Sometimes, we just feel like having something sweet. Cookies comes to our mind immediately, because they are small and we dont feel too guilty in eating one of them. But too lazy to make one, then online food ordering sites like food panda comes handy, just one click and we get our favorite subway chocolate cookies on hands..As a addition, we have so many coupons which we can use in these sites to get the best offer. All of them available in one of the coupon site called shoppal. How cool is that..
But someday...just someday...we don't feel like having cookies which are too sweet, then these cookies are the answer. They are sweet, spicy and flavourful all packed in one cookie. This goes best with a cup of chai or coffee than a cup of milk..So try this out and let me know how it turns out..
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Baking Time : 15 to 20 mins
Makes : 15 to 18
Ingredients:
All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 cup
Wheat Flour / Atta - ½ cup
Sugar - 2 tblspn Powdered
Salt - 1 tsp
Whole Jeera - 2 tsp
Coarse Pepper Powder - 2 tsp
Sesame Seeds / Ellu - 2 tblspn
Butter or Ghee - ½ cup
Milk- 1 tsp if needed( I didn't use it)
Method:
Preheat the oven to 180 Degree C. Line a baking sheet with foil and butter it.
Take both flour, pepper powder, sesame seeds, jeera, salt in a bowl and mix well.
Take butter or ghee in a bowl, add in powdered sugar and beat till creamy.
Once it is mixed up, add the dried stuff in it and mix well to form into a dough. You can use little milk if it is too dry.
Now cover it well with plastic wrap or foil and chill it for 30 mins or so.
Now open it up and place another sheet of foil over it and roll it out into 2 cm thickness.
Take a cookie cutter and cut out small cookies. Arrange it on a baking sheet and bake for 15 to 20 mins till it is light golden.
You can take small portions of dough and roll into balls and bake that too instead of cutting cookies.
Once it is baked, remove it to cooling rack and let it cool completely before storing in a air tight container.
Serve with a cup of chai.
Pictorial:
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| Take regular all purpose flour and wheat flour in a bowl |
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| Add in sesame seeds, cumin seeds, pepper powder and salt |
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| mix well |
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| Take ghee or butter in a bowl |
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| add sugar |
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| Beat till it is creamy |
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| Add the dried ingredients |
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| Knead to a dough. You can add some milk if needed |
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| Wrap it in foil or plastic wrap and chill it |
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| now time to roll |
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| cover the top with another foil |
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| use a rolling pin to roll |
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| all rolled |
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| Now time to cut |
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| You can use a cookie cutter..i used a small lid |
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| cut it out |
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| you can cut it in any shapes |
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| Use the leftover scraps to roll again and cut out |
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| arrange in a baking sheet..Leave space they will spread a little |
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| bake till golden |
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| Serve |
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| I rolled few dough and baked it till golden. They came out pretty good too.. |
traditionallymodernfood
Perfect tea time snack
Anonymous
Hi aarthi my favourite n delicious cookies they r mouth watering will try this bon courage bye
Rumana Ambrin
I have been wanting to bake this from a long time.. i will save this recipe and make it soon..
Caroline Taylor
The spices in these cookies sounds delicious.
Ms.Chitchat
Chatpata kaara biscuits to have with a cup of hot tea.
Anonymous
Tried this but turned out to be chewy instead of crispy. I wonder why?
Aarthi
@AnonymousJust bake it little longer. You will get it crispier
Aarthi
@AnonymousJust bake it little longer. You will get it crispier
Anonymous
can u tell me the butter quantity in grams..u mentioned to beat butter nd sugar till creamy..hw did u beat it
Anonymous
did u coat the aluminum foil with butter or sumthing before placing the cookies
Aarthi
@Anonymousi used around 100 gms of butter, beat it using a spoon
Aarthi
@Anonymousno dont need to use anything, but if you are not sure butter it slightly.
preethi
Tried out this for the first time and it was super hit in our family..thanks a lot sissy..
Anonymous
Hi aarthi today i tried dis khara bsct n it was very yummy evry one liked dis thank u so mch
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi! Don't need baking powder for this receipe !
Aarthi
@Anonymousdont need.
umamahi
akka i hav heard that cookies also can be baked in cooker and wider heavy bottomd pan..evn though i hav a oven,i jz wana try t out in a tawa akka..if so,what is the preaheating time and baking time in it?plz let me kno akka thanks:)
umamahi
why the baking powder is not needed akka?
umamahi
can we directly bake without chilling it?
Aarthi
@umamahithis recipe dont need that.
Aarthi
@umamahi i think u can bake this in pressure cooker, not sure about tawa
Aarthi
@umamahichilling is needed, else the cookies will spread so much
Unknown
Hi aarthi,
I am a regular visitor of ur blog and a beginner in baking. Tried out some of ur cakes and muffins. They were a hit at home. Thanks a lot. These cookies I tried. It was awsome. Only thing is my cookies didnt expand. Taste and texture was perfect. Can u plz tell me y its not expanding..
Prabha
Aarthi
@Unknowni think it must be chilled too much
Unknown
HI, can i try these cookies without sesame seeds? pls guide. thank you..
Aarthi
@Unknownyes u can skip sesame seeds
Prabhavathi Parthiban
Hi aarthi...please tell me if we have to flip cookies and also which coils have to be heated...thanks in advance 😊
Aarthi
@Prabhavathi Parthibanno need to flip the cookies and both the coils needs to be heated