Ghee biscuits also known as nei biscuits or ghee cookies. This Melt in mouth ghee biscuits made two ways one whole wheat version and another with regular flour. Easy to make and takes just 4 ingredients to make. Ghee biscuits should be accompanied with a cup of masala chai.
Ghee Biscuits
This bakery style ghee biscuits are super easy to make. All you need is a handful of ingredients and you are good to go.
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About Ghee Biscuits | Nei Biscuits
Ghee biscuits are very popular in south part of india. It is made using flour, sugar, flavouring agent and ghee. Typically ghee biscuits are known as indian biscuits. You can add saffron in this for more indian touch. These are similar to nan khatai but nan khatai has gram flour | besan added.
You can use wheat flour or plain white flour in making this cookies. Same way demerara sugar can use used instead of white sugar. I would recommend to powder the demerara sugar before using. But brown sugar may affect the texture of the cookies.
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Ghee Biscuits Ingredients
Plain Flour - for making ghee biscuits you can use plain flour (refined flour or maida) or for healthier alternative you can use wheat flour. Both ways it will still turn out great. Check my second recipe for whole wheat nei biscuits.
Ghee - pure desi ghee gives the nutty aroma for the biscuits. you can use homemade ghee for best authentic taste.
Sugar - make sure you powder sugar in a blender till fine beofre adding into the dough which makes the mixing process easy.
Flavourings - cardamom, vanilla are common and popular flavourings in cookie dough.
I still couldn't believe that a cookie with just a minimum ingredient taste so yummy. These cookies just melts in your mouth. I know that you can gonna try this cookies immediately, because you already have all the stuff on hand. Check out My 5 Ingredient Butter Cookies Recipe & 4 Ingredient Oats Cookies Recipe too.
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Whole Wheat Ghee Biscuits (3 Easy Steps)
Pre-prep
Preheat the oven to 180 Degree C / 360 Degree F. Melt ghee in a sauce pan. Powder sugar and set aside.
Ghee biscuits dough
Take melted in a bowl. Add in powdered sugar, salt and vanilla. Mix this well so everything is combined. Now add in the flour and mix well to form into a soft dough.
Shaping biscuits
Take a spoonful of portion and shape into ball. Arrange this in a foil lined tray. They can be place pretty close because it won't spread a lot.
Bake & serve
Now bake this for 15 to 17 mins till the cookies is done. Remove them from oven and allow to cool down. Once they are cooled store them in air tight container. Enjoy with a cup of chai or milk.
How to Make Ghee Biscuits (Stepwise Pictures)
1)Take sugar in a blender jar
2)Powder it fine. Add it in a mixing bowl
3)Add all purpose flour into the same bowl.
4)Add in melted ghee
5)Add cardamom extract
6)Knead to a soft dough
7)Take a small portion. Shape it into ball and flatten it slightly
8)Arrange in a parchment lined baking tray
9)Pop it into oven and bake for 15 mins at 180 degree C.
10)Once baked remove from oven and let it cool for 5 mins.
12)Serve
13)Once cooled store in an air tight container.
Whole Wheat Nei Biscuits (Ghee Biscuits using Wheat flour)
1)Take melted ghee in a bowl.
2)Add in powdered sugar.
3)Add in vanilla extract
4)Add a pinch of salt.
5)Mix this well till combined.
6)Add in wheat flour.
7)Mix well.
8)Take small portion out of the mixture.
9)Roll into a smooth ball.
10)Arrange on a baking sheet.
11)Bake till golden.
12)Serve.
Tips & Tricks
- If the dough looks too dry, add a tsp of milk. Don't add too much.
- This cookies may look soft when you take out of the oven. But as they cools down they get harder.
- Cool them completely before storing them in air tight container.
- Instead of adding ghee you can add melted butter.
- If you like cardamom flavour, skip vanilla and add cardamom powder.
- You can add chopped nuts into the mixture too.
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Ghee Biscuits | Nei Biscuits Recipe
Ingredients
Ghee Biscuits
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour | Maida 120 grams
- ½ cup Sugar 100 grams (powdered)
- ½ cup Ghee 125 ml (Melted )
- ½ tsp Cardamom
Whole Wheat Ghee Biscuits
- 1 cup Wheat flour 120 grams
- ½ cup Ghee 125 ml melted
- ¼ cup Sugar 50 grams Powdered ( use as per your taste )
- ⅛ tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Instructions
Ghee Biscuits
- Preheat the oven to 180 Degree C / 360 Degree F.
- Powder sugar in a blender till fine.
- In an mixing bowl add, sugar, ghee, flour and cardamom extract. Mix well and form into a soft dough.
- Take a spoonful of portion and shape into ball. Flatten it lightly.
- Arrange this in a foil lined tray. They can be place pretty close before it wont spread a lot.
- Now bake this for 15 mins till the cookies is done. Remove them from oven and allow to cool down.
- Once they are cooled store them in an air tight container.
- Enjoy with a cup of chai or milk.
Whole Wheat Ghee Biscuits
- Preheat the oven to 180 Degree C / 360 Degree F.
- Take melted ghee in a bowl. Add in powdered sugar, salt and vanilla. Mix this well so everything is combined.
- Now add in the flour and mix well to form into a soft dough.
- Take a spoonful of portion and shape into ball.
- Arrange this in a foil lined tray. They can be place pretty close before it wont spread a lot.
- Now bake this for 15 to 17 mins till the cookies is done. Remove them from oven and allow to cool down.
- Once they are cooled store them in air tight container.
- Enjoy with a cup of chai or milk.
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Notes
- If the dough looks too dry, add a tsp of milk. Dont add too much.
- This cookies may look soft when you take out of the oven. But as they cools down they get harder.
- Cool them completely before storing them in air tight container.
- Instead of adding ghee you can add melted butter.
- If you like cardamom flavour, skip vanilla and add cardamom powder.
- You can add chopped nuts into the mixture too.
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Umesh
Hi Aarthi,
I am a great fan of your blog "yummy tummy" and have tried some of your receipes which turned out well.
In this receipe, you have mentioned ""Now bake this for 15 to 17 mins till the cookies is done"
Since I am new to baking, please clarify if I have to preheat the oven to a certain temperature and then set the timer. I am having Samsung microwave oven.
Please elaborate . Thanks for your time.
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi,
I am the latest follower of your site. I prepared most of the Diwali delicacies following your recipes and all turned great !!!! Thanks for the lovely recipes.
The ghee cookies are called Narayan Katar in Mangalore. I would love to prepare this but I want to use a normal microwave. Is this possible?
Thanks,
Anuradha
Anonymous
how much time it wil take in oven?
Aarthi
@Umesh
Yes preheat the oven to 180 degree C then bake it. I have missed to mention the temp in my post, now i have updated
Aarthi
@AnonymousIf you have convection oven you can bake in them. Normal oven is not suitable for baking
Aarthi
@Anonymous Bake at 180 Degree C, for 15 to 17 mins.
Umesh
@Aarthi
Thanks Aarthi, for the clarification.
Regards,
Latha Umesh
morri
I was craving some crunchy cookies, so I made them today. The dough was fun to roll - so soft to touch and completely non-sticky. But my cookies did spread in the oven - they were big and flat at the end. Maybe the dough needed more flour? I wish they were round and plump, like yours. Still delicious, though.
Maanit Gupta
Looks bful !!Can aata be used in.place .of maida... If yes.. How much
Beena Mohan
Going to thez now, all d best to me 🙂
Aarthi
@Maanit GuptaYes u can , same amount
Anonymous
Hi aarthi, I tried this cookies today... Two problems... 1. It got flat and spread out 2. It did not have that cracks... Ur cookies were plump and with beautiful cracks... Wat cud be the mistake.. Pls...... SUMI
Aarthi
@Anonymoushow was the consistency of the dough. if it is too wet then add little more flour.
Aarthi
@Anonymoushow was the consistency of the dough. if it is too wet then add little more flour.
Anonymous
The consistency was not too wet... Should it be like chappati dough.. I made it as small balls but it became flat... Maybe next time I will adding a little more flour... Thank u aarthi... I will get back to u... SUMI
Sushmita
I tried this in my microwave convection mode. It turned brown in 12 minutes. Yours were white and nice. What could be the issue
Aarthi
@SushmitaEach oven varies, so keep a eye on it always. Reduce cooking time.
Sujitha
Hi aarthi,
I just tried your recipe and it has turned out so beautifully and loved it.,,I just added a pinch of baking powder and baking soda to it along with cardamom and cashews.,,
It's so yummy and thanks for the recipe:)
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi,
Today I tried in the evening n trust me each n every members of my family just loved it, thanks for sharing ur lovely recipes with us ..... it was really awesome .
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi ,
I tried ur recipe n it was really awesome, thanks for sharing ur ideas n yummy recipes with us ...... really enjoyed .
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi, can I use unsalted butter instead of clarified ghee....if yes then how much?
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can use..same amount
Anonymous
Hi aarthi ..i haf tried these...but d cookies spread ...why so..i had measured d ingredients well..
Anonymous
Do we haf to keep d upper rod of d oven on high or both d upper n lower one???
Aarthi
@AnonymousIt wont spread, i think u have measure it wrongly, may be added too much ghee
Aarthi
@AnonymousYou have to bake in both the rods on
Anonymous
Hey aarti.can we use aatta powder instead of maida ?
Anonymous
U need to be awarded some day for reaching out to people with so much CLARITY! Perfection with pics! Good job aarti!
Aarthi
@Anonymousu can use, but it will change the texture and taste of the cookie
JUVERIYA LAL
today i tried this recipe it comes out awesome next time ill make in enought quantity to store them
JUVERIYA LAL
i tried this recipe today n it comes out awesome thx arthi di next tym ill make in enough quantity to store them
bhagya kasibatla
hi can u please able to tell me how to do on stove becoz v dont have micro woven please tell sum recipes like cacke n biscutes on stove, and without egg as we are vegetarians
thank you
Aarthi
@bhagya kasibatlawill soon share them
nisha
Cn i use atta instead of maida??
Aarthi
@nishayes u can use
Anonymous
Tried this but the bottom sides were burnt. The oven should be set in convention mode or baking mode?
Aarthi
@Anonymousconvention mode
vrush
Hey...i trieed these cookies....taste wwas awesome...but wat to do to make it more crispy. I used atta instead of maida....could that b the reason?? I baked it for 15 mins.
vrush
Should. I bake it for more time??
Aarthi
@vrushthese cookies are meant to melt in mouth. Bake longer if you want your cookies to be hard
Anonymous
Hi Arthi! Thanks for sharing. How much cardamom powder should I add? Please reply.
Babe Kaur
Hi i want yo try these can i ue butter instead of ghee .. ? And salted or unsalted butter thanks
Anonymous
If in combination mode how long should I bake?
Aarthi
@AnonymousDo u have convection mode.
Aarthi
@Babe Kauryes u can use butter, use unsalted ones
Aarthi
@Anonymoususe 1/2 tsp
Anonymous
Ya I have combination mode
Aarthi
@Anonymousif you have convection mode, you can make these. Same time.
Anonymous
My kid enjoyed these cookies .i used wheat flour Tnx Aarthi..
Anonymous
Cn I use a microwave mam??
Aarthi
@Anonymousif u have convection microwave u can use that
Anonymous
Hi Aarti,i tried these cookies twice over the weekend.But for some reason both the times, i feel it dint bake properly.I dint get the cracks after 17 mins.So i just removed it.Tastewise its good but it dint turn out crispy.is the texture of these cookies crispy?
Aarthi
@Anonymousthese cookies are not crispy, they are buttery and melt in mouth
supriya
Hi aarthi can we bake them in grill model m
icrowave oven
supriya
Hi aarthi ur recipes are awesome please tell me can we bake these cookies in a normal model I.e grill mode microwave oven
Aarthi
@supriyano this has to be donr in covection mode
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi...i am a big fan of your blog...all recipes are well explained ..thank you for your efforts ...keep going....all the best dear...
Anonymous
Hiiii all the recipes like fabulous... can the ghee cookies b made with wheat flour??!!
Aarthi
@AnonymousYes u can try making it with wheat flour
Raji
Hey aarthi....luv ur recipes..... Made these cookies for my kiddo.....she luvd it....;) came out wndrful....thank u sooo much
dhivya swaminathan
this is an amazing receipe. I tried it as per your instructions and it came out very well. Thanks Arthi. you rock!
zainab
Can I flavour them with nutmeg spice
Aarthi
yes u can add any spice as you like
Rifath Riyaz
By powdered sugar do you mean icing sugar?
Aarthi
no it is normal granulated sugar which is powdered
Renuka Ganesh babu
hi,
First time i am trying to bake cookies.. your step by step instruction helped me a lot..final product came out too good.. Everyone in my family liked it.. kids too.
thanks a lot..
Sarah Whelan
I love this recipe so much, I make them whenever I need a sweet treat. Thanks for posting it.
Mohini Verlekar
Hi Aarthi tried the cookies making double the qty i.e. 240gms maida,100gms powdered sugar,250ml melted ghee,elaichi powder,salt.. but the dough was wet..culd not form balls out of it...so added 1/4+1/4 cup maida and 2tbsp powdered sugar...then made the cookies...turned out good!
Anonymous
Can we a combination of Sugee and Flour for this recipe ?
Aarthi
dont change the recipe.it will affect the texture
annie caroline
It came out welll I followed same producure and 17 mins but bottom burnt
Vani sekhar
Hi aarthi, I tried this recipe and it was a super hit!!! Thanks for the recipe
Ramya Chandrasekaran
Hi Arti, Can I replace sugar with cane sugar(brown)?
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umm a
Can I use jaggery instead of sugarr?
Santhiya
Do I need to grease the tray before bakung
Aarthi
You can grease it lightly. If you have parchment paper dont need to grease.
Gowri
Hi, I tired your receipt, just added little more flour,came perfectly. Thank you so much .
Siri
Turned out really perfect Aaarthi..
Many thanks for the superb and easy recipe..
Everyone in my home like them..
Tansygowri
Hi Aarti,
I tried your recipe, just added little flour , it came out very well including the cracking N crispy. Awesome, kids went crazy over it.
Thank you. God bless you
Priya Magesh
Can we use icing sugar instead of regular sugar?
Will it change the texture of the cookies?
Wesley
Do you think this recipe will work with coconut oil?
Aisha
Adapted the recipe adding in a tsp of orange extract instead of vanilla essence, as well as some freshly grated orange zest and a tsp of fresh orange juice. Made a lovely cookie!
Vinothini
Hi Arthi,
I'm new to baking. But followed this recipe and it came out very well in the first attempt itself.The cookies were so yummy and looked exactly like the one shown here😊
Sahana
Hi sister.. I dont have oven.. can I try this in without oven..
Aarthi
Yes you can bake in cooker.