balushahi | badusha
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
Instructions
For making the dough:
- 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
- Then pour 1/2 cup of ghee and 1/2 cup of curd, mix well
- add few drops of water to make the dough (do not knead)
- cover it with damp cloth
- leave it for 20 minutes
For making sugar syrup:
- In a pan 2 cups of sugar, and 1 cup of water
- bring into boil, heat it till it reaches half-string consistency (just to be sticky in fingers)
Shape up the badusha:
- After 20 minutes, take the dough, place it over the mat/cutting pad, stretch it as shown in the picture
- cut into small equal portions
- 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:
- heat the oil, fry the badusha in low flame to medium flame
- once it gets golden brown color, take off from the oil
soaking in sugar syrup:
- Finally, soak the badusha in sugar syrup for 3 minutes and serve