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.
MonuTeena RecipesPassion says
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
Sony P says
Masala cookies loos crispy and tasty…… Looks inviting !!
Anonymous says
aww how sweet, hope she loved them, they sound yum – Lynette
abdul ghani says
Nice receipe of Masala Cookies.Gonna tell it to my mom 😉
Thanks for sharing.
Tracy Snyder says
It's very sweet of you to make these special cookies for your mother in law. I hope she enjoyed them!
HADIA ZEBIB says
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!
Scott says
Might have to try making these on my own, although I'd rather a local place make them for me!
Shaunna Prentis says
What a fantastic idea.. great recipe 🙂
traditionallymodernfood says
Savory cookies:-) yum
[email protected] says
Oh, Priya. These sound so good! I love all the ingredients that go into it. Nice! Sharing!
Adanna says
How thoughtful of you, these look delicious!
Karen Crossman says
A very different recipe than I have ever seen. Would love to give these a try!
Ranjani says
its a super munchie too for this weather 🙂