Easy to Make Authentic Homemade Lavang Latika | Laboungo Latika | Sweet Lavang Lata An Indian Dessert
An easy to make popular Bengali sweet
Ingredients
DOUGH
- 1+1/2 Cup Refined lour / Maida
- 2 tbsp Clarified Buttter / Desi ghee
- 1/4 tsp Salt / Namak
- About 1/2 cup Water / Pani
FILLING
- 3/4 cup crumbled Khoya / Mawa
- 10 chopped Almonds / Badam
- 10 chopped Cashews / Kaju
- 10 chopped Raisins / Kishmish
- 1/4 tsp green Cardamom powder / Hari elaechi
SUGAR SYRUP
- 1 cup Sugar / Cheeni
- 1/2 cup Water / Pani
- 1/4 tsp green Cardamom powder / Hari elaechi
- Few drops of Lemon juice
- OTHER INGREDIENTS
- 12 Cloves / Laung
- Ghee or Oil to fry
Instructions
- Mix Salt in the flour and then melted about 1+1/2 tbsp of warm Ghee.Rub the melted Ghee in the flour with your fingers till the flour turns flaky.
- Adding Water gradually make a stiff dough.
- Add in the made dough 1/2 tbsp more Ghee.
- Cover and keep the dough to rest for 10 minutes
- Meanwhile make a stuffing using a mix of crumbled Khoya, Cashews, Almonds, Raisin and green Cardamom powder.
- Make one thread consistency Sugar syrup by melting Sugar in Water.Add green Cardamom powder and Lemon juice to it.
- Divide the dough in 12 equal portions and roll them out into small puri’s.
- Place about 1+1/2 teaspoon of the filling in the centre and close it in the shape of a pocket applying little Water over the edges.
- Insert one Clove on the top of the fold in the centre.
- Add Lavang Latika in medium hot Oil / Ghee.
- Deep fry on slow heat till golden crisp and then strain out over a tissue
- Add all the fried Lavang Latika to the warm Sugar syrup. keeping them immersed for 12-15 minutes.
- Strain out and Enjoy !