Diwali Recipe: How To Make Balushahi, Also Known As Badusha, At Home

Badusha aka Balushahi is a traditional Indian sweet that is prepared mostly during the festive season. Here is a video recipe to watch and learn how to make Balushahi. Follow the step-by-step procedure with images.

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Monday, October 17, 2022, 15:45 [IST]

Badusha is a traditional Indian sweet that is prepared during festivals and other celebrations. The North Indian variation to this sweet is called Balushahi. This year, in 2022, Diwali will be celebrated 24 October onwards. On the occasion, you can prepare this sweet dish for your loved ones.

Badusha is prepared by making a dough with maida, curd, ghee and a pinch of baking soda. This dough is then moulded into round shapes and fried in oil. These are then dunked into the sugar syrup.

Also, have look at other sweet recipes like mysore pak, obbattu, 7 cups burfi, jalebi.

Badusha or balushahi is crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. The dough melts in your mouth. The fried dough along with the sugar syrup coated on the outside makes this sweet toothsome.

Badusha is simple to prepare. The critical part is to get the mixing of the ingredients right. To get a nice and fluffy badusha, the mixing of the dough must be accurately done. Once this is followed, the recipe is a no-brainer.

So, if you want to try the Badusha recipe at home, here is an elaborate video. Also, read and follow the step-by-step procedure having images.

BADUSHA VIDEO RECIPE

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Prep Time

10 Mins

Cook Time

45M

Total Time

55 Mins

Recipe By: Kavyashree S

Recipe Type: Sweets

Serves: 8 pieces

Ingredients

Ghee - 2 tbsp

Curd - 3 tbsp

Baking soda - ¼th tsp

Salt - ¼th tsp

Maida - 1 cup

Sugar - 1¼th cup

Water - ¼th cup

Cardamom powder - ¼th tsp

How to Prepare

1. Add ghee in a mixing bowl.

2. Add curd.

3. Add baking soda and salt.

4. Mix well.

5. Add a cup of maida and mix well.

6. Knead it into a medium-soft dough. The dough must not stick to the hand.

7. Take small portions of the dough and roll them into flat balls between your palms.

8. Use a toothpick and make a tiny depression in the centre.

9. Heat oil in a pan for frying.

10. Add the pieces in the oil, one after the other, making sure they don't stick to each other.

11. Fry them on a low flame.

12. Flip them over to cook on the other side.

13. Fry until they turn golden brown on both sides.

14. Remove them onto a plate and allow it to cool.

15. Meanwhile, in another heated pan, add sugar.

16. Immediately, add water.

17. Allow the sugar to dissolve and the syrup to boil for about 2 minutes.

18. Add cardamom powder and mix well; turn the stove off.

19. Add the fried dough in the sugar syrup.

20. Allow it to soak for 10-15 minutes.

21. Remove the pieces from the syrup onto a plate and allow it to cool.

22. Once the sugar syrup solidifies, the badusha is ready to be served.

Instructions

1. The mixing of the ingredients at the beginning is an important step. The ingredients must be mixed thoroughly into a smooth consistency. Make sure you mix it in the same direction.
2. If the dough is too soft, you need to add more maida. Similarly, if the dough is too tough, you need to add a little water to make it into a medium-soft dough.
3. A low flame is used to make sure the badushas are cooked properly. If it is fried on medium or high flame, the dough will turn brown faster and will not be cooked on the inside.

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