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Originally posted by: Tanyaz

Is modak a mithai ? What is it made of ?

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Modak - Info

Tanya, we make sweet and spicy modak. The sweet ones are filled with coconut and jaggery mixture.

Sowmya, kaara and sweet kolzhakattai :) love the spicy ones better than the sweet.

Do any of you believe in not watching the moon today?

Originally posted by: soapwatcher1

Tanya, we make sweet and spicy modak. The sweet ones are filled with coconut and jaggery mixture.

Sowmya, kaara and sweet kolzhakattai :) love the spicy ones better than the sweet.

Do any of you believe in not watching the moon today?

Thanks ,my mouth is watering ..I feel hungry right now ...😔

Originally posted by: soapwatcher1

Tanya, we make sweet and spicy modak. The sweet ones are filled with coconut and jaggery mixture.

Sowmya, kaara and sweet kolzhakattai :) love the spicy ones better than the sweet.

Do any of you believe in not watching the moon today?

I love Ladoos being Gujju Brahmin we would have it during Ganesh festivity every day...Oh my childhood memories 😳..Gujjus make ladoo and not Modak but it is the same meaning...Bappa loved sweets and so do we 😛

yes me and my family not even our family many ppl celebrating ganesh chaturthi in our place does not watch moon on dis day..

its real funny to beleive this moon story but being a Maharashtrian have to follow dis...btw nw the time span of not watching moon has passed nw v r free...haash what a relief...!!
though it is vry hard to believe dis story but it is real fun and interesting to follow dis ritual..not seen moon on dis day since my childhood..hope my record never breaks..!!

Originally posted by: ashvikluverrr

its real funny to beleive this moon story but being a Maharashtrian have to follow dis...btw nw the time span of not watching moon has passed nw v r free...haash what a relief...!!
though it is vry hard to believe dis story but it is real fun and interesting to follow dis ritual..not seen moon on dis day since my childhood..hope my record never breaks..!!

I never knew this ritual although born & raised in Mumbai amongst Maharashtrians until today so googled it..😳

Varsha, my best friend (since we were both 14) was gujju, they would make laddus, we would make the kolzhakattai or kadubu (in Kannada) and we would both eat till we could eat no more.

No, the spicy ones are a little different than kachoris. They are lentil based too but steamed like idlis. Yummy!!

Sowmya, there are two tales, one that the moon laughed at Ganesha's pot belly and was cursed by Ganesha but the noon apologized and so Ganesha forgave the moon on the condition that anyone watching the moon today would be cursed but would have the curse removed by listening to his story.

Second story is that anyone watching the moon today will be falsely accused as was Krishna of stealing a jewel but listening to the story will remove the curse.

Some say the curse can be removed by watching the moon's reflection in water.

I know these stories only because my kids have made me repeat them umpteen times during the years.

i dont know abt removal of dat curse...these are all mythological stories...but the place wher i live (new mumbai) everyone follows dis ritual including me..