Sweet Maida Biscuits | Maida Biscuits | Easy Diwali snacks

Sweet Maida Biscuit is the easiest biscuit which can never go wrong, even for the first timers, if you follow the steps correctly. This one is my favorite biscuits from my childhood days. I have another easy snack which is my moms favorite called Galagala. Those are tiny spicy crispy biscuits. But I like this sweet maida biscuits more and Want to try the baked version soon. Let's see the how to make the Sweet Maida Biscuits. 

You can try the other easy snacks from this blog

Galagala / Spicy wheat biscuits 

Easy Murukku Recipe 

Ring Murukku 

Spicy and crispy maida biscuits

Sweet Maida Biscuits

Preparation time: 10 min (resting time: 30min) | Cook Time: 10 min | Serves: 4

Recipe Category: Snacks | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients 

Maida / All Purpose flour - 1.5 cups ( + or - )
Butter - 1/4 cup (Room temperature)
Powdered Sugar - 1/4 cup
Milk - 4 to 5 tsp ( + or - )
Baking powder - 2 pinch
Salt - a pinch
Oil - for frying

Method 

1. Mix the Butter and powder sugar nicely in a big bowl, until they become creamy. 

2. Add the milk now and again mix it. 

3. Sift the flour and baking soda nicely, and add to the butter sugar mixture. 

4. Mix them to form a pliable dough. ( should be like chappathi dough ). 

5. Let them rest for 30  to 40 min.

6. Now divide the dough to equal portions and roll them to 1/4 inch thickness. (see notes)

7. Cut into small squares or in diamond shape. 

8. Heat the oil keeping the flame in low to medium. This is must. If it is high or medium flame, outside gets cooked easily but inner part never get cooked. 

9. Drop the dough squares in batches and fry them until they get cooked evenly and colour comes to light brown.

10. Filter the oil and cool down. 

10. Store in an air tight container. 

Yummy and crispy sweet maida biscuits are ready. 

Notes:

1. If the thickness is less than 1/4 inch, it will break while frying.

2. The biscuits will be soft at first, but becomes crispy when cools down. 

3. You can add a pinch of cardamom powder for flavor. 

4. Milk and butter should be in room temperature. 

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SAVORY DIAMOND CUTS | DIAMOND BISCUITS | MAIDA BISCUITS | KHARA MAIDA BISCUITS | DIWALI SNACKS

Savory Diamond cuts or Diamond Biscuits or Maida Biscuits is a easy snack which can be prepared in a jiffy during the festival time or at any time. It would be a great treat for the kids and even adults and can munch it on during tea time too. Actually my mothers version is different, which i will post soon. This recipe I took from Raks with slight variation. So lets see how to make the yummy and crispy diamond cuts.

You can also view some snacks recipes
Galagala
Ring Murukku
Mullu murukku
Masala Pori

Spicy Diamond Cuts / Maida khara Biscuits

Preparation time: 35 min | Cook Time: 10 min | Serves: 4

Recipe Category: Snacks | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients

All purpose flour / Maida - 1 cup 

Red chilli - 3

Ginger - 1 inch piece

Garlic - 3 cloves 

Ajwain / omam seeds - 1/4 tsp

Asafoetida - 2 pinch 

Water - 1/2 cup ( increase or decrease)

Salt - as per taste

Oil - for frying 

Method

1. Grind the ginger, garlic and red chilli to a smooth paste by adding little amount if water.
2. Take 1 cup of all purpose flour/maida and add the ground paste, ajwain, salt, asafoetida and mix well by adding water little by little and form a smooth dough. Keep it aside for 20 to 30 min.
3. Make small equal sized balls with the dough. Take one ball and flatten it using chappathi roller as we do it for roti or chappathi's. Make it into 2mm to 3mm thin if possible.
4. Now using a cookie cutter cut the rolled dough into diamond shapes and remove slowly from the chappathi maker and collect in a bowl or plate.
5. Now in a kadai heat oil and first out a pinch of dough to it don't harbor immediately raises up. Now fry the cut pieces into oil in small batches. When they turn light brown on both the sides remove from oil and filter the excess oil in kitchen tissue.
6. Now store the cute diamond cuts in a air tight container.

Yummy n crispy Diamond cuts or Diamond biscuits are ready. 

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Ring Murukku | Chekodi | Chegodilu | How to make ring murukku | Diwali Snacks | Murukku recipes

Ring Murukku or chekodi or chegodilu is my favorite murukku in my childhood days. My father used to get it from snack stores in the evening and I just love the ring shaped one. During that time, I do not know its name... I just call it as otta murukku (hole murukku) and my father know what I am asking for. After coming to blogging world, I came to know its Telugu name and still now, do not know its Tamil name. So If anybody know, please let me know it. This is such a lovely and crispy snack and the only difficulty is to make its shape takes more time. But my kids helped me in this process. Ok, lets see the making process of the crispy snack Ring Murukku.

You can view some yummy snacks recipes below
Traditional Karasev
Kaara boondhi
Uppu Seedai
Easy Murukku for Beginners
Galagala / Wheat snack

How to make Ring Murukku / Chekodi

Soak Time: 1 hr | Preparation time: 45 min | Cook Time: 10 min | Serves: 6
Recipe Category: Snacks | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Recipe Source: My kitchen experiments

Ingredients

Rice flour - 1 cup (store bought)
Water - 1 cup
Yellow moong dal - 3 tsp
White sesame seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Butter - 1 tsp
Salt - as per taste
Oil - for frying

Method

1. Wash and soak the dal for 1 hr.

2. In a vessel add water and when it is boiling, add the butter, salt and the soaked dal.

3. Give a stir and add the rice flour to the boiling water and immediately switch off the water. Mix the rice flour thoroughly and cover and keep aside, until it comes to room temperature.

4. When the dough comes to room temperature (light warm temperature should be ok) add the chilli powder, cumin seeds, sesame seeds and salt if necessary.

5. Make into a smooth dough. If the dough is dry, add a tsp of water and not more than that.
6. Now apply oil in your hand. Take a small portion of dough and roll into a strip of length 6 cm approx. and join the ends and press slightly to make a ring shaped.

7. Ask your kids to help and they can enjoy making it. (Of course they will make some different shaped murukkus... ). Do the same for the rest of the dough.
8. Heat the oil in a vessel and when is very hot, slowly drop the murukku in small batchs.

9. When the murukku, comes floating on top (or the ssshhh... sound stops) reduce the flame to low-medium and cook until they become golden colour.

10. Filter the excess oil and save in a airtight container.

Notes:

• After making the dough, keep it closed with a wet cloth to prevent it from drying.
• Always keep the flame in high first and then turn to medium for a even crispy murukkus.
• After making the ring shape, if the murukku breaks, add a drop of water to the murukku and attach it tightly as they may tend to break when dropped in water.

Yummy and crispy ring murukku / chekodi / chegodilu is ready.

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Galagala/Wheat snacks/Diamond cuts

Galagala / Kalakala - first time heard from my mom only. The name itself looks different for me, when my mom told, that she will prepare this snack in the evening. I said ok. When I returned from office, last Saturday  she gave me these. It is similar to maida diamond cuts. When I asked her, she said, she did with wheat flour because of health reasons. Also when I asked her, why it is called as galagala, she just said, when it is shaken, it sounds like that, so it is called as galagala. But she also does not know the actual name. Friends, if any of you know this is the actual reason it is named as galagala or any other reason behind it, plz share.

Since this is prepared by my mom, I could not take the stepwise pictures. Will update later time, when i prepare. Now to the recipe... 

Ingredients

• Wheat flour - 2 cup
• Cumin seeds/jeera - 1 tsp
• Chilli powder - 1 tsp (adjusted according to taste)
• Asafoetida - 2 pinches
• Rice flour - 2 tsp
• Bicarbonate of soda - 1/5 tsp
• Salt - as per paste
• Water - 1/2 cup
• Oil - for frying

Method

• Add all the ingredients except oil in a vessel.
• Add just 2 tsp oil to it.
• Make a soft dough and leave the dough for 15 min.
• Take small portion of the dough and roll like a chappathi.
• Cut into diamond shapes.
• Heat oil in a kadai in medium heat.
• Fry the galagala in batches and when they are slightly brown, remove from oil.
• Store in a airtight container.

Notes:

• Wheat flour, can be replaced by All purpose flour/maida.

This goes to following events
Lets Party - Fest Celebration Event hosted by Preeti's kitchen life and Surabhi's My cookbook
Kids Delight - Healthy makeover by rasi and valli
Diwali Bash @ cooks joy
Celebrate Navrathri/Diwali @ Simply food and by Jagruthi
Give me some snacks by Pari
My Diwali Basket @ thaushaltcook
Bon Viviant - Festive feast @ Sumee's Culinary bites
WTML by Preeti and Gayathri
EP Series by Julie and Divya
CWF - Whole wheat flour by @Nivedhanam and kiran