Salt Diamonds are something that every child would’ve had it I am sure. I guess its called by different names. I remember this snack being called as Maida Salt Diamonds because Amma used to make this in Diamond shape. It used to be my favorite snack and used to consume by tons!.And I have been wanting to prepare this again for ages but never got around making it at home. Amma also couldn’t somehow came around making this for me. And when I asked Athamma she was not sure what I was talking about.
So when I decided to meet my fellow bloggers, I decided to make this for them. But the best part was my daughter loved this. She liked it so much that she wanted this for her school snacks. She came back saying her friends also loved it. Well nothing more to delight me!
Ingredients Needed:
Maida (All purpose Flour) – 1 & 1/2 cups
Salt to taste
Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp
Clarified Butter / Ghee – 2 tsp
Soda a pinch
Water to kned
Method to prepare:
In a bowl take the maida with salt and ghee. Rub in well, so that it gets mixed properly.
Knead well to form a soft dough. Leave it aside for 1 hour.
Roll out to a thin size as a chapati on a rolling board. Slice with a knife as a diamond shape. I forgot to make them as diamond the first time.
Heat oil in a pan and drop the pieces gently into the oil. Turn on both sides so that it gets evenly cooked. Drain them to a kitchen towel. Keep them in open for sometime to get crispy salt diamonds. These can be stored in air-tight containers.
Enjoyed my childhood snack a lot, will be making this again sometime soon. Enjoy your weekend though its almost evening for me!
25 comments
Yesss everyone loves this, great teatime snack Srivalli.
This is an evergreen snack! Great choice for the meetup, dear!
The title caught my attention 🙂 We call it tukdi at home and enjoy it every bit. Loved your version.
We make these too…but cut them into smaller diamonds…yummy.
sakar pada rite..oh i love them…
Srivalli, I knew them as diamond cuts, the Malayalis in our college called them that!
Thanks for this recipes girl, My Grest grand mother use to make the sweeter version of these. But I like the salt version too. I’ll surely try them when timr permits. I luv salty snacks
hi
I used to love this diamonds and keep on nibbling all the time!!!your’s look so crispy!!
Diamond cuts! I used to love the sweet verson of this.
Diamond cuts like we call in kerala bring backs good memories from childhood period. My mom used to make mostly with sugar and i make them once a while for my daughter and she too love it as much as i did when i was her age.
Hey i still love them :-))
Love the snack srivalli.. my ammama used to make these for summer holidays.. they look cripsy n delish..:D
Yha i too remember eating it but my mom preffered sweet version of this. Nice to know about this recipe i try for sure. Hope my daughter likes them too.Thank U.
Hey Srivalli, I make the sweet ones, during Diwali, we call it as Shankarpala, in Mumbai…
Tx for sending the bendakaya Bhajji! looks yumm!
This was my favourite snack too! I like both the salty and the sweet ones!But I have not made them since a long time!Thanks for the recipe.
I too love this snack and make in sweet version also…Your diamonds looks golden colour;D
Thanks for sharing.!
I’ve eaten these a zillion times and always wondered if they had a more authentic name. Guess not 🙂
Yum!
Salt diamonds are looking yum Sri! These are simple snacks yet so tasty!
I changed the blog look after lakshmi said that Nirmala wanted a brighter look!:)) In fact I am pestering lakshmi for so many more improvements. She is very busy and I do not know most things in computers. This year I did not keep big golu as I may have to visit my parents any time.
Its long time since i made this…its one of my favourite snacks that my mom used to make for me often. Especially the ones soaked in sugar syrup are very yummy
we call them tukde 🙂 love these
Any time snack Valli. Viji
sunita..thats good..I think smaller makes it more crispy.
bindiya, glad to know that!
sra, wow..maybe I am a bit off the lane from a proper name..:)
Padmaja, thank you
musical, yeah I enjoyed it so much
Redchillies, good it did!
TBC, ehmm nice to know
Happy cook, glad it brought back good memories
Priya, oh its called that?..great to know
Rina, oh nice to know
Padma, I guess this can be consumed on daily basis!
Neelam, thank you
Lathamma, Thank you. And your blog good very nice now. Oh expected to see your golu but thats ok take care
easycrafts, good to know about the sweeter version. I have always had salted ones
Siri, thank you
ramya, good to know
RK, thank you
KayKat, isn’t that funny! I guess certain things don’t require a name
Raaga, good to know that
Viji, agree on that
excellent ones ….yummy ones
sri,
my mom used to make this and we call this as chimminiappam.The sweet version of this is called aaramnumber in kerala:)
We call it tukda.. Its a nice crispy treat for everyone! Thanks for the recipe.
oh…ya…we used to munch these greatly in our childhood…mom used to make these regularly…Nice ones Valli