This days i am more interested in baking cookies or cakes then cooking anything.I want to try more baking recipes and see the result. I have tried some cookies, they turned out to be very tasty and crispy but they contain lot of sugar and butter also that means more calories:-) Eating the regular sweet cookies always one may get bored so there should be spicy cookies also to change the taste somtimes.I had found this cumin cookies recipe on net and i decided to try it as i found it interesting.I like spicy things so i decided to make some modifications and make it more spicy. They turned out to be very crispy and spicy cookies.Those who ate them just loved them coz of their uniqueness.And the most important thing about this cookies is that they are of less calories campared to normal sweet cookies as they contain very less butter and no sugar. They are ideal tea time snack.
INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 cup maida( all purpose flour)
1- 2 tea spoon cumin seeds
1 tea spoon roasted cumin powder
1-2 tea spoon chilli powder
1/2-1 tea spoon salt
1/4 tea soon baking soda
1 1/2 tea spoon baking powder
1/4 cup milk
3 table spoon oil
3 table spoon low calorie butter( i used nutralite)
METHOD:
Seive flour, baking soda and baking powder 2-3 times together so that they get mixed well.
Melt butter. Take a bowl and add oil and melted butter in it. Add the sieved flour mixture.Now add cumin seeds, chilli powder, cumin powder, salt and mix well.
Add milk and kned into a soft dough. It should not be too sticky, add more milk if required.
Preaheat a oven on 180deg or 350 F. Grease a baking tray.Make lime size balls of the dough and keep in line on the tray leaving space of 1 inch. Flatten them in center.
Bake them for 25-30 mins on 180Deg or till they turn pale golden brown.
Cool them for 30-40 mins and then store them in air-tight container. They remain good for 15-20 days.
NOTE: Adjust your amount of salt, chilli powder and cumin powder according to your taste.
Adjust the baking time and temperature according to your oven or microwave. I had used microwave to bake them and i used autobake function with 180deg which took me around 25 mins. The time specified in the recipe is the general baking time
Preparation Time :40 mins
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