - 1/4 cup finely chopped
Coriander - 1/4 cup
Red Chilly powder - 1 tspn
Dry Mango Powder/Amchur - 1 tspn
Cumin powder - 1 tspn
Garam Masala - 1/2 tspn
Chat Masala - as per taste
Cornflour - 2 tbspn
Salt - as per taste
Oil - for deep frying
Method:
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Take a bowl and add all veggies and spices together.
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Add salt to taste.
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Add cornflour. First add 1 tbspn then add more if required.
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Make a dough by combining everything.
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Take a modak mould and grease its inner surface with little oil.
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Take small portion from dough and put it in modak mould.
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Make a batch of 6-8 modaks ready.
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Deep fry them on medium to high flame.
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Serve with chutney or ketchup.
NOTE:
If you don't have modak mould; you can also roll out small balls from it or flatten it like patties. You can also make cutlets out of this. Add veggies of your choice to make it more healthy.
