Sweet Diamond Cuts (or) Maida Biscuit is an easy to make sweet made using Maida, Sugar and Ghee, which are readily available in any households. This is a sweeter version of thukkada (Spicy Diamond Cuts) and this is for the sweet lovers. This Sweet Diamond Cuts or Diamond Biscuits is a very simple to do dish and it doesn't require any expertise level to prepare. Any beginners can also try this simple dish and it may never go wrong.
This is also one of the traditional and famous sweet prepared especially for Diwali. It is a tradition for us to make sweets and snacks for Diwali not only for our family, but we also love to share with our friends and relatives. Some of the sweet dishes like seven cup cakes, coconut burfi, Instant Doodh beda etc., are easy to make with less effort and also we would get more quantities to distribute. Sweet Thukada (Sweet Diamond Cuts or Diamond Biscuits) is one such dish which is simple to make, yummy and also we would get more quantity for distribution.
Recipe Card to make Sweet Diamond Cuts
Sweet Diamond Cuts | Sweet Maida Biscuit | Sweet Thukkada Recipe
Equipments Needed
- Heavy Bottomed Pan
- Chapati Pan and Rolling Pin
Servings: 500 grams
Calories: 243kcal
Sweet Diamond Cuts are a crunchy and slightly sweet made using Maida (All purpose Flour) and Sugar. This is one of the easiest sweet that can be prepared for Diwali or for an event. This can be made as a savory version as well as sweet version.
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Ingredients
- 2 cups Maida (All Purpose Flour) 1 cup = 250 ml
- 2 tablespoon Ghee (Clarified butter)
- ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 pinch Salt
- ½ cup Sugar
- ½ teaspoon Cardamom Powder
- Cooking Oil for deep frying
Instructions
Prepare Sugar syrup
- Take a mixing bowl, add ghee, sugar, salt, cardamom powder and cooking soda and stir well till you it turns foamy and the sugar gets dissolved in ghee mixture
Making of the Dough
- Add the Maida flour/All purpose flour to the sugar mxiture and mix well.
- Once you mix the maida and ghe mixture, you could see it as a crumble mixture. Add water little by little and and make this into a soft dough like chapati dough
- Cover it with a damp cloth or clinging film and keep it aside for 30 minutes. After half an hour, make 4 equal balls out of the dough and keep it aside
Making of the Diamond biscuit
- Take the chapati pan and rolling pin and keep 1 ball of the Maida flour/All purpose flour mixture and roll it like a chapati by dusting it with all purpose flour. Using a knife cut the Maida flour/All purpose flour dough into small diamond pieces
- Place the diamond shaped pieces in a paper and allow it to dry. Repeat the above steps for the remaining balls and allow all the diamond shaped pieces to dry completely.
Deep Frying the biscuit
- In a pan, heat the oil and when the oil is hot, add handful of dried diamond shaped thukkadas and sprinkle it so that they are not stick to each other. fry it until it becomes crisp. Take the crisp thukkadas and keep it in a bowl with a paper tissue to dry the excess oil.
- The tasty and crispy Sweet Diamond Cuts(Thukkadas) or Sweet Diamond Biscuits are ready to serve!
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Notes
- Store it in Air tight container and use it for longer shelf life
- Instead of adding sugar directly in the dough, you can cook the biscuits first and later you can soak it in sugar syrup
- Cut the diamond based on the size that you prefer.
- Instead of Maida, you can replace it with Wheat flour too.
- Fry the biscuits on Medium flame
Nutritional Info
Nutrition Facts
Sweet Diamond Cuts | Sweet Maida Biscuit | Sweet Thukkada Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 cup)
Calories 243
Calories from Fat 90
% Daily Value*
Fat 10g15%
Saturated Fat 5g31%
Trans Fat 10g
Sodium 170mg7%
Carbohydrates 35g12%
Sugar 15g17%
Protein 3g6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Method to Prepare Thukkada with step by step pictures:
- Take a mixing bowl, add ghee, sugar, salt, cardamom powder and cooking soda and stir well till you it turns foamy and the sugar gets dissolved in ghee mixture
- Add the Maida flour/All purpose flour to the sugar mxiture and mix well.
- Once you mix the maida and ghe mixture, you could see it as a crumble mixture. Add water little but little and and make this into a soft dough like chapati dough
- Cover it with a damp cloth or clinging film and keep it aside for 30 minutes. After half an hour, make 4 equal balls out of the dough and keep it aside
- Take the chapati pan and rolling pin and keep 1 ball of the Maida flour/All purpose flour mixture and roll it like a chapati by dusting it with all purpose flour. Using a knife cut the Maida flour/All purpose flour dough into small diamond pieces
- Place the diamond shaped pieces in a paper and allow it to dry. Repeat the above steps for the remaining balls and allow all the diamond shaped pieces to dry completely. In a pan, heat the oil and when the oil is hot, add handful of dried diamond shaped thukkadas and sprinkle it so that they are not stick to each other. fry it until it becomes crisp. Take the crisp thukkadas and keep it in a bowl with a paper tissue to dry the excess oil.
- The tasty and crispy Sweet Diamond Cuts(Thukkadas) or Sweet Diamond Biscuits are ready to serve!
