Badushah recipe (1)

INGREDIENTS:

1. Maida flour - 100 grams
2. Sugar - 150 gram
3. Unsalted butter - 50 grams
4. Salt - a pinch
5. Backing powder - 1/2 teaspoon (tsp.)
6. Oil - for frying.

PREPARATION:

1. -- Making Sugar Syrup --
   1. In a stainless steel vessel, add sugar and water equal part and allow the sugar to dissolve on medium flame. Reduce flame to low, allow the sugar syrup to thicken lightly. The syrup should be sticky on touch and it should reach one string consistency (refer to images below).
2. In a wide bowl, sift maida flour, baking powder. add sugar, butter, water as needed to the sift flour mixture and mix well until a soft dough is formed.
3. To prepare badushah, pinch off lemon sized dough and roll into balls. Flatten the balls lightly and make a depression in the center using your thumb. Making the depression is crucial, so do not skip this step.
4. Heat oil in a deep pan (do not over heat). Add a small piece of dough into the oil and if it sizzles and comes to the surface, the oil is ready for deep frying. Reduce the heat (stove) to low.
5. Now add the flatten badushah and fry them to golden brown (will float and become light) in batches. Add the cooked batch of badushah to the warm sugar syrup and soak until the next batch is ready. do the same for all the badushah batch and serve.

NOTES:

1. Check for single string consistency