Langcha

Langcha is a famous sweet of West Bengal. This is one of those popular fried sweets that India is famous for. Shaktigarh in the Bardhaman District of West Bengal is famous for this sweet item. Langcha is one of the most delicious Bengali Sweets.

This unique Bangali Dessert can be prepared very easily at home. The ingredients required for making Langcha are listed below
1 cup of carnation milk powder
2 tablespoon of butter
½ cup of flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
2 cups of sugar
1 cup of water
White oil for frying

How to Prepare Langcha

Mix the milk powder with butter and add some milk to prepare the dough. Do not add much milk so that the dough remains hard. From this dough make at least 20 rod shaped structures by gently rolling them on your palm. Place them on a wide plate to keep them in shape and leave them covered with a moist cloth.
Pour plenty oil in a kadhai and heat it well. After its heated well lower the flame and slip in the pieces made from the dough one by one gently from the side of the kadhai. Fry them till they turn red. After about 5 minutes of frying the pieces will rise to the surface of the kadhai. Now they shall be fried gently to ensure that all the sides have turned equally brown. Right temperature should be maintained so that the pieces of Langcha do not break.

These fried pieces must then be slipped into syrup made by melting and heating sugar and water. You can serve the Langcha hot as well as cold.