Diamond Shaped Mini Biscuit / Shankarpala

You need –

Refined Flour / All purpose flour / Maida – 1 cup

Powdered Sugar – ½ cup

Oil – 5 tablespoons for the dough + to deep fry

Water – 5-6 tablspoons

Method –

STEP 1: In a mixing bowl, mix the flour & powdered sugar well.

 STEP 2: Heat 5 tbsp oil in a pan. When it is steaming hot, pour it into your flour.

STEP 3: Using a fork or a spoon, incorporate all the flour & the oil. (Don’t touch coz the oil is piping hot!)

STEP 4: Slowly, add water 1 spoon by 1 spoon. Using your hands, knead it to a soft dough.

STEP 5: Make sure you give a lot of pressure & knead the dough well. Let it rest for half an hour.

STEP 6: Heat oil in a pan

STEP 7: Take the dough, divide it into 2 big balls.

STEP 8: Using a rolling pin, roll out each ball of dough into a flat disk.

STEP 9: Take a knife & cut the dough into thin horizontal stripes.

STEP 10: Now cut them vertically to give you small diamond shapes. Slowly, remove them from the surface & keep them in a bowl to fry. Repeat with the rest of the dough.

 

STEP 11: When the oil is hot enough, add all the diamonds to the oil. You will see them instantly come up (indicates that oil is hot enough ☺)

STEP 12: Fry well on both side until they turn light brown & crisp. (Takes about 4-5minutes)

You cute mini biscuits are ready!  I used them for my Mixture. But they taste awesome on their own too!

Enjoy!

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