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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..

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 – 1/2 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1/2 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:
Take all your ingredients
Take flour in a bowl
add in salt
add some ajwain
some cumin seeds
add in some chilli powder
add in some asafoetida
mix well
Add some water
knead it to a dough
Heat some oil till smoking
pour it into the dough
knead again to a soft dough
divide the dough into balls
take a ball and roll it out
I used my somas cutter, you can use pizza cuter or regular knife
once it is rolled
cut it into diamonds
like this
Then separate it lightly
drop it in hot oil,
fry till light golden, it will take just a minute
drain it
You can sprinkle it with some chat masala if you want
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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  1. Abhilasha

    October 14, 2014 at 6:19 am

    Can u post the sweet version of this recipe?

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  2. Food, Fun and Life in the Charente

    October 14, 2014 at 7:51 am

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

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  3. Suchi Sm

    October 14, 2014 at 11:07 am

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

    Reply
  4. Anonymous

    February 21, 2015 at 7:51 am

    Looks super…ll try today

    Reply
  5. ritu

    April 28, 2015 at 2:13 am

    Pl suggest non fried / baked savory snacks using wholemeals

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  6. Breeze P

    October 2, 2015 at 8:48 pm

    Hi Aarthi,

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

    Reply
  7. Ambika Rathnam

    November 9, 2015 at 11:02 pm

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

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  8. Aarthi

    November 11, 2015 at 1:08 pm

    @Ambika Rathnamyes u can keep it in fridge

    Reply
  9. Ambika Rathnam

    December 1, 2015 at 12:00 am

    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

    December 1, 2015 at 3:07 pm

    @Ambika Rathnamadd more flour and knead it well.

    Reply
  11. Unknown

    January 19, 2017 at 10:06 am

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

    Reply
    • Aarthi

      January 20, 2017 at 7:29 am

      yes u can

      Reply

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