Diwali Special - Treat Your Pre Diwali Guest With Badusha

Badusha is a famous South Indian sweet made with all purpose flour and sugar. It is usually made for Diwali. Today let us learn how to make Badusha using this easy step by step Badusha recipe.

Ingredients

Maida /All purpose flour - 1/4 kg (250grams)
Ghee - 50 grams
Vanaspati /Dalda - 100 grams
Cooking soda - 1/4 tsp
Sugar -3/4 kg
Water -2 cups
Milk - 4 tbsp
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
Edible camphor /pachai karpram - a pinch

Method

* First mix dalda, cooking soda and ghee nicely / vigorously for 10 minutes.(pic 1 and 2).Do it in the same direction.

* Then add maida and mix well with your hands. Add water little by little and knead it into a soft dough.(I added around 1/4 cup and a little more water)(pic 3 and 4).This step is very important to get soft badushas.

* Let it sit for 15 minutes .

* After that divide the dough into equal lemon sized balls, flatten it a little and make a depression with your thumb in the middle.

* Take a pan, add water and sugar and bring it to boil. Add milk and boil for a few more seconds. The impurities (if any) in sugar will come to the surface. Remove it with a ladle.

* Then boil sugar syrup till it reaches one string consistency. Add cardamom powder and pachai karpuram.

* Take a pan, add water and sugar and bring it to boil. Add milk and boil for a few more seconds. The impurities (if any) in sugar will come to the surface. Remove it with a ladle.

* Then boil sugar syrup till it reaches one string consistency. Add cardamom powder and pachai karpuram.

* Heat oil first , add 4-5 badusha, then keep in low flame and fry the badushas until golden brown. Flip them gently and cook both sides. You need lot of patience for this.

* Then drop them in the sugar syrup and let is sit for 6-7 minutes.

* Then remove it from the syrup and place it in a plate. Let the sugar syrup dry.

* If needed, garnish with grated coconut and cashew nuts on top while serving.