Osmania Biscuits

Now coming to the fourth recipe again one more biscuit from Hyderabad. Osmania Biscuits these are very popular in Irani chai cafe's in Hyderabad. Chai-biscuit is very popular in Irani cafe's among Hyderabad people. They like to order this Osmania biscuits with chai and dip this biscuits in chai and enjoy.  They use ammonia to make this biscuits but I replaced this with baking powder. To check for the history of this biscuit check here   and I have adopted the recipe from here 

Let's check the recipe......
INGREDIENTS:---
All purpose flour (maida)  ---  200 grams
Sugar powder  ----   80 grams
Butter   -----  120 grams
Milk powder  ----  10 grams
Custard powder   ---  10 grams
Baking powder   ---  1/4 tea sp
Cardamom powder  ---  1/2 tea sp 
Milk   ---  2 tab sp + 2 tab sp
METHOD:---
1. Cream the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl add 2 tab sp milk and mix well.
2. In another bowl mix flour, milk powder, custard powder, cardamom powder, baking powder and mix well to combine every thing.
3. Add this dry ingredients to butter and sugar mixture and make a smooth dough.
4. Add saffron to the remaining 2 tab.sp  milk mix well and set a side. Pre-heat the oven at 180 degree C.
5. Now roll the dough in to thin sheet and cut the biscuits with a round cookie cutter.
6. Place the biscuits in a baking tray and pour the saffron and milk mixture over the biscuits.
7. Drain off the extra milk and bake the cookies at 180 degree C. for 15 minutes
Remove from the oven and enjoy this Hyderabadi special Osmania Biscuits with tea.
These biscuits will taste great with chai (tea)

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