Balushai / Balushahi

There's nothing better than homemade Balushahi. It's much easier than you think.

Ingredients

Dough

White plain flour 1 1/2 cup

Baking soda 1/4 tsp

Baking powder 1/4 tsp

Ghee 2 tbsp

Salt to taste

Ice cold water 1/2 cup

Mawa

Powder milk 1/4 cup

Powder (Icing) sugar 2 tbsp

Pinch of nutmeg and mace

Ghee 1 tbsp

Sugar syrup

Sugar 2 cup

Water 1 cup

Cardamom 3 pcs

Lime juice 1/2 tsp

Directions

Mawa

• In a mixing bowl, take powdered milk, powder (icing) sugar, pinch of nutmeg and mace.

• Add 1 tbsp of ghee and mix everything together with fingers until you get a crumbly-sandy texture.

• Place mawa on a flat plate and set aside to be used as donut filling and coating.

Sugar Syrup

• In a flat frying pan, heat water and add sugar. Stir and mix everything together.

• Slightly break apart cardamom pieces and add them to the syrup.

• Add a few drops of lime juice, this prevents the syrup from crystallization.

• Once it begins to boil and water reduces, turn off heat and keep aside.

• Right before coating the donuts, warm the sugar syrup on low-medium heat.

Dough

• In a mixing bowl, add all purpose white flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt to taste

• Add ghee and mix everything with your fingers until you get a crumbly or sandy texture.

• Add ice cold water in small quantities, mix everything to make a soft flaky dough. The ice cold water will create the flakiness in baalushai donuts. Do not knead the dough.

• Cover the dough with wet towel and rest for 15 -30 mins.

• After resting, knead dough lightly ( just enough to hold it together) and divide into 12 equal parts.

• Make small dough balls, by rolling and pressing between the palm of your hands. Make a dent in the middle. Add small amount of mawa inside, pull the ends from side of dough and roll into round balls.

• Heat the oil in a frying pan over low-medium heat. Once the oil is hot, place the baalushai balls slowly.

• Baalushai has a flaky texture, they need to be fried over low-medium heat to cook evenly inside.

• Fry one side for 5 mins over low-medium heat until golden brown. Carefully turn to other side and fry until golden brown. Do not turn more than 3 times, or else they will break apart.

• Remove and drain excess oil on paper towel.

• While still hot, dip them in sugar syrup on all sides. Do not leave them in the syrup for too long or it'll get too sweet

• Remove and roll on mawa to coat evenly on all sides. Ready to serve!

You can even garnish them with pistachios. Enjoy the deliciousness of Balushai!

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