Butter Badhusha

Ingredients

• • Maida - 2 cups
• • Cooking soda - a pinch
• • Kesar yellow colours - a pinch
• • Saffron - a little
• • Cardamom powder - ½ teaspoon
• • Butter - ½ cup
• • Ghee (for deep frying) - as required
• • Sugar - 1 ½ cups
• • Water - ¾ cup

Method

• 1. Sieve maida, soda together twice.
• 2. Add colour, crushed saffron, cardamom powder and soft butter to the flour and mix with finger tips till it blends properly.
• 3. Sprinkle water and knead to a stiff dough. (Dough should not break while making balls).
• 4. Make medium sized balls, flatten and press in the centre.
• 5. Deep fry in moderate hot ghee few pieces at a time in reduced flame.
• 6. Turn once and cook till crisp and golden without disturbing it while frying.
• 7. Prepare sugar syrup of one string consistency.
• 8. Dip the fried badhushas in hot syrup and arrange on a flat plate.
• 9. Decorate with sliced nuts or coloured desiccated coconut before it dries up.