Stuffed Badusha / Balushahi

 

Diwali - Festival of Lights is atlast here.  

  I am waiting for this since an year .

Made few sweets and Savories, bought Diyas, Tapakas, now waiting for ear shattering noise of Crackers. 

 Coming to the recipe, Stuffed Badusha is a sweet made with all purpose flour stuffed with  Dry fruits and Nuts. Badusha or Balushahi  is normally made on the occassion of Diwali.

Click here to see the recipe for Badusha / Balushahi

 

Ingredients 

3 cups All Purpose Flour  / Maida

1/2 cup Ghee

1/4 cup Oil

3 tablespoons Curd

3 pinches Baking Soda

1/4 cup Water

Oil for Deep Fry

For Stuffing

10 Cashews

10 Almonds 

10 Kismis  and / or Dates

For Sugar Syrup 

2 cups Sugar

Water to immerse Sugar

pinch of Elaichi Powder / Cardamom Powder

1. In a bowl, add Maida, Ghee, Curd , Baking Soda. Mix it well, it looks crumbled. Add Water to spoon by spoon, make a tight dough. Add Oil, knead well for 5 minutes. Keep it aside for 20 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, prepare stuffing. Grind Cashews and Almonds for a sec., add Kismis, grind for a minute to a coarse powder.

3. Heat Oil for Deep fry and start making Sugar Syrup. Checking the correct temperature of Oil - Place a tiny ball of Maida dough in Oil it should to raise to surface immediately. Sugar Syrup - In a Sauce pan, add Sugar. Add water to immerse Sugar,  let it boil. Check for Sugar  Syrup - When you see lot of bubbles in Syrup, take a little quantity of Sugar Syrup in a spoon, pour it in cold water. It should form a thin thread. Remove pan from stove, add cardamom powder Heating Oil and making Sugar Syrup takes some time. During this time, we can make Badusha shapes.

4. Badusha Shapes - Make lemon sized Maida ball, flatten it, put 1/2 - 3/4 teaspoon of stuffing in it, fold it half, bring the sides together and make a ball again. Flatten it again, flatten more at the edges. Now fold the edge to make the shape as shown in picture. For more detailed explanation of how to make folds , You can have a look at Badusha . Make 3-4 ready for Deep Fry.

5. Fry these Badushas in hot Oil (after the check) till nice golden brown colour. Drain on an absorbent paper for 5 minutes and then place in Sugar Syrup. Take them out after 5 minutes. 

6. Lastly, if you can't struggle making the shapes,folding the edge, just flatten the stuffed Maida ball ,press in the middle with your thumb and then fry. Easy :). I could make those shapes only after few trials.

7. Wishing all my Family and Friends a Very Very Happy Diwali once again :)