Maida Chips

Wishing you all a Happy Diwali and have a wonderful and safe diwali.

The quickest and easiest diwali sweet is maida chips or diamonds (which we kids used to call when my mom made them when we were kids)This is my mom recipes and it can done in a savories too.And this sweet calls for very few ingredients.Here goes the recipe :-

Ingredients:-

Maida/plain flour 1 1/2 cup
Ghee 1/4th cup
Sugar 1 cup
Oil for deep frying

Method:-

Make a hard dough with maida,ghee and water similar to puri dough.Let it rest for 1/2 an hour.

In the meanwhile take the sugar in a deep bowl and add water just till the sugar.Leave a side so that sugar dissolves in the water.

Make balls similar to cricket ball and roll out into a big round circle.Dusting on both the sides.

Make long cuts diagonal and vertical lines and the cut pieces should resembles diamond shape.(I have a spoon which can be seen in the picture which a small disc at one end.I always use that spoon to cut the diamond shapes.

Heat oil in a heavy bottom kadai and deep fry the cut diamonds in batches till golden colour.
In the meanwhile make sugar syrup.Let it cook till you get thick syrup.To check if it is done or not,take water in a small plate and add a spoon of the syrup to the water.With your fingers if you can make a ball then the syrup is ready.

Then slowly add the diamonds to the sugar syrup and mix and take them on a plate.Once they are warm try to separate each pieces.

More diwali sweets and savories below :-

Savories

Panasa thonalu 
Murukulu/Jantikalu
Ribbon Pakoda
Mathri
Chegodilu
Karapusa
Chakalu
Murukulu--2


Sweets :-

Gavvalu
Kadhu ki Kheer 
Kajjikaya/Gujjiyas
Bellam kommulu/sweet muruku

Panasa Thonalu with a twist

Panasa thonalu is a traditional sweet made in andhra during festivals.The dough is made into panasa thonalu (jackfruit) shape and dipped in the sugar syrup.But my granny used to make them hot rather than sweet.She used to add salt and chilly powder in place of sugar.

When ever she was at my place she used to make them for us with her weak hands (she was

70+ then).She is no more and we all forgot about this snack.One day suddenly i remembered this and made but i was not sure of the name.Then i checked with Rekha of plantain leaf and she in turn checked with her mom and told me the name.Thanks rekha....

Here goes my granny recipe with a twist...

Ingredients:-

Maida/All purpose flour/Plain flour 1 cup

Ghee 2 tbsp

Salt as per taste

Ajwain(vammu) 1 tsp

Red chilly powder 1 tsp

Oil for deep frying

Method:-

Take maida,ghee,salt,red chilly powder and ajwain.Add warm water and make a dough similar to puri dough.Let it rest for 1 hour.

Now take a lemon sized dough and make thin puri.

Then make vertical slits from end to other without cutting the edges of the puri.

Then slowly rotate the puri holding the edges.And slightly press the edges.

Repeat with the rest of the dough.

Take oil in deep bottom kadai and once the oil is hot,leave thonalu in batches and deep fry until light grown in colour.

Let it cool and store in a air tight container.

Chivda

Happy Diwali to all my readers and wish you all a safe diwali.This chivda is quite easy to make and makes a excellent snack for the kids and healthy as well.I have used thin flattened beaten rice and it is not deep fried.My kids love them.

Ingredients:-

Flat beaten rice/poha/attukulu 3 cups
Groundnut 1 cup
Sugar 1/2tsp
Ajwain 1/2tsp
Seasame seeds 1 tsp
Turmeric powder 1/2tsp
Sabunada (big) 1/2 cup
Noodles plain 1/2 cup

Seasoning
Mustard seeds 1 tsp
Udad dal 1tsp
Green chillies 2 chopped finely
Dry red chillies 2 broken into pcs
Hing a pinch
Curry leaves few
Salt to taste
Oil 5-6 tbsp

Method:-

Deep fry groundnut and keep aside.
Deep fry plain noodles and sabudana and keep aside.
Take a deep frying pan,add oil.
Once hot and all the seasoning and roast till done.
Then add turmeric powder,ajwain,sesame seeds and sugar.
Now add deep fried groundnuts,sabudana and noodles.Then add poha and mix thoroughly for 2-3 minutes.
Switch of stove and let the chivda remain in the fry until it cools down.