Lavang Latika

Lavang Latika with a crazy twist

Ingredients:

For stuffing

Kaju (crushed) – ¾ cup

Gulkand – ¾ cup

Elaichi powder- 2 pinches

For covering

Maida- 1 cup

salt (very little- just for taste)

water as per requirement to make dough

Oil for frying

Procedure:

To make the dough:

Add the maida, salt and make a semi-tough dough out of it.

To make the stuffing:

Add crushed cashews and gulkand together. Add elaichi powder to it.Grease hands with oil and make small bite-size balls out of it.

Roll out thin rotis out of maida and cut it into pieces as shown in following image.

Now place these strips on one another making a plus sign as shown in the image below.

Now, place the gulkand ball in the middlle as shown in the image below.

Now, fold each side of the structure step by step as shown in the images below.

After folding these, just make sure that the corners are no left open by pressing the corners (Hence the conical shape of the corners, in the image. )

Place the laung or clove in the middle, thus closing the structure and fixing the pockets.

Deep fry these latika in oil on the slow flame till golden brown. Tasty and yummy lavang latika are ready to serve.

(This is the result of the survey which was conducted by me on my family members to know which was the best recipe amongst the ones cooked for Diwali :)

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