Labang Lathika/Lavang Lathika

Lavang Lathika

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Labang Lathika

Lobang Latika/Lavang Lathika is a traditional recipe of Bengalis prepared especially during festivals.This sweet packets are stuffed with mawa/khova and dry fruits and coated with sugar syrup and tucked with a clove on top!
So, Enjoy Ram Navami festival with this easy to make sweet and share it with friends, family and relatives too.

Lavang Lathika

Ingredients:

1. Refined flour (maida) 1/2 cup

2. Whole Wheat flour/Atta-1/2 cup
3. 12-Cloves
4. Ghee 3 tablespoons 
5. Ghee or oil to fry

For the Filling:

1. Khoya/mawa 3 tablespoons

2. Nuts cashew nuts and almonds 2 tablespoons

3. Powdered sugar 1 tablespoon

4.  1/4 teaspoon

5. 1/4 tsp Green cardamom powder

For the syrup:

1. Sugar 1 cup

2. Milk 2 teaspoons

3. A big pinch of Green cardamom powder

4. Few saffron strands threads

Method:

• For the dough, place both the flour in a bowl and rub in the ghee/clarified butter with your fingertips. Add sufficient water and knead into stiff dough. Cover with a damp cloth and rest the dough for a while.
• For the filling, mix together the mava/khoya, nuts, powdered sugar and cardamom powder . Divide the mixture into twelve equal portions.
• Divide the dough into twelve equal portions. Roll out each portion into a five-inch round puri.
• Place one portion of the filling in the centre of the puri, fold in the sides to overlap each other and seal the ends with a little water. Secure with a clove.
• Meanwhile prepare the sugar syprup. Take the sugar with half a cup of water in a non-stick pan, stirring continuously till the sugar dissolves. Add the milk; collect the scum which rises to the surface with a ladle, and discard. Cook the syrup till it attains a one-string consistency. Remove from heat and keep warm.
• Heat sufficient ghee in a non-stick kadai and deep-fry the lavang latika till golden brown. Drain on absorbent paper.
• Soak the latika in the warm sugar syrup for three to four minutes.
• Drain and serve warm.