SWEET DIAMOND CUTS/ MAIDA BISCUITS RECIPE

     I always love making maida biscuits right from childhood. Me and my bro used to help my mom by rolling and cutting them into diamond shapes. The best part I like to do is rolling the cutter to make the diamond shape. My mom has a special spoon especially for this (also for cutting sweet somas-recipe soon!). Its called ‘Somas karandi’. It is made of pithalai, one side with a spoon and other side with a wheel with ridges to make design while it cuts. It will be similar to pizza cutter, only that this is small.
    I will post the spicy version, which my mom makes with ginger/garlic and red chilli later. This sweet version is also a bit different from others as we use sugar powder to coat the biscuits instead of adding it to the dough. I love it a lot this way. Simple to make too. So you can try it for this Diwali :)

Ingredients(makes 5-6 cups of the snack)

Maida/ all purpose flour	2 cup
Sugar	1/2 cup
Ghee	1 tsp
Oil	To deep fry
Salt	1/2 tsp

 

Method

Mix flour, salt, 1tsp of sugar and ghee in a bowl. Add enough water to make it a pliable dough. Dough should not be too soft. It should be just right.keep aside for 20-30 minutes. Powder sugar to fine powder and keep a side. Knead the dough again after some time and divide dough into 6 equal parts. Roll as thin as possible evenly with generous dusting. With the use of the cutter/ knife, cut out thin strips as shown below. Again cut diagonally to make little diamonds. Use a thin dosa spatula to take it out  from the rolling board. Dont worry if everything gets together. Heat oil in a kadai and when it is hot, gently gather the diamonds and drop in a sprinkled way as much as possible. Once you drop in hot oil, the diamonds that got together will separate as it gets cooked. Cook in medium flame with constant turning to make sure it is evenly cooked. Once the bubbles and sound completely ceases, then take it out from oil and immediately add 2-3 tblsp powdered sugar to it and toss well to coat everything evenly.

       
        Repeat the process for remaining dough. Cool down and store in airtight box. Enjoy as a snack at tea time.

Notes

You can use an elachi while you powder the sugar. You can use store bought icing sugar too. You can use knife or pizza cutter to cut into diamonds. Use a metal spatula to take out from the rolling board. If the dough is too sticky, then it will be difficult to take out. So use generous dusting.

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