Ingredients
2 cups flour (maida)
1/4th cup semolina (rawa)
a pinch salt
1 tsp oil.
Water to make dough

For the filling
1 coconut grated
1 tsp cardamom powder
2 tbsps fried til (sesame seeds)
1 tbsp poppy seeds (khus khus)
1 cup sugar
2 tbsps chopped cashewnuts & raisins

Method
1) Make a dough with the flour, semolina, oil & water.
2) Dissolve the sugar & make a syrup in a heavy saucepan. Add the coconut, sesame seeds (fried with a little oil on low heat)  & cook over low flame till thick. Add the nuts & cardamom powder.
Mix well & let it cool.
3) To make nevreos, take a small proportion of the dough & roll out to make a small circle. Put 2 -3 tbsps of the mix on it. Fold & seal the edges to make a half circle. Deep fry in oil.
4) To make Modaks, proceed the same way as above, but pull all the edges together & shape it like modaks as shown in the picture. Deep fry in oil.

Variation (dry coconut)
Dough Same

For filling:
2 cups scrapped coconut
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 tsps cardamom powder
4 tbsps til (sesame seeds) - fried in a little oil
2 tbsps khus khus

Put the scrapped coconut in an oven & heat it on moderate till lightly brown. Mix with the sugar & other ingredients. Fill nevreos & modaks as above & deep fry .This will last a few days longer.