All across the country, Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated by offering the foods Lord Ganesha is said to love.
Modaks, the satiny white rice flour dumplings filled with sweetened coconut and spices, top the list.
In the South, it’s also traditional to make savoury dumplings known as Kara Kozhukkattai.
Here are the recipes:
Sweet Modak
Ingredients
For the covering
Method
For the covering
For the filling
Note: You can also add chopped nuts or poppy seeds to the filling mixture.
Photograph: Divya Kudua/Creative Commons
Kara Kozhukkattai
Ingredients
Method
Photograph: Courtesy Thamilvurundu/Facebook
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