Dol or Holi made me dish up few of our very old ritual sweets /savoury items. Today’s sweet dish has a peculiar name called as Lady Kenny . Legend has it that during the beginning of 19th century in Bengal, wife of the Viceroy Lord Canning had visited a
suburb
of Calcutta where elaborate arrangements were made to welcome her to the
local Zamindar ( Landlord’s) house. Amongst many lavishly laid food
items the Lady Canning liked a particular sweet very much. This sweet
resembled a Gulab Jamun in its stretched Avatar.
So pleased was the Lady with the sweet that she asked for more of it and
as a tribute to her , it was named after Her Excellency Lady Canning (
Lady Kenny pronounced in Bengali).
NOTE:- The Pantua and Lady Kenny are very similar, except that the latter has a raisin inside it and coated in castor sugar.
Recipe Source: Minakshie DasGupta's The Bengal Cookbook
Ingredients:500 gms Channa /chenna
150 gms sooji /semolina
1 tsp Ghee
3/4 cup Sugar
12 Raisins
Pinch of Cardamom powder
Oil/ghee for frying
For Sugar Syrup
2 cups Sugar
1 cup Water
2-3 Green cardamoms
Method:
In my next post I will show how to make Chenna/ chana for full cream milk. Here I have used homemade chenna.
To proceed knead the channa, suji well with your fingertips till it turns into pliable state. Add ghee to make the dough smooth and soft. Add sugar and knead lightly for next 10 minutes. Divide the channa into approximately 12 equal portions. Roll them to form smooth round balls.
In between make sugar syrup by adding sugar and water and put the vessel on low flame. Stir constantly till the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is clear. Check the consistency of the syrup, once you get single thread consistency, remove from fire. Keep aside.
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Sugar syrup.... |
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Check the center one...it's coated with castor sugar....I don't like the extra sweetness so beside applying it on 2-3 I skipped the process |
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Never had this or heard of this..nice..belated holi wishes deepa
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ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful sweet, love the story behind the name Deepa, Lady Kenny will definitely satisfy my sweet tooth.
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wow! the recipe is so good but the history behind this cherished sweet is even better. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteDaroon lage amar Lady Kenny.. you made perfectly.
ReplyDeleteThe name is sure intriguing.. Never heard of it... And you have made these so very perfectly!
ReplyDeleteWow..This sweet looks so delicious and loved reading about its history..
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ReplyDeleteIt's awesome Deepa...no doubt we Bengalis are proud of our rich heritage of sweets :)
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ReplyDeleteI did not know of such a unique sweet with such a special name. Will try this at leisure.
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ReplyDeleteOhh this is just so gorgeous ! love ladykeni and never thought it could be done at home. Simply delicious
ReplyDeleteWow ..what a nice dessert! No wonder Lady Canning liked it. super yummy!
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