Shankarpali (Diamond Cuts) (Sweet)

Ingredients:

1½-cup maida (all-purpose flour)

¼-cup sugar

2 tbsp ghee (clarified butter)

1-cup water

Oil for deep-frying

Method:

Firstly, take a saucepan and heat it, into it, add ghee, add sugar into it, add water and melt all the ingredients into a thin liquid. Cool down the liquid for few seconds.

Meanwhile, in a bowl, add maida flour and mix the flour well with the melted liquid.

The whole flour should be well mixed with the liquid. Knead the dough well and make a thick and soft dough. Shankarpali-dough

Divide the dough into medium sized portions. Take each portion and make a round ball.

Dust some flour on the rolling board. Roll it out like a chapatti/roti.

Take a cutter and cut it into small diamonds. Diamond cuts

Heat oil in a wok, add the cut diamonds and deep-fry them until they turn slight golden color. Remove them from oil. Place them on a tissue paper to extract excess oil.