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    Home » Appetizer

    SPICY BUTTER BISCUITS

    Published: Sep 9, 2016 by Kushi · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Spicy Butter Biscuits are eggless, buttery and melt in mouth bakery style biscuits. These biscuits can be served alone or along with a cup of coffee or tea. They are also great accompaniments for soups or with a bowl of salad.

    SPICY BUTTER BISCUITS / SAVORY COOKIES

    Indian bakeries are famous for variety of fresh biscuits that they serve. They come in different flavors, colors and textures. They are neatly stacked in several large glass jars, as a result of which most bakeries have the same characteristic look. Bakeries sell these biscuits piece wise or in terms of weight (lbs or kg), and given their popularity they get over in no time. I am sometimes pleasantly amazed on how these bakeries survive the competition from big market brands. I know several bakeries in Bangalore that prepare multiple batches of fresh biscuits everyday, and I am sure it is the case in several other cities and town across India. To appeal to the young IT crowd in cities like Bangalore small vendors within and outside sprawling campuses selling these biscuits with cup of tea or coffee is a common sight these days.

    I remembered these biscuits recently when I was sharing some of my sweet office memories with husband. I told him about this chai wala (tea vendor) outside my office. He had a small shop where he used to sell different biscuits and tea. I used to hang out with my colleagues during tea break munching on these biscuits and sipping hot cutting-chai almost everyday. Those were indeed good times!

    SPICY BUTTER BISCUITS / SAVORY COOKIES

    Among several biscuits that the chai wala sold, my favorite ones were khara (spicy) biscuits and butter biscuits. I decided to combine the two flavors in one biscuit. I started writing down the recipe thinking of the taste. Oh yes, I still remember it. I tested it couple of times with different variations and finally converged to this recipe that I am sharing here. These biscuits turned out to be super tasty and were irresistible. Just follow the steps given and you cannot go wrong. My husband took a batch of these babies for his colleagues and I received a lot of compliments. They have also demanded a big batch of cookies for their meeting next week!

    Make sure you reserve some cookies for yourself. You might feel that you have enough but the moment you serve, these cookies will disappear in no time. Why wait? Try making a batch of these at your earliest and don't forget to share your comments and variations.

    SPICY BUTTER BISCUITS / SAVORY COOKIES

    Preparation time : 30 minutes
    Rest time : 1 hour to overnight
    Serves : 30 biscuits

    Ingredients for Spicy Butter Biscuits

    Butter - ½ cup (1 stick)
    Green chilie / Serrano pepper finely chopped - 1
    Ginger grated - 1 tbsp
    Coriander leaves / Cilantro chopped - 6 strands
    Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
    Baking powder - 1 tsp
    Pepper powder - ¼ tsp
    Red chile powder - ¼ tsp
    Asafoetida / Hing - ¼ tsp
    Salt - ¼ to ½ tsp
    Sugar - 2 tsp
    All purpose flour - 1 cup

    Steps to prepare Spicy Butter Biscuits

    Step I

    • In a pan, add the butter and heat on medium flame till it starts to melt. Switch off the flame.
    • To this add all the other ingredients mentioned in the list to form a dough. The amount of butter is sufficient to bind the dough together, however if you find that your dough is dry add small amount of water and knead gently.
    • Place this dough onto a plastic wrap and form a 3 centimeter diameter log (or a 3 cm wide square).
    • Cover this and place it in refrigerator for 1 hour or overnight. I kept it overnight. (Check tip section for alternate method)

    Step II

    • Preheat the oven to 350 degree F.
    • Cut the dough into ½ inch thick biscuits / cookies. Place these on a greased baking sheet or silicone mat.  (see tips)
    • Bake for about 9 minutes. Then flip these biscuits and bake for another 8 minutes, i.e. 17 minutes in total. They will be light golden in color when they are done. The baking time may vary depending on the thickness of your cookies. These cookies turn brown fast, so be alert and keep checking on them frequently after 14 minute mark.
    • Spicy Butter Biscuits are now ready. Serve and enjoy.

    Tip:

    • If you do not want to make a log out of the dough, just cover the dough ball in plastic wrap and let it chill. Then using a rolling pin roll the dough and cut them into cookies using cookie cutter.
    • Vary the spices as per your taste.

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    Comments

    1. Madhuri

      September 15, 2016 at 12:03 pm

      Hi Kushi, I am Madhuri. I have tried these biscuits with an adapted and a healthier version. Instead of maida, I have used a mixture of oats flour and wheat flour. I have not added chilli powder and made them to salt biscuits. The outcome was excellent and was loved by my family. I have read your post on how to open a blog. I have recently opened a blog and I request you to please visit my blog and leave a comment. Any feedback or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks a tonne in advance.

      Reply
      • Kushi

        October 14, 2016 at 11:02 pm

        Thank you for your comment Madhuri. I will visit your space. Good luck to you 🙂

        Reply
    2. Love for food

      September 19, 2016 at 9:18 am

      can we add oil instead of butter. or oil and butter combo to it..these look tempting and yummy but can we skip butter.

      Reply
      • Kushi

        September 19, 2016 at 7:48 pm

        Hi, I have not tried using oil for this recipe but we you can try using shortening(dalda) / oil. The amount of oil required may be slightly less than butter. so add it little by little to form dough. Do let me know how this turned out 🙂

        Reply
    3. Love for food

      September 20, 2016 at 7:58 am

      Thanks for the prompt reply dear. Am going to try tom. will surely share the outcome

      Reply
      • Kushi

        September 20, 2016 at 5:18 pm

        Cool 🙂 Will wait for your response,

        Reply
    4. Vaishnavi Viswanathan

      September 27, 2016 at 5:48 am

      Hi. Made the cookies. They came out awesome.. but my cookies were very crumbly and broke while flipping. They are highly crumbly. Any idea where i went wrong?

      Reply
      • Kushi

        September 27, 2016 at 11:05 am

        Hi, There might be few reason dear either the flour was too much or the butter was not sufficient. Even over baking can make it crumbly. How was your dough texture ?

        Reply
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