- Maida/All purpose flour - 1 cup
- Butter - 3 tbsp
- Sugar - 2 tsp
- Salt - 1/2 tsp
- Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
- Green chillies - 3,finely chopped [or more,as per your taste]
- Fresh Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp
- Yogurt (plain) - 2 tbsp
- Ginger powder - 1/2 tsp
METHOD:
- Preheat oven to 400 Degree F.Grease a cookie tray and keep aside.
- Sift together flour and salt.
- Cream together butter and sugar till the sugar dissolves,mix in 2 tbsp curd and continue beating.
- Whisk in the sifted flour slowly and mix.
- At this stage,it would be better if you start kneading by your hand.
- Mix it with chopped coriander leaves,green chillies and ginger powder.
- The dough would be crumbly.
- For easier handling-tip the dough into a polythene bag[or a cling wrap]Leave the bag open, place on your work surface and slowly press out the dough with a rolling pin so it becomes a rectangle.Chill for 10-15 minutes so that it is easy to handle the dough.Roll the dough into 1/4 inch thickness and rip the bag open and cut using a cookie cutter.
- Otherwise transfer to a lightly floured surface and knead till it becomes a smooth ball.
- Roll out dough till it is in to 1/4 inch thickness.
- Use a 2 inch wide biscuit cutter to cut the dough into as many biscuits as possible.
- Bring remaining dough together and repeat kneading, rolling and cutting.
- Place biscuits on a baking sheet, and bake in the oven for 18 minutes till light brown on the edges.
- The cookies might still be soft but would harden once it cools down.
- Cool on a wire rack and store in airtight containers.