Anshu's Food Odyssey

I cannot imagine my tea or coffee without biscuits or cookies. And that is the reason, I am on a baking spree, trying out some new flavors to hog on after a gap of every 10 to 15 days. To add on, the aroma of fresh baked biscuits, straight out of the oven is nothing short of a celestial bliss, leaving me completely refreshed and invigorated. Here is a list of few cookies that I tried out during last couple of months:   Nutella and Almond Biscotti ,   Crispy Nutella & Chocolate Chip Cookies  and  Part Whole Wheat Thumbprint Cookies with Chocolate Filling [Eggfree Recipe] . This time I thought of baking some authentic Indian style biscuits, so here I am with these delicious and aromatically alluring  Bakery Style Eggless Sweet & Salted Cumin Biscuits . Recipe is quite simple with a only a few basic ingredients needed. Do try !! Bakery Style Eggless Sweet & Salted Cumin Biscuits | Jeera Biscuits INGREDIENTS Unsalted butter - 1/2 cup (100 grams) Maida (pla

These cute looking, buttery and melt-in-mouth cookies had been on my list for quite sometime but, I got a chance to bake them only lately for a Christmas get-together at my place. Filled with a decadent chocolate filling, these were an instant hit, especially among kids. Initially I had planned to fill these cookies with my homemade plum coulis , the recipe of which I uploaded last summer, but unfortunately I could not find good ripe plums at the grocery store near our home...and since I had to do other preparations for the gathering as well, I thought of skipping preparing the coulis and instead went ahead with a short cut of using store-bought chocolate sauce. Nevertheless, the results were completely satisfying with loads of appreciation from the guests...at the end that is what counts the most 😜 Part Whole Wheat Thumbprint Cookies with Chocolate Filling [Eggfree Recipe] Now coming to some intricacies involved in the procedure of making these little beauties. The dough is

" Nan Khatai " are the Indian style shortbread cookies that are egg-free, super flaky and melt-in-mouth. These delectable cookies are a kind of must-bake during festive season in most of the Indian households and that obviously make for some awesome home-made goodies to be gifted to friends and family. While traditionally these biscuits are flavored with fragrant spices like cardamom, nutmeg and saffron, I have tried to give them some chocolaty twist which certainly lends them a contemporary taste and texture. If you too are fond of nan-khatais and love to indulge in them often, then I am sure you are gonna love these chocolate nan-khatais that are damn easy to make and require only a handful of ingredients that are often available in Indian pantries. Chocolate Nan Khatai | Eggless Chocolate Indian Shortbread Cookies Ingredients (yields around 20 khatai) Maida (all purpose flour) - 1 1/4 cup Cocoa powder - 1/4 cup Semolina - 2 tbsp Powdered sugar - 1/2 cup G