Maida biscuit or diamond cuts biscuit. Maida chips, maida biscuits, diamond cuts, maida squares, khara biscuits, whatever the name, they were extremely popular among us kids and friends. The savory or spicy version was more popular in our household as compared to the sweet version. Add maida and powder sugar to the ghee + cooking soda and mix well. Add needed water and make a slightly stiff and smooth dough. Dusting flour, roll out the dough into a circle (it should neither be thick nor thin).
Using a biscuit cutter or a sharp knife, cut it in the shape of diamond or squares.
Diamond Biscuits / Maida Biscuits / Kalakala Biscuits Recipe is a super easy, mildly sweetened teatime snack.
The same recipe has a spicy version too and you can add these biscuits in Madras Mixture, Aval Mixture and Cornflakes Mixture too.
You can have Maida biscuit or diamond cuts biscuit using 5 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Maida biscuit or diamond cuts biscuit
- Prepare 1.5 cup of all purpose flour.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of sugar(powdered).
- It's 2 tbsp of ghee.
- You need Pinch of salt.
- Prepare of Oil for frying.
Roll one of the balls just like chapati neither too thin nor thick. Using biscuit roller/cutter or pizza cutter or knife cut the rolled chapati horizontally first, then vertically to make diamond shaped maida biscuits. Heat a tsp of oil till smoking and pour that into the dough and knead well. Now divide it into equal portions.
Maida biscuit or diamond cuts biscuit instructions
- Into a mixing bowl add Maida, powdered sugar (its very important to powder the sugar), ghee and salt, mix well and gradually add water to form a soft dough (chapathi dough consistency) (we can also use butter instead of ghee).
- Divide the dough into 2 and spread it (do not roll it too thin or too thick) Then cut it square or diamond shaped with a knife..
- Once the oil is hot drop the diamonds one by one and fry until golden brown. (oil should be on medium heat)..
- That's it our delicious Maida biscuit / Diamond cuts is ready to be enjoyed with a cup of Tea / Coffee. Kids will definitely love it..
Take a dough and roll it into a thin sheet. The sheet should be really thin. Savory diamond cuts / Khara Maida Biscuits is a great teatime snack……I love sweet maida biscuits more than savoury ones….but inbetween love to bite the savory ones too. Using your finger, mix the ghee and soda in circular motion to form a foamy or gooey paste. Heat oil and let stay on medium high temperature while you make these diamond cuts.