Badusha

BADUSHA

Badusha is a south Indian famous sweet dish and mainly prepared during diwali.

Ingredients:

All Purpose flour (Maida) ------2 cups
Thick Curd/Yoghurt -------1 cup
Ghee/Butter ------- ¾ cup
Baking Soda ------- 1 tsp
cardamom or Ilaichi powder -------1/2 tsp
Ghee or ghee and oil mix for deep frying

For Syrup
Sugar 3 cups
Water 1 ½ cups
Lime Juice 1/2 tsp

Preparation Method

1) Sieve together baking soda and flour.
2) Beat the curd and little sugar and ghee to make a foaming consistency.
3) In a bowl pour this liquid and add the flour mixture then make a sponge dough.

Note:No need to add water. If needed, add only curd.

4) Make small lemon size balls and roll in between palms hardly.

5)The badushas gets smooth & creamy inside, slightly layered.

6) Make balls off the whole dough and press to flatten a bit and make depression in
Center with thumb.
7) Cover with a damp cloth and keep it in the fridge for 15 mins.
8) Prepare the syrup of 2 string consistency and keep it warm.then add cardamom powder and lemon juice.(lemon juice prevents the sugar crystalization)
Note:if you want to remove the dust from sugar syrup you can add 1tsp milk when the syrup is boil.

9) Take the badushas from the fridge and keep it in the room temperature for 2 mins.
10) Heat the ghee/oil in a pan
11) Put 3 -4 badushas into it and simmer the flame to medium.(the flame should be low other wise your badushs gets brown color immediately but inside is raw)
12) Let them cook on a low heat for 10-15 minutes to get nice golden brown color.
13) Remove from ghee when it’s done and drop it one by one into the syrup.
14) Allow it to soak for 12-15 mins.

1)Check the heat of the ghee time to time. Otherwise, badushas may get burned
2) If you are using ghee for frying the taste will be awesome. But you can use ghee and oil mix or only oil .