Spicy Diamond Cuts Recipe, also known as Maida khara biscuits or kala kala is an easy and simple snack made with plain flour, spice powders, ajwain and cumin seeds. Diamond cuts is traditionally made sweet and spicy as per your preference for festive occasions like Diwali or to just serve with a cup of masala chai. Learn how to make spicy diamond cuts with step by step pictures and video.
Spicy diamond cuts
This recipe is an easy yet tasty snack which you can make for Diwali. I made it in 10 minutes and it tasted so crispy and yummy. There is a sweet version of diamond cuts which I have already shared.
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Diamond cuts made spicy is perfect to enjoy with your tea or coffee. I love it masala chai or ginger cardamom chai. The recipe for diamond cuts start with a dough, cut into diamond shapes and fried till crispy. If you are savoury person then this is for you.
About Spicy Diamond Cuts
Diamond cuts recipe is a simple snack you can make using plain flour, spice powder, salt and water. The dough can be flavoured as per your preference. Dough is then rolled thin like a roti, cut into diamond shape using a pizza cutter or knife and fried till crispy.
You can make diamond cuts sweet or spicy depending on your needs. This is our go to easy snack recipe which we make during Diwali festival. Amma makes this to serve with evening tea.
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Spicy Diamond cuts Ingredients
All Purpose Flour - the dough for diamond cuts is made with plain flour. But you can use whole wheat flour for healthy option.
Spice powders - I flavoured my dough with chilli powder and asafoetida. You can add any spice powder as you like including cumin powder, chaat masala, turmeric. If you are planning your use chaat masala, i recommend you to sprinkle in the end once fried.
Cumin and ajwain seeds - I add a pinch of both seeds which not only adds a crunchy taste but impart with lots of flavour. Optionally you can add sesame seed which adds crunchy texture when fried.
Oil - add a spoon of hot oil into the dough helps with the crispy texture.
How to Make Spicy Diamond Cuts (Stepwise Pictures)
Dry Ingredients
1)Take plain flour in a bowl. If you want to use whole wheat flour, you could go ahead and make this with wheat flour.
2)Add salt into the flour.
3)Now for flavourings, add in ajwain which is also known as carom seeds or omam. This adds a unique aroma to the dish, also helps with digestion.
4)Add in cumin seeds. You can skip cumin if you want.
Pro Tip: For more crunchy texture in the diamond cuts, you can sprinkle some sesame seeds.
5)Add in chilli powder. I am using kashmiri chilli powder.
6)Add a dash of asafoetida powder.
7)Mix the dry ingredients really well so every ingredient is evenly mixed into the flour.
Making Dough
8)Add in water into the flour to make the dough.
9)Mix the water slightly with the flour. Let it hydrate the dough lightly.
10)Add in hot oil into the dough and knead well.
11)Knead the dough really well. Once the dough looks smooth. Cover the dough with a damp cloth. Allow the dough to rest for 15 minutes to 30 minutes.
Rolling Dough
12)Divide the dough into two portions.
13)Take dough into the work surface. Sprinkle flour over the dough and roll it thin like a chapati.
14)Once the dough is rolled thin, Cut it into diamond shapes using a pizza cutter or knife.
15)Cut into diamonds.
16)Once the dough is cut, remove it gently using a spatula.
Frying diamond cuts
17)Drop the diamond cuts into hot oil and fry till golden brown on medium high heat.
18)Strain the fried diamond cuts and place it on some paper towel so the excess oil drains.
19)Take the diamond cuts in a bowl, sprinkle with chaat masala and toss well. Serve.
Variations
Chilli garlic diamond cuts - add a spoon of chopped garlic, garlic powder and red chilli flakes when you make the dough.
Cheese diamond cuts - once the diamond cuts is fried, take them in a bowl and add a spoon of cheddar cheese powder and toss.
Peri peri diamond cuts - sprinkle little bit of peri peri masala over the fried diamond cuts.
Expert tips
- You can use whole wheat flour instead of plain flour. Or for better texture you can use half wheat and half plain flour.
- You can add any spice mix into the dough like garlic powder, cumin powder or chaat masala powder.
- Add sesame seeds when making dough for crunchy texture.
- Add a spoon of ghee or butter into the flour when making dough.
- Take care when frying diamond cuts. Make sure to fry on high heat so it gets crispy. Also don’t over fry, else it may burn.
Storage and Serving
Spicy diamond cuts can be fried stored in an air tight container upto 3 to 4 days. Enjoy diamond cuts hot with a cup of tea or coffee.
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Spicy Diamond Cuts | Spicy Diamond Cuts Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour
- 2 tsp Chilli Powder
- 1 tsp Salt to taste
- ½ tsp Ajwain / Carom Seeds / Omam
- ½ tsp Cumin Seeds
- ¼ tsp Asafoetida
- 1 tsp Oil for Deep frying
- Water as needed
- 1 tsp Chat Masala Optional
Instructions
- 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 30 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. Strain it into a bowl, sprinkle with chat masala if needed. Serve.
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Notes
- You can use whole wheat flour instead of plain flour. Or for better texture you can use half wheat and half plain flour.
- You can add any spice mix into the dough like garlic powder, cumin powder or chaat masala powder.
- Add sesame seeds when making dough for crunchy texture.
- Add a spoon of ghee or butter into the flour when making dough.
- Take care when frying diamond cuts. Make sure to fry on high heat so it gets crispy. Also don’t over fry, else it may burn.
Storage and Serving
Spicy diamond cuts can be fried stored in an air tight container upto 3 to 4 days. Enjoy diamond cuts hot with a cup of tea or coffee.Nutrition
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Abhilasha
Can u post the sweet version of this recipe?
Food, Fun and Life in the Charente
I have printed this off it sounds really yummy and we love chilli:-) Thanks. Take care Diane
Suchi Sm
looks tempting aarthi.. i did a small batch.. my son finished all the munches.. have to prepare again...
Anonymous
Looks super...ll try today
ritu
Pl suggest non fried / baked savory snacks using wholemeals
Breeze P
Hi Aarthi,
Waiting for the sweet version... Did you post it already? If so please share the link.
Ambika Rathnam
Can we store the dough in fridge overnight and fry next day morning
Aarthi
@Ambika Rathnamyes u can keep it in fridge
Ambika Rathnam
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..
Aarthi
@Ambika Rathnamadd more flour and knead it well.
Unknown
Can we replace maida with wheat flour to make it more healthy..
Aarthi
yes u can
Sandhya
Can we make this in convection microwave.if yes please share the temperature and time
Aarthi
you can bake this at 180 degree c for 15 minutes.