Maida biscuit or diamond cuts biscuit. 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. 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 biscuit or diamond cuts biscuit

You can have Maida biscuit or diamond cuts biscuit using 5 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Maida biscuit or diamond cuts biscuit
  1. You need 1.5 cup of all purpose flour.
  2. You need 1/2 cup of sugar(powdered).
  3. You need 2 tbsp of ghee.
  4. Prepare Pinch of salt.
  5. It’s of Oil for frying.

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. We hope you got benefit from reading it, now let's go back to maida biscuit or diamond cuts biscuit recipe. Here is how you cook that.

Maida biscuit or diamond cuts biscuit step by step

  1. 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).

  2. 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..

  3. Once the oil is hot drop the diamonds one by one and fry until golden brown. (oil should be on medium heat)..

  4. 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..

Take flour, salt, ghee in a bowl and rub with your fingers till it resembles a coarse crumb. Add water slowly and knead to a dough. Now take a small portion of dough and roll it little thin. Sweet diamond cuts or maida biscuits as we call it, its so addictive and tasty. I always love making maida biscuits right from childhood.