BALUSHAHI / BADUSHA

Name: BALUSHAHI / BADUSHA
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup maida; 4 tbsp ghee; 3 tbsp curd; 2 pinch each Baking Powder & Baking Soda; 1 cup sugar; 1/2 cup water; few strands strands; 1/4 tsp Cardamon powder

pragya bharti @pragya11

Balushahi is a Famous North Indian Sweet. In South India, the same sweet is called badusha. Balushahi is crisp outside & inside it is soft ,flaky & juicy.

pragya bharti @pragya11

Balushahi is a Famous North Indian Sweet. In South India, the same sweet is called badusha. Balushahi is crisp outside & inside it is soft ,flaky & juicy.

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Ingredients

1 hour

8 servings

1 cupmaida
4 tbspghee
3 tbsp curd
2 pinch eachBaking Powder & Baking Soda
1 cupsugar
1/2 cup water
few strands strands
1/4 tspCardamon powder

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Steps

1 hour

1

In a bowl add curd, ghee and mix it nicely
2

Once done to it add maida, baking powder & soda.Mix all the ingredients and knead it. Don't overknead, just combine all the ingredients.
3

Cover & keep it aside to rest for 20 minutes.
4

To make sugar syrup, in a deep big pan add sugar & water. Simmer the sugar syrup on a low to medium low flame. Add few safforn strands & cardamon powder.
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Simmer the sugar syrup till you get 1/2 string -1 string consistency.
6

Further to make balushahi, divide the dough into equal portions. Roll them gently and lightly between your palms. Make an indent or depression in them. The shape will be very much similar to donuts
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Now Heat oil in a big kadhai, drop a small piece of dough to oil, it should come up gradually & steadily. Gently place the balushahi in hot oil, don't over crowd the kadhai and keep some some distance between the balushahi as they tend to expand in oil while frying.
8

Fry the balushahi on a low flame,when one side firms up and us light golden,turn over each balushahi. Keep on turning them over at intervals and fry them on low flame. Fry balushahi till they turn golden and crisp Repeat the process for entire balushahi.Once done remove the excess oil by placing them on kitchen towel.
9

Further drop the fried balushahi to the warm sugar syrup, with help of tong or spoon turn over each balushahi so that both sides are coated with sugar syrup. Leave them in sugar syrup for 10 minutes.
10

Further remove the balushahi from sugar syrup and palce them on plate, garnish them with chopped pistachios. Balushahi are ready to serve.They can be easily stored in air tight container for 5-6 days.