Ganesh Chaturthi brings a different kind of excitement to the kitchen. There are flowers, decorations, prayers and, of course, modaks. Many families make them at home, but getting those neat little modaks right can take some practice. The dough cracks, the filling comes out or the modaks turn hard after steaming. It can be annoying when you have already spent so much time making them. The good part is that these problems are usually easy to fix. Most of the trouble starts with the dough.
