- Dough: In a mixing bowl add all purpose flour and add 1 tbsp clarified butter. Rub clarified butter and all purpose flour with your palms. This is the best way to mix properly.Add little water at a time and knead firm dough (do not add much water). Cover it with damp cloth or wet paper towel and keep it aside for 20 minutes.
- Sugar syrup: Heat pan on medium heat and add 1 cup water to this add 1 cup of sugar. Stir well and let it boil.For flavoring add crushed cardamom and few strands of saffron. Look for one string consistency. Turn off the heat.
- Stuffing: In a bowl add khoya/mava and 1 tbsp sugar. Now add dry fruits. Add chopped cashew, pistachios, pecans, and almonds. Mix everything well and stuffing is ready.Make paste of 1 tbsp all purpose flour with 1 tbsp of water. Mix well and keep it aside.
- After 20 minutes knead dough for the final time. Dust working surface from all purpose flour. Give flat round shape (like peda) to entire dough and roll it.Roll slightly thicker than puri. Using a cookie cutter or round lid cut circles out of the rolled dough and keep them covered.
- Take out the cut circular dough and slightly roll it. Add stuffing in the centre and apply the paste on the edges. Fold it from all the sides.After folding, insert 2 cloves to seal. Prepare rest of the lavang latas in the same way and keep them covered while preparing.Frying: For frying these lavang latas add 2 tsp clarified butter/ ghee in a pan and 8 tbsp canola oil on low- medium heat.
- Gently add lavang latas one by one and fry until they turn golden brown from all the sides.In warm sugar syrup add fried lavang latas and coat well from all the sides. Leave lavang latas for five minutes in sugar syrup. After five minutes take them and enjoy eating this delicious sweet.
Treat your sweet tooth with a simple and easy-to-make traditional Bengali dessert recipe made with all purpose flour, khoya, green cardamom, almonds, cloves, butter, canola oil, pecans and saffron. This easy dessert recipe will be loved by everyone.
Lavang Lata Recipe
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By Pooja Gujarathi
Jan, 29th
735
Servings
5 persons
Cook Time
45 minutes
Ingredients
9
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Ingredients
- 1/4 cup and 1 and 1/4 tablespoon all purpose flour
- 2 and 1/2 tablespoon khoya
- 2 and 1/2 almonds
- 2 and 1/2 pistachios
- 2 cashews
- 4 tablespoon canola oil/ rapeseed oil
- 1/4 cup and 1 and 1/4 tablespoon sugar
- 2 green cardamom 2 pecan
- 2 and 1/2 strand saffron
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoon butter
- 7 clove
