Badusha using Idhayam Mantra

 

Badusha is a traditional Indian Sweet recipe. I have used Idhayam Mantra Groundnut oil and ghee to deep fry the badusha. Idhayam Mantra Groundnut oil is pure and unrefined and good for health. I have used a combination of groundnut oil and ghee as its very good for health and heals joint pains. Traditionally all deep frying was made using groundnut oil in days back during my great grandmother. From the time Idhayam introduced Gingerly oil, my family is using it for cooking. It is pure and heart healthy. You can visit them @Idhayam for more details.

Badusha

No. of Servings : 10

Ingredients

Maida – 2 cups

Salt a pinch

Baking Powder – ½ tsp

Baking Soda – ¼ tsp

Ghee – ¼ cup

Curd – ¼ cup

Cardamom essence – ¼ tsp

Water as required

Idhayam Mantra Groundnut oil for deep frying

         Ghee – 5 tbsp for deep frying

For Sugar Syrup

Sugar – 2 cups

Water – 1 cup

Cardamom essence – ¼ tsp

Orange food colour a pinch

Preparation Method

1.   In a mixing bowl add maida, salt, baking powder and baking soda and mix well.

2.   Add ghee, curd and cardamom essence and mix well.

3.   Make stiff dough with required water.

4.   Do not knead too much, just mix in slightly.

5.   Cover with a lid and let it rest for 15 minutes.

6.   Meanwhile, in a kadai, add sugar and water and bring to a boil and continue boiling till the sugar syrup is one string consistency. Add cardamom essence and food colour and mix well. Keep aside.

7.   Mix the dough slightly and make balls, flatten it and make a thumb impression in the center.

8.   In a kadai, heat Idhayam Mantra groundnut oil and ghee and deep fry the badusha till golden brown.

9.   Add them to the warm sugar syrup.

10. Badusha is ready to serve.

Spicy Kozhukattai Sundal

This is my own innovation. My twist on the regular traditional kozhukattai is that I have added coconut paste along with spices to make it more tasty. I then tempered it to make it as a sundal for this Navarathri Festival....

Spicy Kozhukattai Sundal

No. of Serving : 5

Ingredients

Rice flour - 250 gms

Coconut grated - 3 tbsp

Red chilli - 1

Ginger - 1 inch piece

Salt to taste

Hot water - as required

Oil - to grease the mould

For tempering

Oil - 2 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - few

Red chilli - 1

Preparation Method

1. Grind coconut, red chilli and ginger to a very thick paste by adding little water. Keep aside.

2. In a mixing bowl, mix together rice flour, salt and the ground coconut paste.

3. Add hot water little by little and make a dough. Roll into small balls and keep aside.

4. Grease idli mould or steaming tray with oil and place the balls on them and steam them for 15 minutes

5. Temper using mustard, curry leaves and red chilli.

6. Serve hot.