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Badhusha

Sweet made with maida and sugar syrup

Recipe by christy gerald of Dubai, AE

A well known Indian sweet - U can try this with dates,sugar,grated coconut and crushed nuts,raisins stuffed inside.This needs less than 25 mins cooking time.

Ingredients vegetarian 4 servings


    • 1 cup maida
    • 1 cup sugar
    • 1 tbsp powdered sugar
    • 1 cup water
    • 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
    • 2 tbsp thick fresh curd
    • 1/2 tsp baking soda
    • 1/2 tsp baking powder
    • 2 drops vanilla essence
    • 2 tbsp butter
    • 1 tbsp ghee
    • 1/2 tsp salt
    • 100ml 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 and hollow the centre little.
    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 2 mins.
    7. Decorate with crushed cashews and almond flakes.Serve this warm at tea-time.

    Comments

    christy gerald

    christy gerald

    Hi Kanchana!.I'm happy for for sharing this recipe here.Its my pleasure.

    kanchana

    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS RECEIPE I AM LOOKING FOR THIS ONE FROM LONG TIME.

    christy gerald

    christy gerald

    pls don't add vanilla essence and cardamom powder to the same syrup.Add essence only to the sugar syrup.

    christy gerald

    christy gerald

    Yes Rajeswari,You can do that.It will make the badhusha better.

    rajeswari

    rajeswari

    If vanilla essence is added in the sugar syrup it will give good taste to badushah than adding essence in the maida dough.

    christy gerald

    christy gerald

    Hi Rabz,its my pleasure.

    rabz

    rabz

    Thanks for the recipe, I was looking for it since a while. I'm sure gona try it out one of these days.