Friday, March 19, 2010

BADUSHA

INGREDIENTS:

All purpose flour (maida) - 1 cup
Baking soda - 1/4 tsp
Curd - 1/2 cup
Ghee - 1/4 cup
Oil - for deep fry
Sugar - 1 1/2 cup
Water - 1/2 cup
Cardamom powder - 1 tsp


PREPARATION:

  1. Seive maida in a bowl, add soda and ghee. Mix it well.

  2. Then add curd/yogurt and make it into a smooth dough.(Do not put water, u should make it with curd). Covered it with a wet cloth for half an hour.

  3. Meanwhile prepare sugar syrup.Put sugar into a vessel, add water, keep stirring till sugar disolves.

  4. Keep the syrup on the fire till it is two string consistency, then add cardamom powder and keep it aside.

  5. Make lemon size round balls with the above dough and press with your thumb on the ball. Do the same till all the dough is over.

  6. Heat oil in a pan and fry 4-5 of the badushas at the same time on low flame till goldren brown on both sides.

  7. Remove from the oil when it is done and drop into warm sugar syrup.Let them soak 5 min and take them out.

  8. Badushas are ready.