Maida biscuit or diamond cuts biscuit. It is loved by kids and all ages of people. This crispy yummy diamond cuts is perfectly enjoyed with a cup of coffee or tea. Sweet diamond cuts or maida biscuits as we call it, its so addictive and tasty.
The best part I like to do is rolling the cutter to make the diamond shape.
Maida biscuits / Sweet Diamond Cuts are very easy to make and I love the whole process especially cutting them into diamonds with the special cutter.
I always struggle cutting diamond shapes so I usually rehearse the pattern once in a paper sounds silly?! yes trust me I do it everytime I have to cut them into diamonds even for kaju katli I did that.
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.
- It's 1/2 cup of sugar(powdered).
- It's 2 tbsp of ghee.
- It's Pinch of salt.
- It's of Oil for frying.
We usually use a special designed cutter for making diamond cuts but you can very well use your pizza cutter or a normal knife to make this. 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. Diamond biscuit is a home made South Indian sweets snacks.
Maida biscuit or diamond cuts biscuit step by step
- 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..
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. 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. Take flour, salt, ghee in a bowl and rub with your fingers till it resembles a coarse crumb.