HOMEMADE BISCUITS

Biscuits are loved by kids and elders too,if you give them home made ones there is no turning back. This is an easy snack and very soft therefore edible by little ones who have developed tooth.

I usually prepare homemade biscuits when we are expecting guests and there is no stock of any snack to be served. You can use various molds to shape out the biscuit. At times I invert cups ,bottle cap of various sizes is also a good alternative.

The ingredients are always available at home. In the initial days when baking oven was not available I used the same ingredients to fry a tin of biscuits. These can be stored for a week’s time. Idea snack during Christmas too.

When you fry the biscuits at home, the aroma will spread across and your neighbors will also be curious to know from which kitchen this smell is coming.

Ingredients:

Maida (All Purpose four): 250 gms

Sugar: 125 gms

Egg: 2 nos

Butter or ghee: 100 gms

Cardamom (Elaichi) : 5 to 6 nos

Baking powder: ½ tspn

Milk : ½ cup

Cooking oil: 2 cups

Procedure for making Homemade Biscuits:

Method:

• To make homemade biscuits there is some prework involved.
• Sieve maida and baking powder together and keep aside. The next step is to powder sugar in a grinder , transfer the sugar powder to a mixing bowl.
• Keep aside ¼ cup of maida, this will be required for rolling the dough and cutting shapes at a later stage.
• Beat eggs to a fluffy texture in the same grinder
• I prefer to use butter in this snack as the final output is very soft. Ensure butter is at room temperature.
• Powder cardamom. Take away the peels. You can add this into boiling tea and enjoy cardamom tea.
• Add butter to the mixing bowl containing sugar powder. Mix well. Add beaten eggs to the base and continue mixing. When there are no lumps, add the maida powder sieved along with baking powder. Add cardamom powder. Knead the dough thoroughly to make a ball.
• If the dough is very hard, add milk little by little such that it forms a smooth ball. Let the dough remain for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Make small balls of the dough and spread on the stone similar to a chapathi. Use maida for patting the dough such that it does not stick and roll out to 1/2 inch thickness.
• Now cut into shapes you desire. Place the shapes on a flat plate.
• Heat oil in a flat based kadai / pan. When hot add the cut shapes in it.
• Maintain flame at medium flame such that the biscuits does not get a deep color. Once light brown turn the side with a spatula.
• When done drain the biscuits onto a napkin to remove any oil that is present. Your homemade biscuits are ready to serve.
• When cool you can store it into air tight containers . This will lasts for a week’s time.

Note: You can make salted biscuits for a change with the same ingredient by excluding sugar and adding ½ tspn salt to the recipe.

You can bake the homemade biscuits in an oven similar to baking a cake. Set the time as per your experience. Share the timings and temperature for the benefit of other readers too.

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