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Ghee Biscuits | Nei Biscuits Recipe

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.
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 15 biscuits
Calories: 127kcal

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.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servings | Calories: 127kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 18mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 1mg
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