Maida Sweet Biscuit Recipe-Sweet Diamond Cut Maida Biscuits-Easy Diwali Snacks for Kids

This is a very simple snack recipe prepared with all purpose flour and sugar. It is a kid's friendly snack. I have already posted the savory version or salted maida biscuits.When I was young, my mother used to make this often. It can be had as a tea time snack. Today we will learn how to make sweet maida biscuit following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.

Maida Sweet Biscuit Recipe-Sweet Diamond Cut Maida Biscuits

 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 30 mins 
 Yields: 3 Cups
 Recipe Category: Snacks-Kids friendly snacks 
 Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Maida-all purpose flour-1 cup
   Ghee or butter -1 tbsp
   Sugar -1/3 cup
   Baking soda or cooking soda -a generous pinch 
   Oil for deep frying
   Powdered sugar for dusting (optional)

Preparation

Powder sugar and keep it ready.

Method

First mix together ghee and cooking soda well with your hands (cream together vigorously).

Add maida and powder sugar to the ghee + cooking soda and mix well.

Add needed water and make a slightly stiff and smooth dough. Dusting flour, roll out the dough into a circle (it should neither be thick nor thin).

Using a biscuit cutter or a sharp knife, cut it in the shape of diamond or squares. Transfer the cut dough to a plate and keep it ready for deep frying.

Heat oil in a kadai. (to check if the oil is hot enough, drop a small piece of dough into the oil, if it raises to the surface immediately, then the oil is ready for frying) Turn the heat to medium and deep fry the cut dough in batches until both sides turn golden brown.

How to find out if it is cooked - once it is cooked the bubbling noise or bubbles stop and the biscuits will come to the surface. As we have added sugar, these biscuits will be a shade darker (slightly brown) than their savory counterpart (Maida salt biscuits).

Once cooked remove from oil with a slotted ladle and drain it on a colander. Dust powdered sugar over the biscuits and mix well.

Once it cools, store it in an air tight container. It has a self life of 6-7 days.

Note - You can also bake these biscuits. Preheat the oven at 180 degree C for 10 minutes. Bake for 15 minutes or until done.

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