Name: Balushahi recipe by Angelique Goel at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 3 cup maida; 3/4 cup ghee; 1/2 cup curd; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp elaichi powder; 5-6 pistachios or almonds for garnishing; 1+1/2 cup sugar; 3/4 cup water; ghee for frying; water for kneading the dough

ABOUT Balushahi RECIPE

A traditional mithai, buttery & flaky, soaked in sugar syrup and absolutely yum to taste!

Ingredients Serving: 5

3 cup maida
3/4 cup ghee
1/2 cup curd
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp elaichi powder
5-6 pistachios or almonds for garnishing
1+1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup water
ghee for frying
water for kneading the dough

Instructions

In a bowl, add maida, baking soda, ghee, elaichi powder and curd and knead it into a dough. Rest for half an hour.
Make a one string chasni by boiling water and sugar and let it cool.
Heat ghee for frying. Make small balls from the dough and make a depression in the centre with your thumb. Fry on medium flame.
Fry all the balls in the same way and then put them into the chasni for sometime and take them out.
Garnish with pistachios or almond slivers.

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