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Balushahi

Its a traditional Indian sweet,which is made of All purpose flour ,ghee ,and Yogurt.Its crispy and flaky in texture.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 18
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 3 Cup Maida/All purpose flour
  • ½ Tsp Baking Soda
  • Pinch of salt
  • ¼ Cup Ghee
  • ¼ Cup Cold Yogurt
  • Water(Chilled)
  • Canola oil for frying .(If you want you can use Ghee)
  • Sugar Syrup
  • 2 Cups Sugar
  • 1 Cup Water
  • 2 Cardamom

Method
 

  1. Just like baking sieve all the dry ingredients like maida ,baking soda and salt.
  2. Add ghee and mix well with your finger tips. It should be crumbly in texture and when you try to hold that in your fist it should hold its shape.
  3. Add Yogurt and mix well .
  4. With the help of chilled water make a nice and smooth dough.
  5. Let the dough rest for 20 minutes.
  6. After 20 minutes make around 18 bolls of the dough(same size)
  7. You don't have to make a smooth ball. leave it like it was before. this step is important to have the texture in the Balushahi.
  8. Press with your thumb or finger in the centre.
  9. Heat ,oil/Ghee.
  10. Deep fry in batches . Keep the flame very slow to medium. Don't overcrowd the wok.
  11. After frying keep them aside on a paper towel.
  12. Make sugar syrup with water and sugar.
    Let it boil. Add cardamom to it.
  13. The consistency should be of one string.
  14. After it cools, check the syrup between the two fingers,if one string comes then its good.
  15. Dip the Balushahi in the warm sugar syrup .
  16. Remove it and let them dry on a plate for at-least 45 minutes.
  17. Garnish with silver leaf ,Pistachio .
  18. Serve it your guests or store it .
  19. It has a great shelf life of 2 weeks.
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