Take rice flour which is available in the market for making steamed modak.

You can grind at home by soaking rice for 4 hours and then dry it for at least 2 days in a room only and not in the Sun.

After rice dry well, make a fine powder in a mixer jar.

When you are grinding rice at home, try to take the rice of good quality. 

Due to good quality of rice, modak steams properly.

Now put a pan on the gas and add 3 cups water into the pan. Boil it for 5 to 7 minutes.

After water gets boiled add 1 tablespoon ghee or oil into the boiled water and stir it well.

Keep the gas flame low. Add rice flour slowly into the boiled water and mix it well. Make sure that there are no lumps of rice flour.

Keep the gas flame low. Add rice flour slowly into the boiled water and mix it well. Make sure that there are no lumps of rice flour.

Now cover the pan by any glass lid or a plate for 3 minutes.

Turn off the gas after 3 minutes. Keep the pan covered for 5 minutes so that the rice flour gets more steamed.

Take out the hot mixture of the rice flour into the plate and mash it while it is hot only with the help of any steel bowl or a plate from bottom side. You can put oil and some water oer palm and then knead it well.

After the rice flour well kneaded, the dough gets smooth and shiny in texture.