Maida biscuit or diamond cuts biscuit. 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). Maida biscuit seivathu eppadi, how to make maida biscuit explained in tamil. Transfer the cut dough to a plate and keep it ready for deep frying. Spicy diamond cuts or maida biscuits as we call is a super simple and easy to prepare homemade snack for the family. When we make the sweet maida biscuits, we make this spicy version too.
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.
Also called as diamond biscuits or Maida biscuits.
You can have Maida biscuit or diamond cuts biscuit using 5 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Maida biscuit or diamond cuts biscuit
- You need 1.5 cup of all purpose flour.
- It's 1/2 cup of sugar(powdered).
- You need 2 tbsp of ghee.
- You need Pinch of salt.
- It's of Oil for frying.
Cut the circle into little diamonds with the help of a pie cutter or a knife. I like to use a knife as its super easy and the shape reminds me of my child hood memories. I have a lot of childhood memories associated with this savory snack. My Ammamma and Amma would prepare Maida Biscuits (the name they go by at home) and store them in large stainless steel containers.
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..
Maida Biscuit is a crispy and easy to make South Indian snack. It is basically a spiced and flavored all purpose flour dough fried in hot oil. I love having some kind of spicy snack with my evening tea. Maida Biscuits presevation: Take out the biscuits using jallikarandi (big spoon with holes). Keep it on the kitchen Paper for some mins.