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Wheat Badusha Recipe-Balushahi-Easy Diwali Sweets

September 26, 2017 by PadhuSankar 16 Comments

Traditional Badusha is normally made with all purpose flour but I wanted to try badusha with wheat flour long since but it kept on delaying. Finally I made badushas with wheat flour and was surprised as the badushas were very soft and tasted very good. Just because they were soft and delicious, it has made its appearance here. Today we will learn how to make wheat flour badushas following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.

Wheat Badusha

Wheat Badusha


Wheat Badusha

 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 20 mins 
 Yields: 9 Wheat Badushas
 Recipe Category: Dessert-Diwali Sweets
 Recipe Cuisine: Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Wheat flour – 3/4 cup
   Cornflour – 1 tbsp
   Vanaspati/dalda/thick ghee – 1/4 cup /50 grams
   Powdered sugar – 1 tsp

   Thick curd – 1 tbsp
   Cooking soda – 1/8 tsp

   For the sugar syrup

   Sugar – 1/2 cup
   Water – 1/4 cup

Preparation 


In a wide bowl, mix together, wheat flour, cornflour and thick ghee or dalda.

Mix with your finger tips until the mixture becomes like bread crumbs in texture. Add powdered sugar to it and mix with your finger tips.

Wheat Balushahi

Beat together or mix vigorously curd and soda together with your fingers until foamy. Mix at least for 6-10 minutes.

how to make wheat badusha

Add the wheat flour mixture to the curd mixture and make a soft dough using very less water (a spoonful at a time). Knead it well and cover it. Let the dough rest for 30 minutes.

wheat badusha-easy diwali sweets

Mix sugar in 1/4 cup of warm water and stir to let the sugar dissolve to some extent. Then switch on the flame/heat and boil the sugar syrup, stirring until you get a sticky consistency. It is known as “pisuku padam” in Tamil. Switch off the syrup.

sugar syrup for badusha

Method 


Now divide the dough equally and make small smooth balls from each piece. There should be no cracks. Then press it slightly and make a dent in the middle.

Heat oil, drop a small bit of dough into the oil, if it raises to the surface immediatly, the oil is hot.

Now reduce the heat to low and fry 3-4 badushas depending on the quantity of oil used. Do not disturb for the first few seconds. Then gently stir, flip it over and cook the badushas until golden brown on both sides.

how to make soft badushas

Once it turns golden brown, remove it with a slotted ladle and drop it into the warm sugar syrup. (sugar syrup should not be very hot).

Let is remain soaked in sugar syrup for 15-20 minutes.

Wheat Badusha Recipe

Then remove the badushas from the sugar syrup. Once the sugar syrup dries a little, decorate it with colored coconut or chopped nuts.

Check the traditional Badusha Recipe made using all purpose flour/ maida or click the picture below for the recipe of traditional Badusha.


Badusha-Balushahi

Enjoy making this easy, soft and delicious wheat badushas for this Diwali. You can also pack these as Diwali gifts for friends and relatives. 

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Comments

  1. Unknown

    September 26, 2017 at 10:36 am

    It looks very tasty and easy to prepare. I am going to definitely try this out.
    Thanks!

    Reply
  2. Manjunath Narayan

    September 27, 2017 at 12:47 am

    Nie reipe. Thanks for sharing. There is no Like button, et

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      September 27, 2017 at 7:32 am

      Thank you. There are share buttons below.

      Reply
    • Seema

      September 28, 2017 at 8:44 am

      Even I shall try it as it. With all purpose flour it came good twice but after that when I made it didn't turn out well.
      If this comes out well shll text you. I have tried few of ur recipes.

      Thank you for sharing such interesting n good recipes.

      Reply
  3. Abarna Ganesh

    September 27, 2017 at 1:59 am

    Super.i love all your recipes.

    Reply
  4. Anonymous

    September 27, 2017 at 6:36 am

    Wow! These look wonderful! Thank you for posting your recipe. Do you think curds made from sheep milk would work as well as those made from cow's or buffalo's milk?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      September 27, 2017 at 7:32 am

      You can use cow's milk or buffalo's milk curd as I have tried in both, but sheep milk I am not sure.

      Reply
  5. priya

    September 27, 2017 at 8:05 am

    Really super and healthy sweet…. Thank you padhu……

    Reply
  6. Prem Raj

    September 27, 2017 at 3:35 pm

    Very useful recipe. Infact all the recipes are very good. Wonderful, Useful and meaningful site.
    Premraj

    Reply
  7. viji

    October 11, 2017 at 1:44 pm

    Thanks for sharing this ..we like badhusha much but stopped using maida..this is best way to try… as I'm following most of your recipes…

    Reply
  8. Unknown

    October 14, 2017 at 4:32 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. One question I have is about shelf life. How long will thus last, if I kept it in a cool dry dark shelf or in the fridge?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      October 15, 2017 at 6:55 am

      It will be good for 2-3 days at room temperature and for a week in the refrigerator.

      Reply
  9. Bhargavi

    October 16, 2017 at 2:35 am

    Thankyou, nice, successful attempt replacing maida in badhusha..would definitely try.Happy Deepavali!

    Reply
  10. Lakshmi

    October 19, 2020 at 9:44 am

    Hi Padhu,
    I tried this recipe. The diugh and the syrup looked perfect but when I deep fried the small balls, few of the balls broke into pieces when I tried to flip it to the other side. Do you know what went wrong?

    Reply
    • PadhuSankar

      October 27, 2020 at 5:48 am

      The oil would not have been hot. Once the oil is hot, reduce it to medium and then add. If the oil is not hot, it will disintegrate.

      Reply
  11. Lakshmi

    October 29, 2020 at 3:27 pm

    Oh ok. Thank you. Would try it out again and let you know.

    Reply

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