This Sweet preparation was made by my mother as a post Dussehra sweet ,as this could be stored for a long duration for unexpected guests.I as an young girl watched my mom make these beauties,and first fell in love with the name of the sweet ,then the look and lastly of course for the taste.
- Ingredients
- All purpose flour -2 cups
- oil or ghee-2 tablespoons
- salt -1 pinch
- thick sugar syrup-1 cup
- oil for deep frying
- coconut filling
- cloves about 15
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| Mix the salt and ghee or oil to the flour |
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| It should come together like this when pressed |
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| Make a hard dough by sprinkling water |
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| The ingredient from which the sweet gets its name,cloves(laung) |
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| Pinch out small balls from the dough |
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| Shape nicely into balls |
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| Roll into a puri of diameter 2 to 2 and half inches |
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| The filling |
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| Take one teaspoon of the filling at the centre |
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| First fold |
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| Second fold |
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| Fold in both the ends |
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| Push in a clove to keep the cloves in place |
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| My neat parcels are ready for frying |
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| Slide in hot oil and fry for 2 minutes |
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| Turn them over and fry,for 5 minutes |
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| Now lower the flame and fry for another 2 to 3 minutes |
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| Turn and fry in low heat for 2 minutes |
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| Take them out of oil ,when they change colour to pink |
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| Drop in sugar syrup one by one |
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| Pick up with a pair of tongs |
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| Spread them out on a plate without touching each other |
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| Ready to relish! |
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