Labongo Lotika

Labongo Lotika is a very famous sweet dish of Bangladesh and West Bengal as well.Labongo is a Bengali word which means clove. The name of the recipe is actually derived from this.It is crispy from outside and soft from inside. It can be made in two ways one is you need to dip it in sugar syrup and second way is without the sugar syrup.Though I made it without the syrup but I will explain you the process with sugar syrup as well. So let's start making Labongo Latika.

Ingredients:


For the dough:

• 2 cup milk
• 2 cup flour
• 1 egg
• 1/4th Teaspoon salt.
• 1/2 cup white oil

 For the stuffing:

• Khoya Kheer 1cup/ Dry milk powder and 2 teaspoon ghee
• chopped cashew 2 tablespoon
• green cardamom powder 1/2 teaspoon
• pinch of salt
• 2 teaspoon powdered sugar

 For Sugar syrup: 

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1-2 cardamom

For deep frying:

• 2 cups oil
  

Procedure:

• Take a container and mix all the stuffing ingredients together. For those who don't have khoya kheer ,they can use 1 cup of dry milk powder with 2-3 teaspoon of ghee and mix it really well. It is a good replacement of khoya kheer.

• Then we will prepare the sugar syrup. Take a pan, add sugar,water and cardamom and put it on medium flame. Let it boil for 5-6min and then transfer it into a bowl.
• Take one non-stick container and put it in medium heat.Add milk and let it boil.
• When the milk start boiling ,add the oil in it and mix it really well.Then switch off the gas, beat one egg roughly and pour it in the milk.The moment you add the egg start mixing the milk instantly  otherwise it will form lumps. Now after mixing it add the flour and mix it with a wooden spoon or spatula.
• Now knead it really good to form a tough dough. Do not make the dough too hard or too soft.You can add water or flour to make it right.
• Divide the dough into 10-12 equal parts.
• Now check the below video to make the Labongo Latika

• Now deep fry those Labongo Latika in medium heat till it become nice golden brown in color.
• After deep frying let it cool down a little and you can serve it likw this only. The other thing you can do is to dip those Labongo Latika in sugar syrup for 2-3 mins. Take it out and place it on a plate. Let the excess sugar syrup get drained. Then finally place it on a serving bowl and enjoy it with your friends and family.