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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View Comments (31)
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