Thengai Poornam Kozhukattai / Ukadiche Modak Recipe With Rice Flour

Thengai Poornam Kozhukattai / Ukadiche Modak Recipe is a very festive sweet that is made for Lord Ganesha’s Birthday also known as Vinayaka or Ganesh Chaturthi that is observed in the month of August – September.  Rice flour, Water, Oil, Salt, Fresh coconut, Jaggery, Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)   1 cup Rice flour 1 cup Water 1 teaspoon Oil 1/4 teaspoon Salt For the filling 1-1/2 cups Fresh coconut , grated 1/2 cup Jaggery 1 teaspoon Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)     10   30     In a heavy bottomed saucepan; combine all the ingredients for the filling and place it on high heat until the jaggery is dissolved completely.Once the jaggery dissolves, turn the heat to medium and keep stirring until the mixture thickens and the water begins to evaporate.It takes about 7-10 minutes for the water to evaporate. Towards the end you will notice the mixtures comes together, with all the water evaporated. The coconut filling will now look like sticky mixture.At this stage, turn off the heat and transfer the mixture to another bowl to cool. Once cool divide the mixture into 10-15 equal portions. This will be the sweet filling for the modak wrapper.