chilli biscuits /savoury cookies(chili)/masala khara biscuits
Ingredients
- All purpose flour/maida - 150 gms
- Powdered sugar - 1 tbsp
- Butter - 75 gms cold and slightly stiff not soft
- Curd - 2-3 tbsp
- Baking powder -3/4 tsp
- Salt - 1/4 tbsp
To grind:
- Green chillies - 1-2 medium
- Curry leaves - 5-6 no
- Coriander leaves - 2 strings
- Ginger - 1/4 inch piece
- 2 tbsp water to grind
Instructions
- Set all ingredients ready.
- Grind "to grind" ingredients with water and make paste,keep ready.
- Set the oven tray with aluminum foil and keep ready.
- Now sieve maida,powdered sugar,salt and baking powder in a mixing bowl.
- Add butter and crumble it with hands like bread crumbs.
- Now add in 1 tbsp of the ground paste and mix nicely.
- Then add in the curd and form a smooth dough.
- Spread this in clean work surface with a polythene sheet spread over it so that it does not stick.
- Roll with a rolling pin with 1/4 inch thickness.
- Cut with a cutter with suitable shapes.
- In-between preheat oven at 180 degrees for 10 minutes.
- Arrange in the plate that has been lined.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or as per your oven timings.
Notes
Baking time is increased because of the thickness of the cookies.
Butter should not be soft it should be stiff enough so,that it can form bread crumbs when mixed.
Curd is used for moistening the dough otherwise even milk can also be used.
Add spice paste accordingly for given amount of flour 1 to 11/4 tbsp itself is more than enough.
Butter should not be soft it should be stiff enough so,that it can form bread crumbs when mixed.
Curd is used for moistening the dough otherwise even milk can also be used.
Add spice paste accordingly for given amount of flour 1 to 11/4 tbsp itself is more than enough.