BADUSHA

Balushahi / Badushah / Badusha is a traditional and popular Indian sweet recipe. It is pretty popular all over India. It is popularly known as Balushahi in North India whereas in South it is called as Badushah or Badusha. It is also called as the Indian Doughnut. It’s a soft and flaky sweet prepared with Maida or all-purpose flour and deep fried in clarified butter/oil and coated with sugar syrup.

In my native, it is commonly known as badusha has a thick sugar coating on the bottom side. The top layer has a thin layer of sugar coating with a smooth surface. in the inside it has rough flaky texture with some random sweet contents. 

INGREDIENTS:

For Dough:

Maida - 1 1/2 cup

Sugar - 1/2 tsp

Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
Water - 1/4 cup (approx)

Ghee - 1/4 cup

Curd - 1/4 cup
Oil for deep frying

For Sugar Syrup:

Sugar - 1 cup
Water - 1/2 cup
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp

METHOD:

1. In a bowl add maida, sugar, baking powder and combine well.

2. Now add ghee and crumble the mixture.

3. Further, add curd and combine well.

4. Add water and start to make the dough without kneading.

5. Cover with moist cloth and rest for 15 minutes.

6. In a large vessel prepare sugar syrup by dissolving sugar in water. Boil for 5 minutes or till sugar syrup turns slightly sticky. If you are looking for more sweet badusha then get to 1 string consistency sugar syrup.

7. Add cardamom powder and lemon juice to this and switch off. Adding lemon juice is to prevent crystallization of the sugar syrup.

8. After the dough has rested for 15 minutes, pinch a small ball sized dough and make balls.

9. Make a dent at the center with the help of thumb.

10. Deep fry in medium hot oil on low flame till the balls turn golden brown and crisp.

11. Drop them into warm sugar syrup immediately.

12. Coat the badhusha with sugar syrup both the sides and soak for 5 minutes.

13. Finally, serve the badusha !!!!!!!