Lobongo Lotika

Name: Lobongo Lotika
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup maida; 2 tbsp wheat flour; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 11/2 cup refined oil; 3 tbsp ghee; 3/4 cup sugar; 1 cup water; To taste salt; 4 tbsp coarsely ground coconut; 2 tbsp semolina; 2 tbsp crushed mawa; 10-12 laung (cloves); 1 tbsp raisins; 3 crushed green cardamoms without skin

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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This is a traditional Bengali sweet prepared during the festive season of Holi,Dussehra etc.It is prepared like an envelope with maida dough and stuffed with a filling of coconut, mawa etc.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

1 cupmaida
2 tbspwheat flour
1/2 tspbaking powder
11/2 cuprefined oil
3 tbspghee
3/4 cup sugar
1 cupwater
To tastesalt
4 tbspcoarsely ground coconut
2 tbspsemolina
2 tbspcrushed mawa
10-12laung (cloves)
1 tbspraisins
3crushed green cardamoms without skin

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Steps

1

Take maida and wheat flour in a bowl.Sprinkle pinch of salt and 1/2 tsp baking powder.Mix well, preferably seive both the flours, salt and baking powder.Add 2 tbsp ghee and 1 tbsp oil.Add water and knead into a stiff dough.Set aside covered for half hour.
2

Meanwhile make a filling of ground coconut,semolina and mawa.Heat 1 tbsp ghee and toss the semolina lightly.Add 2 tbsp sugar,the ground coconut and crumbled mawa.Toss all till a lump is formed.Sprinkle crushed cardamom powder,raisins and toss again.
3

Make lemon size 8 balls out of the dough and roll into a round like puri.Place 1 tsp filling in the centre.Smear water all round the edges and fold one on top of other.Fold like an envelope from the back and secure the edges with a laung (clove)
4

Make a sugar syrup with half cup sugar and water.Boil till sticky and set aside.Meanwhile heat oil in a pan or wok and fry the lobongo lotika under low flame till golden brown.Dip each in sugar syrup (chasni)and spread to cool.Serve hot or cold.This sweet stays good for long and as we have added mawa should be refrigerated.