Balushai / bhadusa

 Ingredients 

120 gm Refined flour 

2 gm baking soda

50 gm ghee or oil 

15 gm curd 

2 nos cardamom 

Water - to mix 

100 ml oil (forfry)

For syrup 

120 gm sugar 

30 ml water 

Lemon - few drops 

Method

1. Sieve flour with salt and soda bicarbonate. 

2. Add crushed car-damoms. Rub in fat and beaten curds. 

3. Add cold water to make a soft dough. 

4. Divide into equal sized balls. 

5. Flatten each ball between the palms so as to have the centre thinner than the sides. 

6. Put into deep hot fat on slow fire; leave them in without distur-bance for 10 minutes. 

7. Turn over and repeat process. 

8. When cooked, remove from fat and drain. 

9. When quite cold dip them in prepared sugar syrup and garnish with sliced pistachio nuts. 

10. To prepare syrup boil water and sugar and stir till dissolved. Cook to one string consistency, sprinkle lime juice.

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