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Masala Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- All purpose flour – 1 and 1/2 cups
- Unsalted Butter – 1/2 cup (at room temperature)
- Baking powder – 1 tsp
- Salt - 1 tsp
- Sugar – 1 tsp (optional)
- Curd/Plain Yogurt – 2 tsp
- Curry leaves - 6
- Coriander leaves / Cilantro - 1 tsp (chopped)
- Few Mint leaves
- Grated ginger - 1/4 tsp
- Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
Instructions
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Preheat oven at 180 degree Celsius.
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Sift all purpose flour and keep it aside.
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Roast Cumin seeds in a small frying pan on low flame for a minute and keep it aside.
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Add curry leaves, mint leaves, coriander leaves in your grinder and blitz it. Keep this mixture aside.
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Add butter and salt, sugar in a bowl and mix it well.
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Now add all purpose flour, yogurt, curry leaves mixture, roasted cumin seeds, baking powder and mix well with your hands to make a soft dough. You can add more yogurt if you feel the dough is very stiff.
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Take a small portion of dough and flatten it gently with your hands and place it on cookie tray. You can also roll the dough with a rolling pin and use cookie cutter to shape it into different shapes.
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Keep at least 1/2 inch distance between each cookie.
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Place the cookie tray for baking at the same temperature and Set the timer for 20 minutes.
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When they start turning golden brown, remove from the oven and place them on wire rack for cooling. When they have completely cooled down store them in an air-tight container.
i like both of your collection plus these masala cookies are something diff .. i am thinking to give it a try. lovely daisy shaped cookies <3
Masala cookies loos crispy and tasty…… Looks inviting !!
aww how sweet, hope she loved them, they sound yum – Lynette
Nice receipe of Masala Cookies.Gonna tell it to my mom 😉
Thanks for sharing.
It's very sweet of you to make these special cookies for your mother in law. I hope she enjoyed them!
How delcious, these masala cookies are a great accompaniment to our morning coffee, and the best thing about these cookies is that they are sugar free!
Might have to try making these on my own, although I'd rather a local place make them for me!
What a fantastic idea.. great recipe 🙂
Savory cookies:-) yum
Oh, Priya. These sound so good! I love all the ingredients that go into it. Nice! Sharing!
How thoughtful of you, these look delicious!
A very different recipe than I have ever seen. Would love to give these a try!
its a super munchie too for this weather 🙂