23 February, 2016
Masala Nankhatai(Spicy Cookies)
Ingredients:
- Refine flour(maida): 50 gms
- Bajra (Pearl Millet) flour: 50 gms
- Powder sugar: 25 gms (depends on taste)
- Ghee or butter: 50 gms
- Cooking soda: 1/4 teaspoon
- Baking powder: 1/4 teaspoon
- Sesame seeds: 3 tablespoons
- Salt to taste
- Yogurt (curd): 1/2 teaspoon
- Milk : 1/2 teaspoon
- Ginger paste: 1/4 teaspoon
- Green chili paste: 1 & 1/2 teaspoons
- Chopped coriander leaves: 2 teaspoons
- Red chili powder: 1/2 teaspoon
- Dry fenegreek leaves: 1/2 teaspoon(optional)
- Carom seeds(ajvai) : 1 teaspoon
Serves: 15 medium size
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Baking time: 20 to 25 minutes
Preparation:
- Take a bowl add soda, salt, baking powder, red chili powder in maida, add bajra flour and mix all ingredients properly and keep aside.
- Take butter and sugar in bowl and beat till fluffy and then add curd and mix.
- Mix 1 teaspoon of sesame seeds, ginger paste, chili paste, carom seeds, chopped coriander leaves in the bowl. Add this mixture back to the flour bowl.
- Add 1/2 teaspoon milk.
- Prepare soft dough adding rest of milk if needed.
- Divide the dough in15 parts and make small balls and press lightly and rub in sesame seeds.
- Keep wax paper on oven tray and arrange all balls little distance apart from each other.
- Preheat oven on 150 degrees celsius for 10 minutes then keep this cookies to bake for 20 to 25 minutes till crispy and little golden.
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