Badhusha

Ingredients:

2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup vanaspathi ghee

2 cups sugar

2 cups water

3 pinch of baking soda

Oil for deep frying

Sliced pista and almonds

Grated dry coconuts

Method:
• Heat little ghee in a pan.
• Add pista and almonds. Fry until light golden colour.
• Pour this ghee into the flour.
• Add soda and little water. Make soft dough.
• Cover it with a wet cloth for 15 minutes.
• Take water and sugar in a saucepan and boil it to make thick syrup.
• If the syrup becomes thick, add water and heat it again.
• Divide the dough and make small sized balls.
• Flatten slightly and make a hole in the center.
• Prepare all the badhushas.
• Heat oil over medium flame.
• Deep fry the badhushas until golden brown.
• Put them immediately into the sugar syrup for about 5 to 8 minutes.
• Place them on a plate.
• Sprinkle fried nuts and grated dry coconut.
• baadusha is ready to serve