Balushahi (Badusha) | How to make Balushahi

Balushahi is a deliciously deep fried flaky traditional North Indian sweet recipe that is made with flour ghee and yogurt and glazed with cardamom flavoured sugar syrup. These flaky inside, crispy outside fried Indian style donuts are seriously to die for if you are a dessert lover. An exceptional festival mithai, with unique delicate flavours that will hit the right spot of your sweet tooth!

Balushahi

Badusha is very popular Indian sweet particularly served here India at weddings, festivals and functions with great love and joy. The name ‘Badusha‘ for balushahi recipe is popular in South India.

I was asked once if it tastes like Rajasthani Makhan Bada or Lavang Latika. So let me clear here, the taste is unique, the internal and external covers and stuffing has a taste of itself. At least for me, I do not find a competitor or a similar flavor anywhere.

Surprisingly, making Balushahi at home is not at all an onerous task as it looks. It just requires little wariness for few things while preparing them. And ‘Voila’, you have your unbeatable authentic balushahis at home. No more penny spend on those highly priced sweets from the shops this festive season

Ingredients we need to prepare balushahi:

Wanna gather the ingredients to make these balu shahi excatly like the ones we get in halwai shops? So take out your notepad and note it all.

• You will require, Maida i.e. all – purpose flour, curd, ghee (can be Vanaspati or desi), baking soda, saffron strands, ice cold water and ghee or oil for frying. Now these were the first process ingredients.
• For sugar syrup: take sugar, water, saffron, cardamom powder and boil them together until string consistency
• The royal touch of silver wark and pistachios is a statement of beauty itself. So garnish them with slivered pistachios, silver wark (silver paper) and saffron starnds.
• If you wish to stuff khoya / mawa in balushahi, then you can go on ahead with it. Before making the dough ball, be sure to fill the ball with a small spoonful of khoya and nuts mixture and then roll. After rolling the ball, gently give it a press in between and fry them on low flame just like the balushahi without khoya.

This balushahi is surely going to flourish all its love and the extreme flavor this festive season. So, note down the step by step procedure of this traditional Indian balushahi.

How to make balushahi recipe (badusha recipe) – Step By Step

Firstly, in a pan, combine sugar, water and bring it to a boil. (photo 1)

Then, add saffron cardamom powder, few drops of lemon and simmer for few minutes until it reaches one string consistency. Then, switch off the flame and set it aside. (photo 2)

• Pro Tip: To check one string, put a drop of syrup in a bowl and touch it with your index finger and thumb. Now, when you stick you finger and thumb together, it should be sticky and when you open it, syrup will form a thin single string.

To make the balushahi dough, first, in a bowl, combine, flour, soda, crushed saffron and ghee (photo 1 below)

Then, start mixing the mixture with fingers such that it resembles coarse crumbs. When you take the mixture in your hand, it should hold the shape of fist. (photo 2 below)

Then, add yoghurt and mix nicely. Add ice cold water and start to knead the dough (photo 3 and 4)

Do not work too much on the dough as it need not be smooth. Also, the consistency of the dough should be medium soft. (photo 5)

Cover the dough and keep it aside for 30-45 minutes (photo 6)

Once the dough is ready, divide the dough into equal small lemon sized ball, balls need not be smooth. (photo 7 below)

Make an indentation (not a hole but press it) in the centre with your thumb. Repeat the same for all the balls. (photo 8 and 9 below)

In a kadhai or deep bottom pan heat ghee. (photo 10)

• Important Tip: Be sure to check that ghee is not hot but melted well and warm. We do not need hot ghee to fry the balushai

When the ghee is warm, carefully slide-in the badusha. (photo 11)

After a few seconds, gradually badushas will start puffing up and float on the top. Please do not over load the pan while frying as they increase a bit in size (photo 12)

Fry on very low heat until equally golden brown from all the sides. Frying each batch of balu shahis will take approx 20-25 minutes depending upon the size you make. Once they are beautiful golden brown, take them out and allow it to cool a bit. (photo 13 and 14)

• Important Tip: Repeat the frying step for the remaining balls. But, before adding the next batch of badhusha, switch off the flame for couple minutes. This step helps to bring back the temperature ghee from hot to warm. Then, again switch on the flame to low and fry another batch.

Finally, dip the fried balushahis in warm sugar syrup for about a minute or 2. Carefully, take it out from the syrup and keep them on the tray or a plate for few minutes. Garnish balushahi with slivered pistachios and silver wark. (photo 1 and 2 below)

Sweets Recipes that you may want to try:

Gulab Jamun

Kala Jamun

Besan Ladoo

Mawa Malpua

Kesar Kalakand

Balushahi Recipe below

Balushahi

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• Author: Farrukh Aziz
• Prep Time: 30 minutes
• Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
• Total Time: 2 hours
• Yield: 25-26
• Category: Sweets, Dessert
• Cuisine: Indian, World

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Description

Balushahi sweet is a delicious deep fried traditional sweet recipe made with flour, ghee and yogurt, then dipped in sugar syrup for glazing. Crisp, flaky and moist within, an ultimate Indian sweet for Diwali or any festivals

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Ingredients

to prepare balushahi at home

• 3 cups (350 grams), Maida (All-purpose flour)
• 5 tablespoons leveled, curd, whisked well (ice cold)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 5 tablespoons leveled, ghee
• A pinch of crushed saffron (optional)
• 6-7 tablespoons, ice cold water
• Ghee or oil for deep frying

For Sugar Syrup

• 2&1/2 cups sugar
• 1&1/4 cup water
• A pinch of saffron
• 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder
• Slivered pistachios and silver wark for garnish

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Instructions

how to make balushahi recipe (badusha recipe)

1. To make sugar syrup, firstly, in a pan, combine sugar, water and bring it to a boil.
2. Then, add saffron cardamom powder, few drops of lemon and simmer for few minutes until it reaches one string consistency. To check one string, put a drop of syrup in a bowl and touch it with your index finger and thumb. Now, when you stck you finger and thumb together, it should be sticky and when you open it, syrup will form a thin single string. Then, switch off the flame, cover and set it aside.
3. To begin with, first, in a bowl, combine, flour, soda, crushed saffron and ghee
4. Then, start mixing the mixture with fingers such that it resembles coarse crumbs. When you take the mixture in your hand, it should hold the shape of fist.
5. Then, add yoghurt and mix nicely
6. Add ice cold water, knead such that it just come together to form a dough. Do not work too much on the dough as it need not be smooth. The consistency of the dough should be medium soft
7. Cover the dough and keep it aside for 30-45 minutes.
8. Once the dough is ready, divide the dough into equal small lemon sized ball, balls need not be smooth.
9. Make an indentation (not a hole but press it) in the centre with your thumb
10. Repeat the same for all the balls.
11. In a kadhai or deep bottom pan heat ghee. Be sure to check that ghee it not hot but melted well and warm. We do not need hot ghee to fry the balu shahis.
12. When the ghee is warm, carefully slide-in the badusha. You can check here in the step images, how the ghee is still and not bubbling when we drop in the balu shahi
13. After a few seconds, gradually badushas will start puffing up and float on the top. Please do not over load the pan while frying as they increase a bit in size.
14. Fry on very low heat until equally golden brown from all the sides. Frying each batch of balu shahis will take approx 20-25 minutes depending upon the size you make. Once they are beautiful golden brown, take them out and allow it to cool a bit. Then, repeat the same for all the batches. But, before adding the next batch of badhusha, switch off the flame for couple minutes. This step helps to bring back the temperature ghee from hot to warm. The again switch on the flame to low and then fry another batch.
15. Finally, dip the fried balushahis in warm sugar syrup for about a minute or 2.
16. Carefully, take them out from the syrup and keep them on the tray or a plate for few minutes.
17. Garnish balushahi with slivered pistachios and silver wark.

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Notes

• Always use ice cold water to knead the dough
• Please do not fry balushahi on high as it will not puff up, will remain uncooked within and over browned from out. At any point, do not increase the flame while frying them
• If the dough is too hard or tight, you may add 1-2 tablespoon of more ice cold and knead. DO not add to much water at a time.
• Do not worry if the sugar in the syrup crystallizes, heat it up again and proceed.
• Balushahi (badusha sweet) can easily be stored in a clean airtight container for up to 3 weeks

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