Balushahi

Name: Balushahi (Deep-fried North Indian sweets)
Yield: Makes 12
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 6 tablespoons plus 3 cups (675 grams) ghee, softened; ¼ teaspoon baking soda; 6 tablespoons (115 grams) plain yogurt, whisked until smooth; 2½ cups (500 grams) sugar; 4 or 5 pistachios, finely chopped; 2 tablespoons milk; 1½ cups (180 grams) maida (refined flour) or pastry flour

Deep-fried North Indian sweets

Preparation info

Makes
12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Cook Indian

By Sanjeev Kapoor

Published 2011

About

These round dough nutlike desserts are coated with a thick sugar syrup. I prefer to make them bite-size, but in mithai (sweet) shops you can expect to see large ones.

Ingredients

1½ cups (180 grams) maida (refined flour) or pastry flour
¼ teaspoon

Asia
India
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Sift the flour and baking soda into a large bowl. Add 6 tablespoons (75 grams) of the ghee and rub it into the flour mixture until it resembles bread crumbs. Add the yogurt and knea