Badusha recipe | Balushahi

Ingredients

• 1.5 cup All purpose flour (Maida)
• 1/4 cup Butter
• 2 tbsp Oil
• 1/2 tsp Sugar
• 1.5 tsp Curd
• 2 pinches Cooking soda (sodium bicarbonate)
• 1/4 cup Water (approx.)
• Oil - for deep frying
• 3/4 cup Sugar
• 1/4 cup Water
• 1 cardamom
• 1 pinch Saffron ( Optional)
• 1 tsp Lemon Juice (To prevent crystallization )

Instructions

1. 1

   --- Badusha dough ---

2. 2

   Firstly melt butter and add oil, sugar, curd, sodium-bicarbonate to it.

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   Use a whisk to mix well, to make it almost frothy.

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   After that, add the flour to it.

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   Mix well furthermore to make it crumbly.

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   Then add water little by little to make smooth dough without cracks.

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   Knead for 10 mins and divide into 12 equal sized balls.

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   --- Shaping ---

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   Now take a ball and pinch the edges and fold it inwards to make rims decoratively as shown in the picture/ or refer video.

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    Repeat to finish everything and keep covered. You can choose to make simple doughnut shape too.

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    --- Sugar syrup ---

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    To make syrup, add sugar, water to a pan. Boil till one string consistency.

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    Switch off stove, add powdered cardamom and lemon juice. Mix well.

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    --- Make badusha ---

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    Heat oil in a kadai enough for deep frying. Check temperature by adding a pinch of dough - if it rises immediately, then its just right. Don't let the oil fume at any point.

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    Add some five badusha, we prepared, carefully in to the oil. Remove from fire and let it get cooked in the pre heated oil.

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    Approximately it would take 5 mins.

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    At one stage the badusha float on top, then again keep the kadai on fire.

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    Cook in medium-low flame, adjust heat at the end to make it golden brown. For me it took around 5-8 mins.

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    This process of slow cooking enables flakes inside and soft texture.

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    Drain in a paper towel and immediately add to the hot sugar syrup,to cover the badusha.

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    I did this in batches 2-3 at a time. Leave for a minute and then drain the badushas to a greased surface.