Name: Osmania Biscuits.. recipe by Zeenath Fathima at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 28 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: All purpose flour 200 gm; Custard powder 10 gm; Milk powder 10 gm; Salted butter 120 gm; Powdered sugar 80 gm; Cardamom powder 1/2 a tsp; milk 20 ml; Baking Powder 1 Tsp; Saffron strands few soaked in 1/4 th cup of milk

ABOUT Osmania Biscuits.. RECIPE

The famous Hyderabadi super soft biscuits are no longer a difficult thing to make. These can be very well made in the comfort of your homes even if you are far away from your actual home and thus satisfy our cravings for these. Karachi Bakery which is well known for making these delicious goodies located in the City, however these biscuits can now actually be made at home by us, if not exactly and fully similar but yes, 98 - 99% closer to them. Even the smell is heavenly just like that of the famous bakery. These little beauties are a must try ones. And believe me, these will never let you down.

Ingredients Serving: 8

All purpose flour 200 gm
Custard powder 10 gm
Milk powder 10 gm
Salted butter 120 gm
Powdered sugar 80 gm
Cardamom powder 1/2 a tsp
milk 20 ml
Baking Powder 1 Tsp
Saffron strands few soaked in 1/4 th cup of milk

Instructions

Mix all the ingredients except the last one and make a soft dough.
The dough should be soft and it should break very easily. The texture should be like this.
Keep this refrigerated for about 10 minutes until you preheat the oven on 180°.
After 10 minutes, roll this and actually it does not roll easily. What you have to do is that, shape and press with your hands to bring it together around 1" thickness and cut into round shapes.
Do it into a circle or a rectangle like this and cut into round shapes.
Arrange them all on a baking dish.
Now as the final step, sprinkle the saffron milk on them and see to it that all the biscuits are drenched in milk.
Bake these for 15 to 18 minutes on the middle rack fan assisted oven.
Serve these famous Hyderabadi melt in mouth super soft biscuits with the equally famous Irani Chai of Hyderabadi Irani Cafes.

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