In a wide bowl add the ghee+ oil, baking soda and curd. Beat this well for 10 mins till they get incorporated very well. Take the flour in a wide bowl.
Add the beaten ghee curd mixture to the flour.
Mix this with your fingers and make it like a bread crumbs.
Add water and make it a soft and non sticky dough without any cracks. This is very important. If you knead the dough hard, the badushas will not be soft or flaky.
Rest the dough for 10 minutes. Keep it covered.
Make the sugar syrup by combining the sugar and water. Let it boil and form One string consistency.
Add lemon juice and saffron to this and switch if off.
Make the dough into equal lemon sized balls. Take one ball and flatten it with your palm.
Make dent in the center with your thumb and heat the oil for deep frying the badushas.
Repeat the same for the rest of the dough.
When the oil is hot switch off the flame and slowly put in the badusha into the oil. After few minutes the badhusha floats up on the top and switchon the flame.
Fry in medium low flame till they turns nice brown colour. Never fry in a hurry, it will not get cooked inside.
Dip it in the sugar syrup. Ensure that the syrup should be warm. Else you warm it for a minute and then dip in the syrup. Let it stay till you fry the next batch. Take it out from the syrup and place it on a plate.
I added saffron in the second batch and so you couldn’t see in the above picture. I was bit nervous about the outcome of the badushas and so i forgot to add.
You can decorate with few coarsely pound almonds or pistas.
The badushas can be stored for 4-5 days at room temperature.
It tasted very nice and was soft and juicy the next day.