Best Badusha Recipe

Badusha is a popular Indian sweet, easy and simple to make at home. It tastes buttery and flaky, a delicious dessert for special occasions.

Easy Sweet for Diwali:

Homemade sweets and snacks add an extra joy to the special occasions. Badusha is an easy and simple sweet to make at home.

It stays for 2 – 3 days, so you can make ahead and store in the airtight container. You can store in the refrigerator for a week, warm the badushas in the microwave oven for a few seconds until warm and serve.

It is also an excellent dessert recipe for the parties and picnics. Check out the recipe for Easy Indian Sweet Recipes.

Smart Cooking Tips:

1. Use the right amount of ingredients for a light and flaky badushas. If you add more butter or yogurt or baking soda than the quantity I mentioned, either badushas become hard or it just breaks into tiny chunks in the oil when frying.

1. Deep fry the badusha over a low heat until golden brown. It helps the badushas get cooked evenly on all the sides.

1. If the sugar syrup becomes too thick or crystalize, add little amount of water to the syrup and bring to a boil. Keep the badushas soaked in the sugar syrup for at least 2 mins. Keep turning the badushas in the sugar syrup, so that it will get coated by the sugar syrup on all the sides.

1. Make sure to make a dent in the center the pressure helps to cook the badushas inside thoroughly. You will notice the cracks in the dough when shaping that is perfectly fine.

1. You can make swirls on the sides for a different shape but it is a time consuming one.

1. Serve badusha after 2 hours for a nice sweet and flavorful dessert.

Balushahi:

In North India, badusha is called as Balushahi. The ingredients used in this recipe and the method of preparation is similar. It is a popular Indian sweet that you can find in almost many sweet shops in India. In India it is served in the weddings too.

Best Badusha Recipe

Badusha is a popular Indian sweet, easy and simple to make at home. It tastes buttery and flaky, a delicious dessert for special occasions.

• 1 cup All purpose flour (maida)
• 0.25 cup Butter Unsalted Melted
• 2 tbsp Yogurt
• 1 pinch Salt
• 1 pinch Baking Soda
• 1 cup Oil (for deep frying)
• 0.50 cup Sugar
• 0.50 tsp Lemon Juice
• 2 no Green Cardamom
• 0.50 cup Water
• 1 pinch Saffron

1. In a wide bowl, sift all purpose flour (maida), baking soda and salt together.

2. Add melted butter, yogurt, and mix well. It should be in a crumbly texture. Add water slowly and knead a soft dough. Cover and rest the dough for 15 to 20 minutes.

3. For sugar syrup: In a small saucepan, add sugar, water, saffron, and boil until the sugar gets dissolved completely and the syrup becomes slightly sticky. Turn off the heat, add freshly crushed cardamom or cardamom powder, lemon juice and mix well. Sugar syrup is ready now.

4. If the sugar syrup becomes too thick or crystalize, add little amount of water and again boil the syrup for a few seconds.

5. Divide the dough into small equal sized balls and roll in between your palms until smooth and press gently to a flat circle and make a  dent in the center using your thumb as I shown in the picture.

6. In a hot oil, deep fry the badushas until golden brown over a low heat and spread on the paper towel to absorb the excess oil.

7. Drop the badusha in the hot sugar syrup and soak for at least 2 minutes. Keep turning the badushas when soaking in the sugar syrup this helps to coat the sugar syrup on all the sides.

8. Remove the badusha from sugar syrup and garnish with the chopped nuts (optional). Let it cool and serve after a couple of hours for a nice flaky and flavorful sweet.

How to serve Badusha?

Serve badusha as a dessert or snack. After sometime, the sugar syrup on the badusha starts to crystalize. So warm the badusha for a few seconds before serving.

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