Maida biscuit is a very popular snack in India. It is one of the most easiest snack or biscuit recipe which can be prepared at home with very few ingredients and does not require an oven or a cookie cutter. It is a perfect tea time snack.We prepare both sweet and salted version of this biscuit. Today we are going to learn how to make salted maida biscuit following our easy recipe.
How to prepare Maida Biscuit (khara biscuit)
How to prepare Maida Biscuit (khara biscuit)
Prep Time : 10 mins
Cook Time : 20 mins
Yields:3 cups
Recipe Category: Snacks
Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Yields:3 cups
Recipe Category: Snacks
Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Ingredients needed
All purpose flour/Maida – 1 1/4 cup
Ghee or butter -2 tbsp
Cooking soda/baking soda – 1/3 tsp
Chilli powder – 1 tsp
Hing/Asafoetida -1/4 tsp
Salt as needed
Oil for frying
Preparation
Sieve the flour and keep it aside.
Method
First mix (cream together vigorously) butter (or ghee) and cooking soda well with your hands as we do for badusha.
Then add maida, chilli powder, hing and salt.
Add water and knead into a stiff but smooth dough.(to make it easier, you can grease your hands with ghee)
Roll it out just as you do for chapati (neither too thin nor too thick)
Using a biscuit cutter/roller, cut the dough into diamond shapes or squares.(if you do not have a biscuit or pizza cutter, you can use a sharp knife).
Heat oil and deep fry it in batches until golden brown.
Allow it to cool. Then store it in an airtight container. It has a self life of a week.
Note – Instead of chilli powder, you can pepper powder + jeera for a different flavour.
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hmmm!!!!!! looks really good..
Delicious and crisp traditional biscuits.Your biscuit cutter looks too cute.
wow gr8 one to snack on
Love this biscuits…Yummy snacks…
wow this is my all time fav
this looks delicious. We call these Shankarpale…
Really tempting & yummy cookies, looks great!
Wish to munch some these crispy beauties;
tht's looks so tempting …yum
All time fave snack!looks mouthwatering
Super tempting..Has perfect thickness..good one Padhu..
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner
all time fav
These look delicious. We make something similar too but call them something else.
This is always my simple n fav snack
Lovely dear I am going it make this and link it back to ur site.Thanks for sharing.
Hi Padhu, I dont want o deep fry these lovely biscuits. any tips on making them oven-baked?
Gats – You can bake these biscuits. Pre-heat the oven at 180 degree centigrade for 15 minutes.Then bake until they are lightly browned or until done.
Thanks for ur recipe…Its really helpful..Inspired from your blog..
hi padhu, can tell me how to make sweet gala gala
hi padhu,
It's great.. I also make this biscuit in home but i add egg also.
Hi padhu
Nice recipe thanks!!!
This can be made with sugar also.. I have had it sweet in my friend's home but I don't know the recipe.
Can you plz tell me how to add sugar and do these biscuits
Can you tell me how to avoid bubbles and crispiness of the top layer alone? Some batches came out well, but some became similar to a small poori with a bubble. Is it due to cooking flame settings? Please advise.
Hello Padhu,
I am a big fan of your blog. You have an awesome recipe collection. I have tried a few of your recipes & they have turned out very well. All of us love shankarpali but, every time we try making them at home, they turn out like masala puris,lacking crunchiness. Please suggest how to make them crispy.
Thanks in advance.
Padhu
You are my solid guru 🙂 Thanks for your awesome site and recipes.
Can I avoid baking soda? We dont prefer to add it..
Pls let me know
Thanks
Shobana
Baking soda gives softness to the biscuit.
I made 2 batches with and without soda. You could skip the soda part and it still turns out well, infact tastes better.
I tried this yesterday but they turned out soft and not crunchy. Also I had trouble trying to figure out the thickness of the flattened dough? I have a doubt that I might have made it too thin..
The thickness should be medium -neither too thick nor too thin. I feel you should have fried for a little more time on medium heat.
First time ever, I am posting a comment.. But have been trying ur dishes for several years. Without u my cooking is incomplete. Thx padhu. TX a lot.
How to make it crispy
The dough has to be stiff and the oil has to be hot enough.