Dashami Special Poddo Luchi Bengali Lost Dish Dashami Special Recipe Chef Ananaya Banerjee

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Vijaya Dashami Special Poddo Luchi



Poddo Luchi is a delicious sweet preparation of West Bengal and a lost recipe. This is my family recipe which I learnt from my grandmother. Follow my recipe and you can easily make it for your family & friends on special occasions.





Ingredients:



For the dough



Maida

Salt

Water

Ghee



For the sugar syrup



Water

Sugar



For the stuffing



Condensed milk

Mawa

Charmagaj

Cashew nuts

Raisins

Method



Sugar Syrup



Take one cup sugar and one cup water and boil

Add cardamom powder, stir to dissolve the sugar in water and boil till the syrup thickens





Method Dough



Take maida, salt and ghee in a mixing bowl and knead it to resemble bread crumbs.

Add water, little by little, to form a smooth dough.

The consistency should be like paratha or puri dough

Add ghee on the dough and cover with damp muslin cloth and let it rest for 10 minutes



Method for the stuffing

Heat a pan and add ghee. When the ghee melts add mawa, mix well.

Add chopped cashews and charmagaj and mix well

Add cardamom powder and mix well till it thickens. Switch off the gas.

Keep the stuffing aside





Method Luchis



Divide the dough into small balls as shown

Flatten each ball and roll out the luchis

Take one rolled luchi and put one tablespoon stuffing in the middle

Cover it with another luchi, as shown

Press and seal the edges as shown

Heat Oil in a pan and when it is hot and reduce the flame

Fry the luchis and when it puffs up, flip and fry the other side

Take the luchis out when they are golden brown and dip them into sugar syrup

Coat the luchis well with sugar syrup

Place them on a serving platter and garnish with dry rose petals

You can also garnish with fresh rose petals
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