Festive season along with the breezy winter has made its presence felt. Although good food needs no season or reason, it is simply an excuse to make some deep fried sugary tea time snacks.
It's strange how memories that have long been pushed to some remote corner of the brain comes popping back on occasions with no particular trigger. That is how diamond cuts made its way into my list.A long time ago (as all stories begin) my mamma lovingly rolled out these dough and the sheer desire to use the spoon that had a wheel on its end to make the diamond shapes got me onto the kitchen slab beside her! I did enquire after the well being of the spoon last time I was home:)
I have used wheat flour, you could easily replace it with Whole Purpose Flour and also use some powdered sugar in the dough itself. Off we go to the recipe.
Ingredients
For the dough-
It's strange how memories that have long been pushed to some remote corner of the brain comes popping back on occasions with no particular trigger. That is how diamond cuts made its way into my list.A long time ago (as all stories begin) my mamma lovingly rolled out these dough and the sheer desire to use the spoon that had a wheel on its end to make the diamond shapes got me onto the kitchen slab beside her! I did enquire after the well being of the spoon last time I was home:)
I have used wheat flour, you could easily replace it with Whole Purpose Flour and also use some powdered sugar in the dough itself. Off we go to the recipe.
Ingredients
For the dough-
- Wheat Flour - 2 cups
- Ghee - 5 tbsp + 1 tbsp
- Water - 1 cup warm
- Salt to taste
For coating -
- Sugar - 50 gms
- Cardamom - 4 pods
- Fennel Seeds - 1/4 tsp
Oil for deep frying
Method
- In a blender, powder the sugar along with cardamom and cumin until finely done. Set aside.
- Take the flour in a bowl along with salt.
- Add the ghee and mix with hand until a crumb like texture is formed.
- Add warm water in batches, gently mixing it with hand until it holds together.
- Knead for a while until the dough holds together perfectly well with no visible cracks.
- Rub ghee onto your hands and apply over the dough . Cover with cling film or store in an air tight container for about 20 to 30 minutes
- Make smaller portions out of the dough and roll out each one of the balls thinly.
- Cut into diamond shapes. ( Use a knife to cut out lines about 3 cms apart across the rolled out dough and cut another set of lines diagonally across the current ones forming diamond shapes.)
- Heat oil in a deep bottomed pan. Separate the diamond shapes and drop into the oil. Let it cook and raise to the top and flip it over to form uniform brown color.
- Drain on a kitchen towel and let excess oil seep.
- Repeat with the rest of the batches.
- Sprinkle the sugar mixture over this and toss the diamond cuts gently until coated.
- Store in air tight container and snack away for month.
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