Recipes - Ganesh Festival

Talniche Modak (Fried modak with a crisp, blistered shell)

Every Maharashtrian household makes two kinds of modak at Chaturthi, and they are not interchangeable. The steamed ones are for the day itself, eaten warm, gone within hours. The fried ones are for the rest of the festival, stacked in a tin and handed to whoever comes through the door.