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Ghee Biscuits

This bakery style ghee biscuits are super easy to make. All you need is a handful of ingredients and you are good to go.

About Ghee Biscuits | Nei Biscuits

Ghee biscuits are very popular in south part of india. It is made using flour, sugar, flavouring agent and ghee. Typically ghee biscuits are known as indian biscuits. You can add saffron in this for more indian touch. These are similar to nan khatai but nan khatai has gram flour | besan added. You can use wheat flour or plain white flour in making this cookies. Same way demerara sugar can use used instead of white sugar. I would recommend to powder the demerara sugar before using. But brown sugar may affect the texture of the cookies.

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Ghee Biscuits Ingredients

Plain Flour - for making ghee biscuits you can use plain flour (refined flour or maida) or for healthier alternative you can use wheat flour. Both ways it will still turn out great. Check my second recipe for whole wheat nei biscuits. Ghee - pure desi ghee gives the nutty aroma for the biscuits. you can use homemade ghee for best authentic taste. Sugar - make sure you powder sugar in a blender till fine beofre adding into the dough which makes the mixing process easy. Flavourings - cardamom, vanilla are common and popular flavourings in cookie dough. I still couldn’t believe that a cookie with just a minimum ingredient taste so yummy. These cookies just melts in your mouth. I know that you can gonna try this cookies immediately, because you already have all the stuff on hand. Check out My 5 Ingredient Butter Cookies Recipe & 4 Ingredient Oats Cookies Recipe too. Similar Recipes,Sprinkle CookiesCornflakes CookiesChocolate Fudge CookiesColoured Ghee CookiesGlazed Chocolate CookiesDates Cookies

Whole Wheat Ghee Biscuits (3 Easy Steps)

Pre-prep

Preheat the oven to 180 Degree C / 360 Degree F. Melt ghee in a sauce pan. Powder sugar and set aside.

Ghee biscuits dough

Take melted in a bowl. Add in powdered sugar, salt and vanilla. Mix this well so everything is combined. Now add in the flour and mix well to form into a soft dough.

Shaping biscuits

Take a spoonful of portion and shape into ball. Arrange this in a foil lined tray. They can be place pretty close because it won’t spread a lot.

Bake & serve

Now bake this for 15 to 17 mins till the cookies is done. Remove them from oven and allow to cool down. Once they are cooled store them in air tight container. Enjoy with a cup of chai or milk.

How to Make Ghee Biscuits (Stepwise Pictures)

1)Take sugar in a blender jar 2)Powder it fine. Add it in a mixing bowl 3)Add all purpose flour into the same bowl. 4)Add in melted ghee 5)Add cardamom extract 6)Knead to a soft dough 7)Take a small portion. Shape it into ball and flatten it slightly 8)Arrange in a parchment lined baking tray 9)Pop it into oven and bake for 15 mins at 180 degree C. 10)Once baked remove from oven and let it cool for 5 mins. 12)Serve 13)Once cooled store in an air tight container.

Whole Wheat Nei Biscuits (Ghee Biscuits using Wheat flour)

1)Take melted ghee in a bowl. 2)Add in powdered sugar. 3)Add in vanilla extract 4)Add a pinch of salt. 5)Mix this well till combined. 6)Add in wheat flour. 7)Mix well. 8)Take small portion out of the mixture. 9)Roll into a smooth ball. 10)Arrange on a baking sheet. 11)Bake till golden. 12)Serve.

Tips & Tricks

If the dough looks too dry, add a tsp of milk. Don’t add too much. This cookies may look soft when you take out of the oven. But as they cools down they get harder. Cool them completely before storing them in air tight container. Instead of adding ghee you can add melted butter. If you like cardamom flavour, skip vanilla and add cardamom powder. You can add chopped nuts into the mixture too.

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