Sweet Maida Biscuits

Sweet maida biscuits/ shankarpali is common sweet snack made during Diwali season. A very tempting and tasty snack for kids  ! .

Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Cooking Time : 30 minutes
Serves : 5 servings

INGREDIENTS:

All purpose flour/maida - 2 cups
Sugar -1/2 cup
Ghee - 2 teaspoon
Cardamom - 3 no.s
Baking soda - a big pinch
Salt - a pinch
Water - as required
Oil - for deep frying

METHOD:

1. Take some sugar and cardamom and grind them to a fine powder( Note: When you want to grind cardamom, dont use lot of sugar. Grind in less sugar, so that cardamom gets powdered well). Now grind the remaining sugar also to a fine powder.

2. In a bowl, take all purpose flour, salt,baking soda,powdered sugar and  ghee.

3. Mix them well. Now add water little by little and make a smooth dough. Remember that, as we have added sugar, it requires very less water to form the dough. So add water little by little. The dough should not be too soft or too hard.

4. Now divide the dough to seven equal portions. Take a ball of dough and flatten it. Dont make it too thin. It should be slightly thicker than chapatti.

5. Now cut them in to square shapes.

6. Deep fry them, until they are golden brown.

7. Allow them to cool down. Store them in a air tight container.

SEE ALSO: Maida biscuits(Spicy)