Heat ghee in a pan.

Add coconut and jaggery to it. Make sure to add good quality jaggery free from impurities.

Mix well and keep cooking until jaggery starts to dissolve.It will be slightly goey at this stage.

Cook until its thick still juicy. Do not overcook as it might turn hard and chewy.

Add ghee, cardamom powder and nutmeg powder to it.

Mix well tand switch off. Let it cool down a bit.

To a mixing bowl add rice flour.

Add salt and ghee to it.

Mix this well first.

Boil water.

Add water little by little.

Keep mixing using a spatula.

Keep adding and mixing.

Keep stirring adding water little by little.

Gather to form a mass.

Once it gathers to form a dough close and keep aside for 5 mins.

Once it is warm enough to handle with hand, open give a quick mix.

Mix well with fingers to form a soft dough.

Pinch a lemon sized dough flatten it slightly then make it thin on all sides. Add the coconut jaggery filling on it.

Pull the edges and bring it to the center and seal it.

Shape it like a modak.Remove extra portion of the dough on top if any.

Get all your ingredients ready.

Grease your mould with oil or ghee.

Fill it with a pinch of small lemon sized dough.

Using your finger make space for the filling as shown.

Make sure the sides of the modak are slightly thin.

Add coconut jaggery filling inside the space,may be a spoonfull.

Seal using the side dough first.

Now pinch a smalk portion of dough flatten it and seal the base like shown below.

Gently open.

Modak is shaped and ready.Repeat and finish.

Add enough water say 2 cups to the steamer pot.Let it start to boil.Grease the steamer plate. Arrange the modaks on it.

Cover with lid.

Steam cook in low medium flame for 5-8 mins or until the outer covering turns shiny.If the modaks are big in size it may take upto 10 mins.Do not overcook as the modaks will turn hard.

Steaming hot modak's are ready.