Badhusha

Ingredients:

# Maida - 2 cups
# Ghee - 1/2 cup
# Cooking soda powder - a pinch
# Curd - 1 tsp
# Sugar - 1 cup
# Water - as required
# Oil - for frying
# Cashew nuts - 20 nos


Preparation:

# Grind the cashews into a fine paste and keep aside.

# Mix the flour, cashew paste and soda in a bowl and add the melted ghee and curd to this and knead until you get a smooth dough.

# Add little water if necessary while kneading.  

# Keep covered aside for atleast half an hour.

# Pinch off small lemon-sized balls of the dough and make into smooth  balls, flattening each between your palms with just one press.

# At low flame, heat oil in a frying pan and fry the badhushas until both sides turn golden brown, and keep it aside.

# In a wide vessel, heat sugar and water until it's all bubbly. Heat the sugar syrup, stirring it occasionally, until it becomes thick.

# Add the fried badhushas to the sugar syrup and mix them well together.

# Keep stirring until the sugar thickens and crystallizes and coats the badhusha evenly, and then remove it from the flame, and transfer it to a plate.

# Garnish with shredded cashews or almonds and serve it cool.