Two Local Sweetmeats of Bengal, Lomba Langcha and Morabba
Besides photographing the sights, searching out and eating local specialties is another favorite activity of mine at any tourist destination. During this tour too I relished 2 of most famous Bengal sweets Langcha and Morabba.
Bengal Sweets Langcha and Morabba
Lomba Langcha of Tarapith
Tarapith has a mouth watering delicacy, the ‘langcha’ for which one must pause. The origin of langcha can be traced to Shaktigarh of Burdwan district, West Bengal. These are made of cottage cheese, the dough of it rolled to desired shape and length, deep fried in oil and left soaking in sugar syrup. The specialty of Tarapith langcha is its length. They can be anywhere between 4 to 6 inches. You can learn to make langcha from Rumela Roy’s food blog. It has elaborate step by step procedure here: Langcha – Pantua.So, go to Tarapith with the single minded focus to devour the long langchas or lomba langcha with blessings of Ma Kali!
Morabba of Siuri, West Bengal
At Siuri we had the famous ‘morabba’. Morabba (also spelled as murabba) are pieces of fruits or vegetables boiled in spice flavored sugar syrup. It is an Arabic word that means sweet or savory jams. I found an amazing variety of fruit and vegetable pieces ranging from papaya, pineapple slices to carrots, imagine carrot murabba! From here I picked up some of the morabba varieties and it goes well with Indian bread. There are a couple of shops selling different types of murabba, right next to the main bus stand of Siuri.
Sweets and Bengal.. yummy
I have studied in Kharagpur…this post brought back pleasant memories!
If you are thinking about dieting then steer clear from Bengali sweets, they are too tasty and there is noway that you can stop with just one.
Bengali sweets, I find to be easier on the tummy.
Dont have a sweet tooth at all 🙂 But the fish! Do you have any pics of Shorshe maach or even Aloo Posto??? 😀 😀
Yummy! I love Bengali sweets.
Langcha, Pantua…mmm..droolworthy..love your write ups on the hidden jewels of West Bengal
the fruit looks delcious. 🙂
Hmm! Yummy sweets. Love Bengali sweets.
Wow, I have never tried either of these things, but maybe I will one of these days 🙂
The state of Bengal is world famous for the sweetmeats. Anyone who made a trip to Tarapith, was always requested to come back with Kali thakurer prosad and Langcha. Thank you bringing back the childhood memories! The photographs just compliment the article 🙂
so sweet actually so much of sweets !
I love to eat Langcha and pantua, thanks for making me remember that they still exist…..South was a tough place for bongs. 🙂
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Feeling hungry… (:
Bengali sweets are my favourite
mouth-watering indeed!
Sounds delicious ! I first thought it was sausages !
yayyy..that's it..we never miss these whenever we visit Tarapith :-D..and remember lyangchas of Shkatigarh ? they are really famous..
Oh my! Langcha *drools heavily*
Yummy! I love sweets 🙂
Mouth watering photos Indrani…:)
wow. love those. wish to have it one day in bengal.
Thanks for the comments dear friends!
Hi Indu Chibber, I checked with Rumela Roy for answer to your doubt. She says: Langcha and Gulab Jamun are almost same, where langcha made of cottage cheese ( chhena), khoya and flour. But in Gulab Jamun, the main ingredients are Khoya ( dry milk ) and flour ( no cottage cheese here ) So the texture is different and the shape too.
wow… although I dont have a sweet tooth… but there is something very differently delicious about Bengali sweets that you gotta have one… reminds me of the rashagulla I had a few years back in Kalyani, Nadia.
Thanks for sharing
i love Bengali sweets-is langcha like gulabjamun?
It looks delicious and it is always fun to be introduced to foods I have never tasted before, as in the ‘langcha’. Thank you Indrani 🙂
Oh my, the sweets are so tempting. Nothing beats the tasting of food from different regions. Specially the street food 🙂
Your photos make the food very enticing!
These look delicious … Hope you had them to your hearts content 😛
They look delicious.
Everything looks yummy! Thanks for sharing, Indrani! Have a happy week!
Very tempting pics…I have eaten tarapith but didn't know its name back then!
love the mishtis of bangladesh. the first one looks like what they call chom-chom in bangladesh. yummy.
Mouth watering stuff !
Wow! what a drooling picture!! your post made me nostalgic, love it. Thanks Indrani di for mentioning my blog.
Ooh! How sinfully delicious 🙂
Sweet!
So sweet post..!
It looks delicious, Indra!
Great photo's…
Warm greetings and best wishes from Holland,
Anna ;-))
Uuuuummmmmmmm, tantalizing, yummy.
They do look good, and I've tried some other kinds of Indian sweets. A bit too sweet for me and I can't eat the whole thing, but a bite is good.
You're making me hungry! Fortunately it's lunch time here, but I doubt I'll have anything this yummy.
Looks delicious to me!! Terrific shots for the day and a fun look at your world, Indrani!! Hope you have great week!!
Bengali sweets make me drool always!