Lángos is a deep fried flat bread made of a dough with flour, yeast, salt and water. It is a popular street food from Hungary and it is also called as the Hungarian Fried Bread. This flatbread is deep fried and topped with sour cream and grated cheese.
The cheese melts and oozes down. It is also rubbed with garlic or garlic butter. The other version of this dish is adding potato to the dough. So with cheese, garlic and other toppings it surely tastes like pizza and it is often referred as Hungarian Pizza.
In olden days, these breads were baked next to the flames of the brick oven and hence got the name Lángos, which means “flame”. However, these days Langos is deep fried and sold at festivals and fairs. So I was pretty excited about making this as I knew my kids will love it. I adapted this from Vaishali who posted it for a previous BM.
I made this along with the first batch of dishes couple of months back and along with the rest of the dishes, it did end up being too stuffing. Konda loved the cheese oozing from the bread and Peddu wanted more. They had the same complaints that I made so many at the same time and they couldn’t enjoy each separately. I said I will make it for them again but this time I need to click all the pictures and hence can’t spend entire cooking for just one dish. I guess by this time my family is tuned well to how it works. So I no longer get any complaints on that front!
Since Langos was on my todo list, I didn't even spend time checking for any other choice for my A to Z International Street Foods. If you are interested to know the Flatbread for L, check this post.
In this A to Z International Street Foods:
A for Arancini
B for Bunny Chow
C for Chatamari
D for Dürüm
E for Empanada
F for Fataa’ir Farmaajo
G for Gilgeori Toast
H for Hua Juan Bao
I for Imqarrun il-Forn
J for Jasuben's Pizza
K for Khachapuri
Step by Step Pictures for making Lángos
Lángos | Hungarian Fried Bread
1 / 2 cup Potato boiled and mashed
2.5 tsp Instant Yeast
1 tsp Sugar
1 3/4 cups All Purpose Flour
1 tbsp Cooking Oil
3/4 tsp Salt
1/2 cup Milk
For Topping
2 cloves Garlic minced
1 /2 cup Mozzarella
1 /2 cup Cheddar
Cooking Oil for deep frying
For the Dough
Take all the ingredients in a mixing bowl.
Combine the ingredients until well mixed.
Knead for 10 minutes or until smooth and elastic.
Transfer to a greased bowl, cover and let rise until doubled.
Divide dough into 4 portions, shape into a round and place on a lightly floured board. Cover and let rest 20 minutes.
Heat a kadai with enough oil and let it heat
Flatten and stretch dough to about an 8-inch diameter.
Make a slit in the centre. This is traditional and also helps to keep the dough from puffing up in the middle and not frying properly.
Fry one at a time about 2 minutes per side or until golden.
Drain on paper towels.
Assembling Langos
Spread the garlic mince on top and top with grated cheese.
Serve hot or warm right away!
Recipe
Lángos | Hungarian Fried Bread
Ingredients
For the Bread
- 1 / 2 cup Potato boiled and mashed
- 2.5 tsp Instant Yeast
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 1 3/4 cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 tbsp Cooking Oil
- 3/4 tsp Salt
- 1/2 cup Milk
For Topping
- 2 cloves Garlic minced
- 1 /2 cup Mozzarella
- 1 /2 cup Cheddar
- Cooking Oil for deep frying
Instructions
For the Dough
- Take all the ingredients in a mixing bowl.
- Combine the ingredients until well mixed.
- Knead for 10 minutes or until smooth and elastic.
- Transfer to a greased bowl, cover and let rise until doubled.
- Divide dough into 4 portions, shape into a round and place on a lightly floured board. Cover and let rest 20 minutes.
- Heat a kadai with enough oil and let it heat
- Flatten and stretch dough to about an 8-inch diameter.
- Make a slit in the centre. This is traditional and also helps to keep the dough from puffing up in the middle and not frying properly.
- Fry one at a time about 2 minutes per side or until golden.
- Drain on paper towels.
Assembling Langos
- Spread the garlic mince on top and top with grated cheese.
- Serve hot or warm right away!
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vaishalisabnani says
The Langos looks excellent . I had made this long back and never made it again , and now you have refreshed my memories , I feel like making it and enjoying this cheesy garlic bread . I understand what the kids must be feeling - too much good food at one time !
Pavani says
Such an interesting Hungarian pizza that is Valli. Deep frying sounds delicious and that cheesy topping looks sooo yummy. My kids will LOVE this.
Priya Suresh says
Even i made this Hungarian fried breads long back, and now you are tempting me to make some. Though am keeping myself away from deep frying, this bread is calling me to make some again. Delicious.
Sandhiya says
Wow, what an interesting recipe you got here!!! Langos looks so delicious and cheesy.
Harini says
Very interesting. Bhatura's cousin with cheese topping. I am sure the kids will love this.
Gayathri Kumar says
I am sure this tasted amazing. Love the cheese oozing out. My daughter would love it for sure...
kalyani says
I had bookmarked this, but somehow the kids are not fond of cheese (mood based I should say!) this looks so tempting .. well done !
srividhya says
I would have the same complaints too Valli. Ipadi elathiyum onna sencha epadi rasichu rusichu sapidaradu??? I wish I could grab them from screen. Delicious one.
Sharmila - The Happie Friends Potpourri Corner says
How you managed to cook so much yumminess valli.. You are the real rockstar in kitchen.. Way to go!!
manjulabharathkumar2016 says
Omg such an tempting fried bread with oozing cheese on the top it looks heavenly !! am drooling badly valli, parcel panidunga please 🙂 😀 wonderful pick for the letter L ..
mayurisjikoni says
Langos is one fried bread that my kids use to love when they were home with me. We would make as a dinner treat. I would add mixed salad on top and the kids thought that it was meant to be served that way, of course till they grew up and knew otherwise. A delicious bread.
Priya Srinivasan says
Lovely choice for L valli. I made these for our around the world Mega BM, soft and fluffy deep fried bread with cheese tastes amazing!!
Padmajha PJ says
That melted cheese makes it look so inviting!! And cooking so many dishes a day, even we could not appreciate all to the fullest!
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
My husband has this bookmarked for a while and I am yet to make it. Love the potato based dough and that looks like a great alternate to our bhatura. I am sure the kids would love the cheese.
cookingwithsapana says
The potato based dough sounds more or less like pour potato poori but the cheese oozing from the bread is what makes it more interesting.
Suma Gandlur says
Wow, sounds like aloo puris + cheese in one. I guess my daughter would love all your cheesy breads in this series. I have to come back again to try some of these.
Simply Tadka says
Wow.. Perfect option for kids... crisp poori with cheese awesome.