There are days when i am buzzing with ideas and my head is literally swamped with dishes to make, re-invent or innovate ! Today was one of those days and i had a few things in mind. Not sure which idea to give shape to, I left the choice to my daughter who had come back from school a little while ago. She voted for the cookie idea and these yummy little things were born ! A mix of melted butter & vegetable oil was used in the dough and I replaced sugar with Palm Jaggery (panai vellam kalkandu) ,it added a nice touch to the taste. Call them as biscuits or cookies, these crunchy-munchies got a hearty welcome from my folks !
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What goes:- (Makes 15 medium sized biscuits)
- Ragi Flour (Finger-Millet Flour) – 75 gms
- Wheat Flour – 75 gms
- Rolled Oats – 50 gms
- Palm Jaggery Sugar – 100 gms
- Melted Butter & Vegetable Oil – 60 gms or as required
- Milk – 3-4 tbsp
- Salt – 1/4 tsp
- Baking Powder – 1 tsp
- Green Pistachios – as required (optional)
How:-
Powder the oats and the palm jaggery to a fine powder.
In a mixing bowl add the ragi & wheat flour along with salt and baking powder. Sieve the oats-sugar mix and add it to the flour mix.
Add the milk and the butter-oil combo little by little to make a nice dough. I rested the dough in fridge for 10 minutes by keeping it in a food wrap.
Preheat the over @ 175C. Grease a baking tray and put a dusted parchment paper on it.
Take a small ball and flatten /spread it gently and press a pista to it. You can also press a fork to create a lovely design on the biscuits .Finish the dough in the said manner.
Bake it for 10-12 minutes or until it is done.
Enjoy with a steaming cuppa !
Sending these crunchies to Nivedita’s Only Original Recipes event announcement by Pari
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lovely and healthy biscuits.
now thats a good one. i would love to eat them at your home as I don't have an oven here in Cochin. or i would have to ask my mother to prepare one. :)
Wow all the healthy stuffs in one biscuit, simply marvellous..
Woww… lovely crunchies… Panai vellam is a great idea… Is that what we call 'Karupatti' ?? or is it something else??
A post after my heart, again! All my favorite grains! Panai vellam the same as panam kalkandu?
Thatz one healthy biscuit to munch on:-)
healthy n lovely biscuits!!
The ingredients and combination sounds awesome…. I love the addition of panai vellam to give an authentic twist to these lovelies..
Reva
I don't know that I've ever seen this type of flour. So different, yet they sound delicious!
@schmetterlingwords , @Priya-Now Serving
The unrefined Palm sugar is in the form of hard blocks of dark brown sugar known as karupatti,
The refined version is panam kalkandu which is crytallised granules !!
@schmetterlingwords , @Priya-Now Serving
i used the refined granules that is the panai kalkandu !!
very different and new !!! cookies looks so delicious !!
Sounds like a healthy and delicious biscuits..nice recipe!
Such a great combo! Looks healthy and delicious…
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Very healthy and crunchy biscuit…
Panai vellam is a healthy substitute for plain sugar.. Biscuits looks so tempting…
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Crunchy and healthy biscuits..lovely
too healthy dear…yumm!…kids should have a blast!..
Smitha
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Healthy crunchy looking cookies…
very healthy and crispy biscuits