Dough

• 2 cups rice flour
• 2½ cups water
• 1 tbsp butter
• Salt

Filling

• 1 cup fresh grated coconut
• 1 cup jaggery
• 2 tbsp raisins
• 2 tbsp cashew nuts, chopped
• 1 tsp cardamom, powdered
• Ghee

1. Make the filling, following the same method as the wheat flour modak.
2. Heat 2 cups of the water in a large pot/vessel and then add salt and butter.
3. As the water starts boiling, add rice flour to the water. Lower heat. Mix well. The mixture should be a smooth paste; there should be no lumps. If mixture is becoming too dry then add the remaining ½ cup water. Keep heating on low heat until rice flour is cooked.
4. Cover the mixture with a lid and remove from the heat. Let it cook in its own steam.
5. While it is still warm rub some ghee on your palms and take a small portion of the dough. Make a ball out of it. With your thumb shape the ball into a cup. Put 2 teaspoons of the filling and close the ends in a manner to get the shape of a fresh fig.
6. Make 10 modaks and place them in a colander or steamer basket greased with ghee. Place the modak in such a way that they do not touch one another in the colander.
7. Place the colander in a steamer and steam the modaks for 10 minutes.
8. Dribble with a teaspoon of ghee, and serve hot.