Balushahi Recipe | Halwai Style Balushahi
Balushahi is a fried dessert with its origin in Northern India. You may find it in UP, Bihar, NCR, and Rajasthan quite easily.
Servings: 12 People
Calories: 376kcal
Cost: Rs 200
Ingredients
To make the dough:
- 250 g All-purpose Flour/ Maida
- ¼ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking Soda
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 50 g Ghee
- 75 g Plain Curd Cold
- 2 tablespoon Cold Water
To make the Sugar Syrup:
- 250 g Sugar
- ½ cup Water
- 3 Green Cardamom
- 20 strands Saffron
- 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
To fry:
- Vegetable Oil sufficient for deep frying
- 2 tablespoon Ghee
To garnish:
- 10 Pistachios chopped
Instructions
Dough:
- Take All-purpose Flour, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, and also Salt in a bowl and mix those.
- Now add Ghee to it and mix using the fingers until the mixture turns sand-like.
- Add Curd and gather the mixture in one place.
- Do not over-knead it as over-kneading may lead to gluten formation.
- If needed add very little water while kneading.
- The entire kneading process should not take more than 2 minutes.
- Cover the dough with a cloth for 10 minutes.
- Divide the dough into twelve equal portions.
- Give those around shape however do not press much.
- If the dough ball is having a few cracks on it, let those be as it is.
- Now using your thumb make an impression in the mid so that there's a hole.
- It would look like a small doughnut.
- Shape the rest of the Balushahis.
Sugar Syrup:
- Take Sugar along with water in a pan.
- Add Green cardamom and also saffron to it and bring it to boil.
- While boiling add lemon juice.
- Remove the impurities from the top if needed.
- The syrup should be of two-string consistency.
- It will take around 8-9 minutes to make the syrup.
Frying the Balusahi:
- Now heat oil in a pan.
- Add 2 tablespoon Ghee to it.
- Keep the flame on the lower side.
- The oil should not be over-heated.
- Put 4-6 balusahis at one go depending on the size of the pan.
- The balls should be dipped in the oil halfway through.
- You need to fry those at low temperatures.
- It will take 12-14 minutes to fry one batch.
- The balls are super soft and hence you cannot turn those much while frying.
- You can turn after the first three minutes of frying and then after every three minutes.
- After 12-14 minutes the balls should have a nice golden brown color.
- Strain those from the oil.
Soaking in Syrup!
- In the meanwhile, warm the syrup. It should not be excessively hot.
- Put around 5 Balusahis in one go and coat with the syrup.
- Turn after 3 minutes and let it soaked.
- It will take 10 minutes of soaking.
Garnishing!
- Garnish the Balusahi with chopped Pistachios.
- Dry those in room temperature before storing in an air-tight container.
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Nutrition
Serving: 75g | Calories: 376kcal | Carbohydrates: 37.4g | Protein: 2.6g | Fat: 24.9g | Saturated Fat: 6.4g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 61mg | Fiber: 0.6g | Sugar: 21.3g
