Wednesday, August 23, 2017

My experiment with Modaks for the arrival of Lord Ganesha


Celebrations for the ten-day long Hindu festival, Ganesh Chaturthi with begin on Friday 25th August. The newsfeeds are already dominated by users sharing their excitement around the festive occasion by sharing pictures of traditional idols, dhols and the most delicious modaks.

The festival of Ganesh Chaturthi may be loved for one million reasons, but is even more loved for the sumptuous festival food. And no Ganesha puja is ever complete without the site of sinfully delicious Modaks as Prasad


Steamed/ Ukadiche Modaks - the most popular Maharashtrian delicacy prepared on Ganesh Chaturthi 

Fried Modaks
These are actual pictures - Modaks cooked and clicked by Manjusha Morgaonkar

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