Sugar DIAMOND
Ingredients Needed:
All purpose flour / Maida - 1 cup
Salt to taste
Ghee - 2 tsp
Water to knead
Flour for dusting
For Syrup
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Water - 1 cup
Oil for frying
Method to prepare:
Take the flour, salt in a bowl. Knead to a stiff dough. Let it rest for 10 mins.
Then divide into equal balls. Take a ball and flatten on the rolling board using a rolling pin. The dough has to be of thickness of 1 inch. Then using a knife cut them into strips of 2 inchs sizes and do a cross cut. Each one will be like a diamond.
Meanwhile, take the sugar in a pan filled with water. And cook over sim flame for the sugar to melt. Remove any scum if any. Then keep on stirring it to get a cystylation of 1 thread consistency.
Heat a kadai with oil. Once the dough is cut as small diamonds, gently drop them into hot oil. Cook on both sides.
When its cooked on both sides, drop these into the sugar syrup. let it coat on all sides. And remove.
If you find sugar is not enough, you can add more and make more syrup.
Store them in air tight container. These can stay crispy for couple of days, provided they are left behind.