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Maida Diamond biscuits recipe


Diamond biscuits

Diamond biscuit is a home made South Indian sweets snacks. This diamond biscuits has shelf life for 3-4 days. My mom prepares the diamond biscuits using atta / wheat flour.  She usually won't use maida in her cooking, as Maida doesn't have dietary fibres. For a change, I tried the recipe with Maida / All purpose flour. This mild sweet biscuits are usually served as a tea-time snacks. Please check below for step by step instructions and pictures for preparing South Indian Diamond biscuits.





Preparation Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 55 mins 
Ready In: 1 hour
Yields : 10 Servings


Diamond biscuits

Ingredients:
Oil
For Frying
Sugar
1 Cup
Water
1 Cup
All purpose flour / Maida 
As needed
Unsalted butter
1 tbsp
Salt
1 tsp
Baking powder
1/2 tsp


Instructions:
  • Add 1 cup of sugar to 1 cup of Luke warm water. Stir it with spoon till the sugar dissolves.

  • Add butter, salt, baking powder and required maida to the sugar water. Make a soft dough . The dough should be similar to chapati dough consistency.Knead well and allow the dough to rest for 10 minutes. 

  • Take a fraction of a dough and make a ball the size of big lemon. Flatten the balls to 12-15 inches in diagonal using rolling pin.Using pizza cutter or knife cut the dough into diamond or square shapes.

  • Heat enough oil to deep fry. To check whether oil is hot, drop a little dough into oil. If it bubbles up on top, then oil is hot. 

 


  • Drop the diamond cuts in oil and deep fry till it is cooked and turns golden colour on both sides. Drain the excess oil by placing it in a paper towel.


  • Repeat the above process for remaining dough.
Maida Diamond cut biscuits / Diamond biscuits recipe / Sweet diamond cut biscuit

Tips:
  • Maida can be replaced fully with atta/ chapati flour. We can also use half maida and half atta flour.
  • Once cooled, store the biscuits in air tight container for 3-4 days.
  • Don't over crowd the biscuits while deep frying in oil.
  • Fry the biscuits in medium flame.
  • My grandma usually won't cut the biscuits in shapes using knife. she takes a lemon size dough and drops small quantities in oil directly. The shape won't be uniform, but it will reduce lot of effort spent for cutting the biscuits.

7 comments:

  1. Sakar para I think its called. I used to love this when my Amma used to make it for us.

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  2. Nithya they are my favorite. You take me back to my childhood. Mom would make them for us quite often. Its been a while now; should ask her make them when I go home next..:-)
    Thank you for sharing the recipe :-)

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  3. Wow! Great recipe Nithya.. Looks delicious.. Thanks soo much for sharing dear :-)

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  4. My mum used to make these biscuits and I know how fabulous the taste it. Thanks for reminding me that its time I give a try to this crispy crunchy bits.

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  5. yummy one.. these are my fav diwali sweets nithya :)

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  6. used to enjoy them as a kid,never tired finding them in the mixture,love the sweet crunchy bits to bits.

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  7. these are Zini's favorite, she gets them at school...

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