Lobongo Lotika

Name: Lobongo Lotika
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups maida (Plain flour); 1 cup khoya (dried whole milk); 1 cup coconut, grated; 1/2 tsp. cardamom powder; 1 tsp. cloves; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 3 cups water; 2 tbsp. nuts and raisins, sliced; 1/4 tsp. nutmeg powder; pinch saffron; as needed ghee for deep frying

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

Sharjah (UAE)

#Diwalidelights - No Diwali is complete without some traditional Bengali sweets. So here you have some delicious Lobongo Lotika. It is not much found in any sweet shop these days and remains a homemade sweet. It is also very popular in the North & North-East regions of India.

It is basically sweetened khoya filled in a poori (made of maida dough), folded in a square shaped envelope and sealed with a clove (lobongo). The filling can be either made at home or any store bought pedas / khoya sweets can be substituted.

It is then deep fried in ghee and later dipped in sugar syrup. These sweets can be made in huge quantities and stored in airtight containers for later use.

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

Sharjah (UAE)

It is then deep fried in ghee and later dipped in sugar syrup. These sweets can be made in huge quantities and stored in airtight containers for later use.

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Ingredients

2 cupsmaida (Plain flour)
1 cupkhoya (dried whole milk)
1 cupcoconut, grated
1/2 tsp.cardamom powder
1 tsp.cloves
1 1/2 cupssugar
3 cupswater
2 tbsp.nuts and raisins, sliced
1/4 tsp.nutmeg powder
pinchsaffron
as neededghee for deep frying

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Steps

1

In a pan, mix khoya, coconut and 3 tbsp. sugar. Cook till well blended.
2

Add the nuts, raisins, cardamom and nutmeg powder. Keep aside. Knead a stiff dough with flour, water and 3-4 tbsps. of ghee.
3

Make a syrup of the remaining sugar and water to one thread consistency. Add a pinch of saffron to it and keep aside. Make equal portions of the dough and khoya mix.
4

Roll out the dough. Put in little khoya and fold over in a rectangular shape, just like a parcel, fixing it with a clove.
5

Heat ghee and fry the Lobongo Lotika's till golden in colour. Dip in the sugar syrup for a couple of minutes. Drain and serve, hot or cold.