SWEET DIAMONDS

A perfect evening snack for your kids. Can be made in larger quantity and stored for upto 15-20 days.

Usually I make them with maida, but this time I used half of maida and half of wheat flour. The taste is perfect with right amount of jaggery syrup. Savory version can also be made by adding salt, chilly powder, carom seeds while making the dough.

INGREDIENTS

• Maida                      1cup
• Wheat flour.             1 cup
• Jaggery.                   1+1/2 cup
• Butter                       2 Tsp or even more
• Cardamom powder.  1 tsp
• Oil.                            for deep frying

PROCEDURE

1. Mix in the maida, wheat flour, room temperature  butter. Use a little bit more of butter if you are making for kids. Butter gives a melt in mouth texture to the sweet.
2. Make a crumbling mixture. You can replace butter with hot oil too.
3. Now add water little by little and make a stiff dough.
4. Let the dough rest for half an hour.
5. Take a generous amount of dough (large orange size ball) and roll it into a thin circle. 
6. Cut into small diamonds. Make diamonds with the whole of the dough.
7. Heat oil and deep fry the diamonds on a medium flame.
8. Remove onto a paper towel and set aside.
9. Mean while make a jaggery syrup with 1+1/2 cup jaggery and 1 cup water. Use a large open pan to make syrup as you will be mixing the fried diamonds in the pan.
10. Once the syrup attains the round ball consistency, add the cardamom powder and switch off the flame.
11. By this time, frying of the diamonds should be completed.
12. Add the fried diamonds and keep stirring. The jaggery syrup should coat all of the diamonds and should dry up.
13. Cool and store in a bit tight container.
14. Enjoy the tea time snack.