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    Spicy Diamond Cuts Recipe / Maida Biscuits Recipe

    October 14, 2014 By Aarthi 12 Comments

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    I would say that this recipe will be a easy but tasty snack which you can make for diwali..I made it in minutes and it tasted divine..So crispy and so yummy..I hope you will try this out and let me know how it turned out for you..Will share a sweet version of this soon..

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    Preparation Time : 10 mins
    Resting Time : 10 mins
    Cooking Time : 1 min per batch


    Ingredients:

    All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 cup
    Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
    Salt to taste
    Ajwain / Carom Seeds / Omam - ½ tsp
    Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - ½ tsp
    Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - a pinch
    Oil for Deep frying + 1 tsp
    Water as needed
    Chat Masala - Optional

    Method:

    Take flour, salt, chilli powder, ajwain, cumin, asafoetida in a bowl. Mix well.

    Add in water and mix well.

    Heat a tsp of oil till smoking and pour that into the dough and knead well.

    Rest it for 10 mins. Now divide it into equal portions.

    Take a dough and roll it into a thin sheet..The sheet should be really thin.

    Now use a pizza cutter or a knife and cut diamonds from it. 

    Separate them.

    Heat oil for deep frying and drop these in hot oil.. Fry till golden.

    Drain it into a bowl, sprinkle with chat masala if needed.

    Serve.


    Pictorial:
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    Take all your ingredients
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    Take flour in a bowl
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    add in salt
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    add some ajwain
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    some cumin seeds
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    add in some chilli powder
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    add in some asafoetida
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    mix well
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    Add some water
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    knead it to a dough
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    Heat some oil till smoking
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    pour it into the dough
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    knead again to a soft dough
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    divide the dough into balls
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    take a ball and roll it out
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    I used my somas cutter, you can use pizza cuter or regular knife
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    once it is rolled
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    cut it into diamonds
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    like this
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    Then separate it lightly
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    drop it in hot oil,
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    fry till light golden, it will take just a minute
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    drain it
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    You can sprinkle it with some chat masala if you want
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    serve
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    About Aarthi

    Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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    Comments

    1. Abhilasha

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      Can u post the sweet version of this recipe?

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    2. Food, Fun and Life in the Charente

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      I have printed this off it sounds really yummy and we love chilli:-) Thanks. Take care Diane

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    3. Suchi Sm

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      looks tempting aarthi.. i did a small batch.. my son finished all the munches.. have to prepare again...

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    4. Anonymous

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      Looks super...ll try today

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    5. ritu

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      Pl suggest non fried / baked savory snacks using wholemeals

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    6. Breeze P

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      Hi Aarthi,

      Waiting for the sweet version... Did you post it already? If so please share the link.

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    7. Ambika Rathnam

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      Can we store the dough in fridge overnight and fry next day morning

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    8. Aarthi

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      @Ambika Rathnamyes u can keep it in fridge

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    9. Ambika Rathnam

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      Hi arthi, my dough was little rubbery as I found difficult to roll it thin..also sticky when cutting, I didn't get proper diamond shapes.. I used knife for cutting.. And so now I am afraid to make dough or roll using maida(never used maida) .. Where I went wrong..

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    10. Aarthi

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      @Ambika Rathnamadd more flour and knead it well.

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    11. Unknown

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      Can we replace maida with wheat flour to make it more healthy..

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      • Aarthi

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        yes u can

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