Cocoa Mothagam Recipe: How To Make This South Indian Festive Delight At Home Recipe
Antara Basu
373 Recipes
A teacher and foodie who loves photography and traveling. Antara is a passionate food ...
Antara Basu
373 Recipes
A teacher and foodie who loves photography and traveling. Antara is a passionate food ...
If you are planning to make some delicious mothagam with a cocoa twist to make the upcoming festive season more special, try this cocoa mothagam at home.
Difficulty:medium
Serves:6
Time:45 mins
Contains egg: No
Cocoa Mothagam, the southern namesake of Chocolate Modak, is a popular Ganesh Chaturthi-special fusion sweet delicacy. Apart from Maharashtra, this bite-sized soft coconutty dumpling is served as Lord Ganesha’s favorite sweet across the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. In simple words, a Cocoa Mothagam is a teardrop-shaped, cocoa-flavored sweet dumpling featuring a smooth, soft, rice-flour-based outer shell stuffed with a coconut-sugar/jaggery filling.
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Ingredients
6
Servings
For the Recipe
- Cadbury Cocoa Powder: ½ cup
- Rice flour: ½ cup
- Water: 1 cup
- Ghee: 1 tsp
- Coconut powder: 2 tsp
- Sugar: 1 tsp
Directions

In a heavy-bottomed pan on medium flame, heat the water, ghee, and cocoa powder.

Gradually add the rice flour, stirring constantly to avoid lumps, until it forms a soft, uniform dough

Knead the dough well and let it rest, covered, for 10 minutes

In a bowl, add sugar and coconut powder. Mix well to combine.

Take a portion of the chocolate dough and place it into a mold. Create a cavity in the center and fill it with the prepared coconut mixture.

Close the mold to shape the mothagam.

Steam the prepared mothagams until cooked through.

Enjoy your delicious, healthy homemade chocolate mothagams.
For stuffing, you may add chopped dry fruits and dates also.
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