Total time
40 mins
Prep
25 mins
Cook
15 mins
Per head
£0.35
Difficulty
Easy
Jamuna's Sri Lankan spiced snack. A stiff dough of plain and self-raising flour rubbed with oil, spiked with chilli powder and chilli flakes, rolled thin, cut into diamonds and deep fried until golden and crisp. Ready in under an hour and impossible to stop eating.
Did you know?
Diamond cuts (also known as khara maida biscuits in South Indian communities) are a classic Sri Lankan and South Indian festival snack, traditionally made in large batches for Diwali and Eid and shared between households. The diamond shape is not just decorative - cutting the dough diagonally in two directions creates pieces that cook evenly from all sides in the hot oil, giving a consistent crunch with no doughy patches.
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Ingredients
- 75g plain flour
- 20g self-raising flour
- 2 tbsp, for dough vegetable oil
- ¾ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp chilli powder
- ¼ tsp chilli flakes
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