Diamond Cuts

Recipe No: 65

When I posted the recipe for Mixture, I mentioned about my mother making a variety of snacks during the vacation. This is one among those delicious treats. But now I have one more incident to remember when I think about Diamond cuts. Last year when we went for a vacation one of our friends asked me to bring some Diamond cuts from Kerala. But unfortunately, I was not able to bring them. By telling this, he bullied me for a long time even though his lovely wife tried to  scare him with her angry face many times!!! So the first thing I made after settling down from vacation was to make some Diamond cuts and give him. But after one year, he still says “anyway you didn’t bring Diamond Cuts from Kerala”. So this post is dedicated to my friend and his dear wife.

Ingredients

For the dough

• All Purpose flour...4 Cups (or Maida)
• Egg……………………1
• Salt…………………...1/4 Teaspoon
• Water………………..1-1 ¼ Cups or as needed

For the sugar syrup

• Sugar………………..1 ½ Cups
• Water……………….1/2 Cup

• Oil for deep frying

Method of Preparation

1. Mix Flour, Egg and Salt and make a soft dough with water (at room temperature). Start with 1 cup of water and then use more if needed. Let it rest for 5 minutes.

2. Heat at least 3 inches of oil in a deep pan on a medium heat until hot.
3. Divide the dough into 10 equal pieces.
4. Roll each of them into 8 inch circles and cut them into diamond shapes.
5. Drop the pieces in hot oil and fry till it is crispy and attains a light brown color. This will take at least 6-8 minutes per batch. Don't overcrowd the pan.
6. Repeat this process for all the other pieces. You can easily roll and cut the next piece while frying one batch . Keep this aside till it is ready to be used.
7. In a large pan on high heat, add sugar and water, boil and wait till it reaches a one thread consistency.
8. Put all the fried Diamond cuts together into the sugar syrup and mix well till each of them are coated with the syrup evenly.
9. Switch off the flame as soon as all the syrup is stuck to the Diamond cuts and no syrup is left behind.
10. Once cooled store it in an airtight container and use when needed.

Notes:

• The oil for frying shouldn't be on high heat. Otherwise the dough will become brown fast but will not be crispy. So it is better to maintain a medium heat (or slightly above depends on your stove) and fry them till crispy. This will take a few minutes. So please be patient.

• To check the one thread consistency touch the syrup with your index finger and press and separate it between the index finger and the thump. If the syrup forms one thread in between, it is ready. In the above given measurements this stage will be reached immediately after the sugar is melted.

Make it, enjoy the deliciousness and
serve it to your family with love…