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Writer's pictureHema Shet

BADAM PURI (Deepawali special 🪔🎇)


An authentic and traditional south indian dessert recipe made with plain flour, fine semolina, almond paste and sugar syrup. The recipe is a delicacy from the south state of karnataka but has become a South Indian sensational sweet recipe. The texture and taste almost resemble the chiroti recipe, yet has a unique flavour and taste of its own.


🎇🪔Shubh Deepawali wishes to everyone 🪔🎇


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Ingredients:

· All-purpose flour (Maida) – 1/2 Kg

· Fine Rava (semolina) – 1 cup

. Badam paste – 4 tbsp ( made from 25-30 almonds)

· Ghee – 3 tbsp

. Cardamom powder – ¼ tsp

. Baking soda - 2 pinches

· Salt – ¼ tsp

. Food colour (optional)

· Water

· Melted Ghee for spreading on the puri

· Oil for frying

. Cloves - 40-45


For Sugar syrup:

· Sugar – 5 cups

· Water – 2 cups

· Lemon juice – ¼ spoon

· Cardamom powder – ¼ spoon

· Saffron (optional)


Method:

  • Firstly, to prepare badam paste, soak almonds in hot water for 1-2 hours.

  • Peel the skin of badam and transfer to the blender. Blend to smooth paste adding little water. keep it aside.

  • In a large bowl take maida, fine rava, food colour, cardamom powder, baking soda and salt. Mix well.

  • Now add ghee and crumble and mix well making sure to form a moist flour.

  • Now add the prepared badam paste and water. Knead the dough well.

  • Knead to a smooth and tight dough. Cover and rest for 10 minutes.


For sugar syrup:

  • In a large vessel take sugar and water. Mix well until the sugar dissolves.

  • Boil for 3 minutes or until sugar syrup attains 2 string consistency.

  • Add few drops of lemon juice, cardamom powder and few saffron strands.

  • Mix well, cover and keep sugar syrup aside.


For badam puri:

  • knead the dough again making sure the dough is smooth.p

  • Take a small ball sized dough, roll gently to slightly thick puri.

  • Spread ghee and fold half. again spread ghee and fold triangle.

  • Press the three corners and roll gently to flatten the layers.

  • Prick a lavang making sure all layers are intact.

  • Drop the badam puri in medium hot oil. Fry on low flame stirring occasionally.

  • Keeping the flame on low fry until the puri turns golden and crisp.

  • Drain off the puri taking off excess oil.

  • Now drop these in sugar syrup, let it be in syrup for 3-4 mins.

  • Later put it in a plate, excess sugar syrup will drain out.

  • Once completely cooled store it in an air tight container.


*** Cups in my recipe refers to measuring glass or Vati you have at home weighing approx. 100 gms.


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