Modak

This is one of favourite and mandatory offerings to God on Ganesha festival, a must have dish in every maharashtrian household.

Ingredients
1 and a half cups Paraboiled rice
One and quarter cup water
1/2 Teaspoon ghee
A pinch of salt
For the stuffing
1 and a half cup grated fresh coconut
3/4 cup grated jaggery
2 cardamoms powdered

Wash the rice and dry the rice on a cloth. Grind the rice into fine powder. You can also use rice flour which you get in the market.
Boil the water , add salt and ghee to it. add the rice flour slowly stirring continously to prevent lumps. Remove from the fire and keep the vessel closed for sometime. Once this cools down knead the mixture to a soft dough.
For the stuffing heat the jaggery on very low flame, add the jaggery and cardamom to it. Don't heat too much since the jaggery will get burnt, remove from the flame immediately.
Make small balls of the rice dough, flatten it on your palms, keep the jaggery mixture in the center and make small pleats with your fingers and then seal them together. Steam them in an Idli steamer for 10 minutes. Serve them hot with ghee.