Paal bun | Mini doughnuts-Madurai special recipe-How to make at home-Step by step photos

Cuisine Style: Madurai, Tamilnadu, India | Preparation & Cooking Time: 10 to 15 minutes | To Serve: 3 | Type: Tea time sweets

Ingredients

• Maida or Wheat flour –1 cup
• Curd - 1/2 cup
• Baking soda / Powder -1/2 tsp
• Powdered sugar - 1/4 cup
• Ghee - 3 tbsp
• Cardamom powder - 1 tsp
• Water as required
• Oil for deep frying

For Sugar syrup

• Sugar - 3/4 cup
• Water as required
• Cardamom powder - 1 tsp

Preparation Method

• In a bowl add maida, baking soda, ghee, powdered sugar, curd &water mix well, make soft sticky mixture.
• Cover it & leave it for 30 min.
• Heat sugar, cardamom powder & water, let it boil for 8 min[Like gulab jmaun syrup] or you can boil till 1 string consistency.
• Heat oil in a pan, make small balls out of the mixture, drop it in medium hot oil, deep fry till golden brown
• Drain on absorbent paper then put it in sugar syrup & soak it for 5 min.
• Then serve with tea or coffee

How to make Paal bun at home -Step by step photos

Add sugar in a mixie jar

Add cardamom poda, grind to fine powder

Powdered sugar is ready

In a bowl add maida / wheat flour

Add sugar

Add ghee

Add bakind soda

Add curd & water, mix well

Make sticky dough

Cover it & leave it for 30 min

For sugar syrup:- Add sugar

Add water

Mix well, let it boil for 8 min

Now its ready, cut off heat

Take small lemon size dough, shape balls

Drop it in medium hot oil, deep fry till golden brown

NOw its ready, remove it from oil

Put it in sugar syrup, soak it for 5 min

Soft and crispy paal bun ready, serve hot

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