Badusha

**Author - Alee Venkatesh **



My Mother's recipe






INGREDIENTS TO MAKE DOUGH
  • Plain flour - 1.5 cup (Maida)
  • Ghee + oil - 1/4 cup (Tuppa)
  • Soda - 1/2 tsp.
  • Plain Yogurt - 1/3 cup (mosaru)
  • Sugar - 1 tsp.
  • water to make dough
  • oil for deep frying


SUGAR SYRUP INGREDIENTS 
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 2 pinch of cardamom powder
  • 3/4 tsp. lemon juice  


METHOD
  • Make a soft dough using dough ingredients (except oil for deep fry)
  • Allow this dough to rest for 30 mins to one hour
  • Prepare sugar syrup to thread consistency
  • Make small balls out of dough, flatten them and press in the middle.  Fry this on very low heat until golden brown
  • Soak the fried badusha in sugar syrup for 5-10 mins by turning them over at regular intervals
  • Remove badusha from sugar syrup and place them on a paper towel and let it rest till the sugar syrup dries
  • Follow above method with the remaining badushas.