Badhusha(Balshahi)

It is a well known Indian sweet (Balshahi  in North India)and can easily be  tried at  home.U can try this recipe with dates,sugar,grated coconut and crushed nuts,raisins stuffing or any other stuffing inside.This needs less than 25 mins cooking time.U will get around 12 nos depending on the size of the balls.Try this recipe at home.Enjoy ur teatime at home.Bon Appetit!.

Badhusha - Sweet made with refined and sugar syrup

Ingredients

1oo gm maida or refined flour
150 gm sugar
1 tbsp powdered sugar
250 ml water
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
2 tbsp thick fresh curd
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 drops vanilla essence
2 tbsp butter
1 tbsp ghee
1/4 tsp salt
300ml refined oil - for frying
few crushed cashews and almond flakes

Directions:

1.In a sauce pan,prepare sugar syrup to one-thread consistency with 1 cup water.Add 1 tbsp ghee and cardamom powder and mix well.keep this aside.
2.Take a bowl,add butter,baking powder,baking soda and salt.mix well for 2 mins.
3.Add maida,powdered sugar,vanilla essence,little water and curd and mix well for 5 mins.
4,Shape the kneaded dough into round shaped balls(3/4th the size of lemon) and press the centre little inside.
5.Heat oil in a kadai and deep-fry the balls till golden brown in colour in medium-heat.
6.Place it in the sugar syrup so that it is fully immersed or coated with sugar syrup.Take the badhusha out after a min.
7.Decorate with crushed cashews and almond flakes.Serve this warm at tea-time.