Langcha-India's famous Bengali Sweets

Name: Langcha-India's famous Bengali Sweets
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 200 g Chhana(cottage Cheese); 100 g Khoya; 1 tbls Plain flour(maida); 1 tbls Sugar; 1/4 tsp Baking soda; 1/2 tspn Cardamom powder; 1 tsp Ghee; Oil; For sugar syrup :; 2 cups Sugar; 3 cups Water; 2 Green cardamoms; 4 Saffron strand

Mithu Majumder @cook_13313653

India, Kolkata

#masterchef
New year recipe- Langcha is an old-fashioned Bengali sweet that everyone loves. Deep fried Indian cottage cheese simmered and soaked in sugar syrup.

Mithu Majumder @cook_13313653

India, Kolkata

#masterchef
New year recipe- Langcha is an old-fashioned Bengali sweet that everyone loves. Deep fried Indian cottage cheese simmered and soaked in sugar syrup.

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Ingredients

25minutes

8 servings

200 gChhana(cottage Cheese)
100 gKhoya
1 tblsPlain flour(maida)
1 tblsSugar
1/4 tspBaking soda
1/2tspn Cardamom powder
1 tspGhee
Oil
For sugar syrup :
2 cupsSugar
3 cupsWater
2Green cardamoms
4Saffron strand

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Steps

25minutes

1

Combine chhana and sugar in a mixing bowl, knead for about 10minutes. Then add plain flour, 1/2tsp ghee, and baking soda, mix them well with chhana. Now add khoya and cardamom powder and knead for a couple of minutes to make a smooth and soft dough. Cover with a lid and rest for 15minutes.
2

To make sugar syrup - In a wide pan add water and sugar. Let the sugar dissolve on medium heat. Add crushed cardamom, boil it for 5 minutes on low flame. Add few threads of saffron. Turn off the flame, let it cool down a bit.
3

To make langcha: Take a pan for deep fried, add oil in the pan over medium heat preheat the oil. Divide the dough in equal portions. Apply ghee on your palm, take a portion and form a cylindrical shape.
4

Add some langcha in the hot oil. Oil should be moderately hot but not very hot. Adjust the heat between medium to medium low and fry langcha for 4-5 minutes till golden brown in colour.
5

Then remove fried langcha from oil, and deep in sugar syrup for 2 hours.
6

Our Special Bengali sweet Langcha is ready to be served.