• Combine grated coconut and jaggery in a pan.
• Keep this mixture on low heat and keep stirring until it thickens and leaves the sides of the pan.
• Add nutmeg and cardamom.
• Mix well and keep aside to cool.

Prepare Modak

• In a deep dish, boil water, add salt, ghee and flour and mix well.
• Keep stirring until it starts to thicken.
• Remove the dough into another container, knead it, add more ghee if needed. It should be a soft, pliable dough.
• Make lemon-size balls of the dough, flatten them between two sandwich bags. Grease the bags so that the dough does not stick to them.
• Put a spoonful of the filling onto the dough and seal it. Finish the dough and the filling in a similar manner.
• Put the dumplings in a muslin cloth and steam them for 12 minutes.