Name: Eggless Thandai Cookies recipe by Alka Jena at BetterButter
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 cup All Purpose Flour; 1/4 Tsp Baking Soda; A pinch of salt; 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar; 100 gms Butter; 1 tablespoon Corn Flour; 1/4 cup Ground Thandai Masala *; 2 tbsp Rose Water; Pistachio slices for garnishing; *Thandai Masala:; 1/4 Cup Almonds (lightly toasted); 1 tbsp Melon seeds (charmagaz); 12 to 14 Peppercorns; 1 tbsp Poppy seeds / Poshto / Khus khus; 1 tbsp Fennel seed /Saunf; 1/2 tsp Green Cardamom / Elaichi

ABOUT Eggless Thandai Cookies RECIPE

Holi – the festival of colours, marks the beginning of spring season and is celebrated in different parts of India though the rituals and customs to celebrate this festival vary from one region to another, the spirit of festivity remains the same. Traditional food plays a major role in such festivities, but have you ever thought of making some fusion recipes for Holi using the traditional ingredients .

Ingredients Serving: 4

1 cup All Purpose Flour
1/4 Tsp Baking Soda
A pinch of salt
1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
100 gms Butter
1 tablespoon Corn Flour
1/4 cup Ground Thandai Masala *
2 tbsp Rose Water
Pistachio slices for garnishing
*Thandai Masala:
1/4 Cup Almonds (lightly toasted)
1 tbsp Melon seeds (charmagaz)
12 to 14 Peppercorns
1 tbsp Poppy seeds / Poshto / Khus khus
1 tbsp Fennel seed /Saunf
1/2 tsp Green Cardamom / Elaichi

Instructions

Lightly dry roast almonds, melon seeds, poppy seeds and fennel seeds. Once cool, grind to a fine powder along with cardamom and peppercorn.
In a bowl sift together all purpose flour, cornflour, baking soda, salt and Thandai Masala.
Beat sugar and butter together with a hand blender on medium speed till creamy.
Add the flour mix into the sugar butter mixture. Now add rose water to it.
Mix everything together to form a dough. Divide the dough into two parts. Wrap in a cling film and keep in the refrigerator to chill for about 1 hour minimum.
After an hour take out the dough and with the help of little flour, roll into a round shape with thickness as per your choice.
Preheat the Microwave at 180 degrees C.
With the help of a cookie cutter, cut out the cookies and arrange them in a greased baking tray keeping at least 1/2 inch gap between cookies .
Sprinkle some pistachio slices on top of each Cookies.
Bake in the convention mode of the microwave oven for 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes, remove the cookies from the oven and place them on a wire rack to cool. The cookies will firm up on cooling.
Once completely cool, store in an airtight container.

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