A fried crunchy savoury snack made using flour, cumin seeds and mild chillie powder. An addictive snack which was always prepared at home during the festival of diwali.
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Ingredients:
All purpose flour or Wheat four – 1 cup
Hot oil – 1 1/2 tbsp
Asafoetida/hing – a pinch (optional)
Ajwain or carom seeds – 1 tsp
Cumin seeds or Jeera – 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Red chillie powder – 1/2 tsp
Baking Soda – a pinch ( if using wheat flour only)
Oil for deep frying
Preparation:
In a bowl, mix flour, salt, ajwain, jeera, chillie powder, hing and salt. Mix well and add hot oil to it (pic 1). Add water little by little and make a firm stiff dough. Moisten your hands and knead until the dough is smooth. A soft dough will not make the diamond cuts crisp.
Make small balls of the dough and roll it out into thin discs. Make sure that it is not thick but thinly rolled out (pic 2)
Using a cutter, draw lines on it diagnally to get the shape of a diamond.(pic 3). You may transfer the cut diamond cuts onto a plate.
Heat oil in a pan. When it is hot, lower the flame to medium and drop the diamond cuts into it. Stir them immediately. Do not worry if the diamond cuts sticks to it as it will begin to separate in oil as you stir. Maintain the heat on a medium flame as low heat will make it hard (pic 4).
Fry them in batches and drain them on a kitchen towel. Cool and store them in air tight containers.
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