Osmania Biscuits
Cuisine: Indian
Author: EasyRecipes .
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 15 mins
Total time: 30 mins
Osmania biscuits are one of the most common yet very popular biscuit available in most of the local hotels, chai stalls and Irani hotels in and around Hyderabad/ Secunderabad region. From the exotic haleem to the lazeez biryanis to some very authentic and explicit sweet dishes, Osmania biscuit is also a hardcore Hyderabadi café snack. Irani chai with osmania biscuit or single chai aur osmania biscuit is the colloquial way of hearing sounds around the café shops in Hyderabad.
Ingredients
  • All-purpose flour - 200 gms
  • Baking powder - ¼ tsp
  • Butter - 120 gms
  • Cardamom powder - ½ tsp
  • Custard powder - 10 gms
  • Milk powder - 10 gms
  • Saffron - ½ gm
  • Sugar powder - 80 gms
  • Milk - 20 ml
  • Milk for glazing
Instructions
  1. Take a bowl and add butter, sugar powder and mix well. Add little milk and mix again.
  2. Take another bowl, add all-purpose flour, custard powder, milk powder, cardamom powder, baking powder and mix well.
  3. Add the flour mixture to the butter and sugar mix and combine all the ingredients to make smooth dough.
  4. Roll the dough into a thin sheet and cut them into round shape.
  5. Arrange the biscuits in the tray and pour over some saffron milk mixture on top. Drain off the excess milk mix and bake at 180 deg C for 15 minutes.
  6. Osmania biscuits are ready to eat.
Recipe by Mithila.net at https://www.mithila.net/appetizers/osmania-biscuits-13062.html