Jan 4, 2010

Khara Biscuit / Indian Masala Cookies

Happy New Year to everyone. I am here after the holidays and after a short break. Hope all had a great Christmas and New Year vacation.

I baked these savoury cookies during the holidays after having loads of sweets and cakes. This is an Indianized version with all the masalas. The recipe could be easily tweaked and modified to suit ones tastes. I wanted to make something along with tea and was in no mood of elaborate cooking. I had very little time and I baked these delicious cookies in about half an hour from start to finish!
Ingredients
All-Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 cup
Baking soda - 1 teaspoon
Salt - 1 teaspoon
Sugar - 1 teaspoon
Butter - 4 tablespoons
Egg - 1
Garam masala -1 teaspoon
Cumin powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Coriander powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
Fresh coriander leaves - 1 tablespoon chopped

Directions

Preheat oven to 400F.

In a mixing bowl add all the ingredients except coriander leaves and egg and mix together. Add in the egg and coriander leaves and sprinkle very little water and knead to form a soft cookie dough.

Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Shape the dough into small balls and flatten them slightly. Bake for about 13 to 15 minutes.

Cool the cookies in a wire rack and store in airtight containers.
Serve with tea!

37 comments:

  1. Delectable cookies, that too as spicy version, love it..

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  2. These are lovely ,a healthy savory cookie/ snack

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  3. Those look delicious! Maybe not too high in calories . . .

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  4. Great crackers for munching..looks wonderful divya

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  5. Cookies look delicious. Happy New Year to you and your family.

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  6. lovely cookies Divya!! Yum!! Belated wishes for a happy new year 2010 to you and your family :)

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  7. They looks so perfect and yummy dea..!!

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  8. Wonderful cookies!After eating and making sweet cookies and desserts, these are very refreshing!Hope you had lots of fun and wish youa great year ahead!

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  9. Gr8 at tea time!! nice recipe..

    Renuka
    http://cookingyummy.blogspot.com/

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  10. I ve made another version of khara biscuit- this one looks good too..
    Happy New Year!

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  11. a good tea time snack. looks tempting :) Happy New Year to you too :)

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  12. Lovely cookies to munch in...Happy new year to u n ur family..

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  13. superb cookies Divya.... and i loved those snaps.. :)

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  14. Happy new year..crunchy cookies,wish to try these

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  15. Wow my fav cookies....Crisy and yummy biscuits...

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  16. Loved these spicy cookies, looks fantastic! A very happy new year to you and your family...

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  17. A great tea time snacks:) looks good.

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  18. Spicy cookies for change! Looks yummy and ready to go with a cup of tea.

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  19. fresh baked cookies in half an hour, i'm in :)

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  20. savory cookies... a nice change from all the sweet stuff doing the rounds :)

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  21. Awesome Masala Cookies. They look perfect and will go so well with my ginger tea. I'll make some soon. Beautiful Clicks, Divya.

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  22. Good biscuits i will try this out on this weekend.

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  23. Hi Divya,
    another good recipe.
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  24. I guess when I'm off blogging and blog hoppping, I just miss some posts!

    I'm glad you liked them.

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  25. I luv khara biscuits....this looks and sounds tasty and perfect to munch for tea time

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