Thursday, October 11, 2007

Badusha

Badushas for Deepavali




This is my entry for RCI Tamil Festivals hosted by Viji of http://vcuisine.blogspot.com/

Ingredients:

Maida-2 cups
Ghee-1cup
Yogurt-1cup
Sugar-2 cups
Baking powder-1 teaspoon
Cardamom powder-1 teaspoon
Oil for deep fry






Method:

1. Sieve the flour and baking powder into a broad bowl and add two tablespoons of sugar to it.

2. Knead the flour into pliable dough using the ghee and yogurt. If necessary, sprinkle some water and make sure that the dough is softer than chapathi dough.

3. Leave the dough for about thirty minutes and boil a cup of water with the remaining sugar in a heavy-bottomed vessel.

4. When the syrup forms into one string consistency, add the cardamom powder and turn off the stove.

5. Divide the dough into lemon sized balls. Flatten them and press in the centre using your fore finger.

6. Heat the oil in a frying pan. When the oil is hot, place four or five badshas and immediately lower the flame.

7. The badushas will then become brown outside and at the same time, will be cooked nicely inside.

8. Complete frying all the badushas in batches and keep them in the syrup for a while to absorb the syrup.

9. Take them out from the syrup and let them dry.

10. Garnish the badushas in the centre with the dry sugar syrup. Delicious badushas are ready…..


Note: Do not fry the badushas on high flame; they will not be cooked properly inside.

21 comments:

FH said...

You already started with Deepavali!! What happened to Dasara? :D
Send this to Vee but before 10th Nov. Right now, she is taking Dasara goodies.Check my sidebar for info on JFI.
Looks great, I love these too. Cooking a feast for Dasara and the Deepavali next month!:))

Bhawna said...

Wow Vijaya... indian donuts umm... want to share!! :-)

Seena said...

I wonder how this sweet got this name..
Looks perfect..

remya said...

lemme comment u first....lovely n cute badusha....fab sweet for diwali....

Rohini's kitchen said...

Wow wonderful recipe!

Raks said...

I made badhusha last time...The picture of yours is better than what came out for me..So this time I will try this out and let you know..!

Prajusha said...

vijaya,
badushas looks yummy yummy.

Menu Today said...

Hi Vijaya,
Lovely looking badhushas!!!!!!!Great entry . Thanks for sharing

Daily Meals said...

Thank you Asha,
Viji mentioned that we can submit entries for all festivals.

Thank you Bhawna,
You are welcome to share...

Thank you Seena, even I don't know how it got that name. I tried to searching for it but I couldn't find.


Vijaya.

Daily Meals said...

Thanks a lot Remya...for your kind words...

Thank you Rohini...you could give it a try...

Thank you Raks Kitchen...please do try...

Vijaya.

Daily Meals said...

Thank you Prajusha...for your sweet words...

Thank you Menu Today...for your nice words...

Vijaya.

Viji said...

Vijaya, the Diwali spirit is everywhere. Thank you for this special entry. Actually i thought of making this :) U saved my time. Lovely they are. Viji

Daily Meals said...

Thank you Viji. Please post your version too...

sangeetaskitchen said...

thanx for gr8 sweet treat............i am surely goin to try it..............

Daily Meals said...

Thank you Sangeeta and let me know the result...keep visiting...

Anonymous said...

Very good description with photos
giri

Daily Meals said...

Thanks a lot Giri....

Anonymous said...

lovely entry, Vijaya! I'm first time to your blog thro' Viji's round-up. Actually, I must admit that i tried making badusha for the event and something went wrong... they dissolved while frying. Your recipe is crystal-clear and you've got such a nice colour too:) Thanks for sharing the sweet with us...

Daily Meals said...

Thanks Latha! Initially it happened with me also and I realized that I have added more baking powder. Everybody will learn by trial and error only. Don't give up. Good luck to neaxt attempt.

Anonymous said...

v.good presentation & looking great...

Anonymous said...

It was very good as we maked for diwali sweets