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LENGCHA Recipe

Recipe By Saheli Mudi
This is a very popular bengali sweet which is traditionally made with paneer but here I tried to make them with milk powder. They are perfect melt in mouth kind of yumminess and certainly addictive.
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Ingredients for LENGCHA Recipe

  • 1 cup Non fat Dry Milk pd
  • 1/2 cup maida
  • 2 cup Heavy cream / fresh cream/ Milk
  • 1/4 tsp Baking pd
  • 1 tbsp Ghee
  • 1/4 tsp Cardamom pd
  • As Required Oil For Frying
  • As Required Sugar Syrup
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 1 cup Water
  • 1/4 tsp Cream of tartar

Directions: Lengcha Recipe

  • STEP 1.In a bowl mix maida, milk pd, baking pd and mix well .
  • STEP 2.Then add heavy cream ( i used heavy cream) as needed and mix them gently with fingers.
  • STEP 3.Add ghee and form a smooth dough.
  • STEP 4.Let it rest for 10 mins.
  • STEP 5.In the meanwhile in a sauce pan make sugar syrup by adding sugar and water.
  • STEP 6.Let the sugar dissolve completely and reach a bubbling boil, you don't have to attain any string consistency. The syrup should be of sticky consistency.
  • STEP 7.Add cardamom , cream of tartar and mix well.
  • STEP 8.Smooth the dough and divide to equal size to make oblong shape by rolling the dough in between your fingers.
  • STEP 9.Heat oil in pan / kadai , When the oil is hot drop the shaped langcha and deep fry them till golden brown.
  • STEP 10.Don't keep on turning them as they might form cracks, stir the oil slightly without disturbing the langchas and they will automatically turn aroundand this way cook evenly.
  • STEP 11.Cook the langchas in low to medium flame as you want the inside to cook well.
  • STEP 12.Once they are golden brown drop them in the warm syrup ( keep the syrup warm). Do the same for rest of the shaped langchas.
  • STEP 13.Once all the langchas are fried and soaked in the syrup, Cover the sauce pan andlet them rest for 1-2 hours.
  • STEP 14.Then remove them from the syrup and serve. You an serve them with or without syrup.
  • STEP 15.
Nutrition
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535
calories per serving
35 g Fat8 g Protein47 g Carbs1 g FiberOther

Current Totals

  • Fat
    35g
  • Protein
    8g
  • Carbs
    47g
  • Fiber
    1g

MacroNutrients

  • Carbs
    47g
  • Protein
    8g
  • Fiber
    1g

Fats

  • Fat
    35g

Vitamins & Minerals

  • Calcium
    104mg
  • Iron
    2mg
  • Vitamin A
    199mcg
  • Vitamin B1
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B2
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B3
    1mg
  • Vitamin B6
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B9
    28mcg
  • Vitamin B12
    < 1mcg
  • Vitamin C
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin E
    2mg
  • Copper
    < 1mcg
  • Magnesium
    18mg
  • Manganese
    < 1mg
  • Phosphorus
    137mg
  • Selenium
    10mcg
  • Zinc
    < 1mg
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. All nutritional information presented are estimates and not meant to substitute professional dietary advice or treatment
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Recipe By Saheli Mudi