Balushahi is an Indian Sweet made with maida, sugar, and loads of love. It is one of the few sweets I like to indulge in once in a few months. This is the first time that I’ve tried making Balushahi but since I am not a big fan of sweets I’ve reduced the portion size to make it bite-size.

Bite-size Balushahi

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups Maida
1/4 cup ghee
Water
1/4 tsp Baking powder
Pinch of Salt
1/4 cup Dahi
Oil for frying

For the sugar syrup:
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
5-6 Saffron strands
Garnish: dry fruits

Procedure:

• Take maida, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl.
• Add in dahi and ghee and need into a dough using water.
• Keep it covered with a damp cloth for 20-30mins.
  For the syrup:
• Take sugar, add in the water and boil it till it has a thick sticky consistency.
• Finally, add in saffron strands.
• To make the Balushahi:
• Knead the dough into small balls.
• Lightly push the surface in with your thumb.
• Heat oil/ghee. Then add in the dough balls and fry it in oil on a low to medium flame till it turns brown uniformly. ( It takes a long time, so be patient)
• Once done put it in the hot sugar syrup and let it soak for 3-5 mins.
• Remove it and garnish it with dry fruits.

Note:

• The whole idea of making them bite-size is to control the portion size while being able to enjoy desserts.
• While these are bite size keeping portion control is very important.

Print Recipe

Bite-size Balushahi

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time30 minutes mins

Resting time20 minutes mins

Total Time1 hour hr 5 minutes mins

Course: Indian Sweets

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: Desserts

Author: Aditi Prabhu

Equipment

• Mixing bowl
• Wok

Ingredients

Making the Dough

• 1 1/2 cups Maida
• 1/4 cup Ghee
• 1/4 cup Dahi
• 1/4 tsp Baking powder
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• Water
• Oil for frying

For the sugar syrup:

• 1 cup Sugar
• 1/4 cup Water
• 5-6 Saffron strands
• Dry fruits Garnish:

Instructions

• Take maida, baking powder, salt in a mixing bowl.
• Add in dahi and ghee and need into a dough using water.
• Keep it covered with a damp cloth for 20-30mins.

For the syrup:

• Take sugar, add in the water and boil it till it has a thick sticky consistency.
• Finally, add in saffron strands.

To make the balushahi:

• Knead the dough into small balls.
• Lightly push the surface in with your thumb.
• Heat oil/ghee. Then add in the dough balls and fry it in oil on a low to medium flame till it turns brown uniformly. ( It takes a long time, so be patient)
• Once done put it in the hot sugar syrup and let it soak for 3-5 mins.
• Remove it out and garnish with dry fruits.