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badusha
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balushahi | badusha

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
resting time 20 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 15 pieces
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients
  

For making the dough:
  • 2 cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • a pinch salt
  • ½ cup ghee
  • ½ cup curd/ yogurt (whisked)
For making sugar syrup:
  • 2 cup sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • ¼ tsp cardamom powder
  • a pinch saffron strands
oil for deep frying

Method
 

For making the dough:
  1. Firstly, take 2 cups of All-purpose flour, add in 1/2 tsp of baking soda, and a pinch of salt, give it a nice mix
  2. Then pour 1/2 cup of ghee and 1/2 cup of curd, mix well
  3. add few drops of water to make the dough (do not knead)
  4. cover it with damp cloth
  5. leave it for 20 minutes
For making sugar syrup:
  1. In a pan 2 cups of sugar, and 1 cup of water
  2. bring into boil, heat it till it reaches half-string consistency (just to be sticky in fingers)
Shape up the badusha:
  1. After 20 minutes, take the dough, place it over the mat/cutting pad, stretch it as shown in the picture
  2. cut into small equal portions
  3. take a portion, place it over the palm, just rotate the dough to make, circular shape, press it at the centre, it is ready to fry
For frying:
  1. heat the oil, fry the badusha in low flame to medium flame
  2. once it gets golden brown color, take off from the oil
soaking in sugar syrup:
  1. Finally, soak the badusha in sugar syrup for 3 minutes and serve