Shakkarpara or Sweet Diamond Cuts

Name: Shakkarpara or Sweet Diamond Cuts
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup maida; 1.5 tbsp oil or ghee; As needed oil for frying; 1/4 th tsp baking powder; 1 pinch salt; 1/4 cup sugar approximately; 1/4 cup water for syrup; As needed water to make dough; 1/4 tsp cardamom powder

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Shakkarpara or Sweet Diamond Cuts or traditional Bengali Kucho Goja is a popular sweet made during the festive season of Diwali,Dussehra, Holi,Ganesh Chaturthi. Different regions have their own method of preparing these crispy and crunchy sweet snack.These are made with an unsweetened dough and later coated with sugar syrup.Care should be taken to fry the shakkarpara in low flame to make it crispy.The consistency of sugar syrup is also important to get the perfect texture of these shakkarpara.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

45 minutes

4 servings

1 cupmaida
1.5 tbspoil or ghee
As neededoil for frying
1/4th tsp baking powder
1 pinchsalt
1/4 cup sugar approximately
1/4 cup water for syrup
As neededwater to make dough
1/4 tsp cardamom powder

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Steps

45 minutes

1

Mix maida with oil or ghee and sprinkle pinch of salt and baking powder.Mix well and add water gradually to make a tight dough.Knead well and set aside covered for half hour.Divide dough into 4 balls.
2

Roll out each ball into a circular disc which will be not too thin or thick. Cut the disc into strips then again diagonally or diamond shapes with a knife or cutter.
3

Heat oil in a pan and fry these diamond cuts or shakarpara in low flame till crispy golden brown. Make a sugar syrup of 2 to 3 thread sticky consistency. Add cardamom powder and set aside to partially cool down.Allow the shakkarpara to come to room temperature.
4

Add all shakkarpara /gojas or diamond cuts to the syrup and toss quickly so that syrup coats all before crystalizing.Spread out to cool and store in airtight container. Keeps well for a month. Serve delicious crispy shakkarpara as a tea time snack to guests specially during Diwali,Dussehra or any festival.