Makhan Bada

Name: Makhan Bada
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 70 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: ½ cup All-Purpose Flour (1/2 cup All Purpose Flour (Maida)); 0.17 cup Clarified Butter (1/6 cup Ghee for dough + Ghee to deep fry (as required)); 0 pieces Baking Powder (Baking powder a pinch); 1 tbsp Yogurt (1 tablespoon Curd (Dahi / Yogurt) Yogurt – 1 tablespoon); 2 tbsp Pistachios (2 tablespoons Pistachios chopped); ¼ tsp Ground Cardamom (1/4 teaspoons Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)); 1 cup Granulated Sugar (1 cup Sugar); ½ cup Water (1/2 cup Water)

A fried Rajasthani sweet dumpling soaked in cardamom sugar syrup and garnished with pistachios.

70 minIndian

Servings4

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Steps

1To begin making the Makhan Bada recipe, In a bowl, add maida, ghee, baking powder and mix it with your hands. Now add yogurt and make a dough like poori dough. Don't add water and leave it for 10-15 minutes.
2Heat pan, add sugar, green cardamom powder and water and make one thread sugar syrup.
3Now divide the dough in small equal portions (i.e. size of small lemon). Round them, press each ball from the center with the help of finger.
4Heat ghee in a kadhai and deep fry the ball until golden brown and crisp. Drain on an absorbent paper.
5Soak badas in sugar syrup for 30 minutes. Take them out in a serving plate. Garnish with the chopped pistachios.
6Serve Makhan Bada as a dessert to your family after your festive meal of Aloo Gobhi Ki Sabzi, Boondi Raita and Puri.