Sunday, January 24, 2010

Low fat Cumin Cookies

Though this is my second attempt baking in my new OTG, it was so much of fun & excitement. I was sitting next to the oven throughout the 20mins of baking, peeping through the glass door :)
Cumin cookies
The recipe is from here But I modified a bit....I used 1/2 cup wheat flour with 1/2 of APF added pepper powder, still the cookies turned out soo gud. The next time I'l try it fully with wheat flour. So here is the recipe of the cookies that impressed everyone at home.


Ingredients:
  • Maida/All purpose flour - 1/2 cup
  • Wheat flour(atta) - 1/2 cup
  • Pepper powder - 1/2 tbsp
  • Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp
  • Baking soda - a pinch
  • Salt - to taste
  • Sugar - 1/2 tsp
  • Oil - 3 tbsp
  • Milk - as reqd to knead to a stiff dough (I used 1/4 cup)


Method:
1. In a bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, sugar, salt and oil. Add the milk and knead to a stiff dough till its not sticky.


2. Roll the dough to about 2mms thick, but this didnt work out for me as I cudnt roll it evenly so what I did was to press it in the roti maker, this way it was easy and quick!


3. Using a cookie cutter cut into round shapes, I used a lid to cut it. Now bring together the remaining scrapings, roll out again and repeat the process till the entire dough gets over.


4. Pre heat the oven at 180 deg C for 10mins. Grease the baking tray, arrange the cookies and place the tray in the center of the preheated oven and bake for 20mins.


5. Remove the cookies from the oven, allow it to cool and then store them in air tight containers.




NOTE:The actual recipe says 20-25 mins but mine got baked in 20mins so keep an eye after 20mins.
They were crispy and little crunchy......The pepper & cumin flavour compliments each other well, making it perfect to munch during tea time!

31 comments:

  1. hi
    low fat cumin cookies look mouthwatering and very colourful...healthy and sugarfree ..sure will try

    cheers

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  2. Sharmilee, u have baked ur cumin cookies prefectly yaar...Hope to see more bakes from u..

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  3. Perfect and nice flavored cookies dear...Nice presentation....

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  4. Wow, simply love the idea of savoury version...cumin infused...aaah aromatic it wud be...i can smell from here:)

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  5. Baking biscuit with cumin hmm...Indian spiced biscuits ..yummy

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  6. Oh i wanted to make these too, love your pics!

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  7. I cannot miss this low fat cumin cookies,got to try this...Looks really delicious....Thanks for sharing the recipe...

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  8. wow nice cookies sharmilie...they luk very crunchy, gud healthy recipe

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  9. so happy to receive entry from you. thanks sharmi.. cookies look super. sapadnum pola iruku.

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  10. I love Cumin Cookies and yours looks perfect...

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  11. Cookies look tasty...I too love svaory cookies...this would taste great with a cup of hot tea :)

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  12. simply loved use of cumin in cookies! wonderful idea!
    Renuka
    http://cookingyummy.blogspot.com/

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  13. cookies look great!! cumin would have added a nice flavour to the dough, Mmmmm, must be delicious with a cup of hot tea!!

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  14. nice! i am looking at savoury coockies after a long time, thanks for a great recipe.

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  15. low fat cumin cookies..thanks for the recepie..

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  16. I bookmarked one from Sandeepa- Love to dunk in tea those cookies!

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  17. Gorgeous Click and great lookign cookies, Sharmilee

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  18. Perfectly flavored delicate cookies for tea-time! Looks real yum!

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  19. cumin cookies looks really good.

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  20. I am sure it will taste great as you have added cumin seeds.Perfect with evening tea.
    http://padhuskitchen.blogspot.com/

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  21. They have turned out so perfect and yummy dear...healthy too.

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  22. perfectly baked cookies...Grt job !

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  23. Nice job.. that looks great.. I am glad your OTG is doing well :)

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  24. Thanks for visiting mine, this cookies looks delicious and unusual, not the sweet type we used to make.

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  25. Love the savory cookies....they look yummy......

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  26. Thanks for Visiting my blog.I used to work in chennai near landmark,Nugambakkam .To take a break from our mundane schedule we used to visit the roadside teashop for a tea/cofee.We used to relish those cumin cookies along with the tea.It reminds me of that and urges me to try soon,that too low fat :).

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  27. Thats an awesome recipe,perfect tea time snack Sharmilee,nice clicks as usual!

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  28. Hi,

    Looks yummy, I am also planning to buy OTG, could you please tell me whcih OTG you buy and your experience witn it?

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  29. @Anon : I have Morphy Richards 14ltr OTG, I bought it a year ago and am pretty much happy with it till now. I have tried baking cakes, cookies, pizzas and grilling gobis n chicken.

    My suggestion is : If you are planning to get a oven just for the sake of baking and grlling then OTG is apt choice, if you plan cooking also then u should opt for microwave oven with convection mode.

    I got it in Chennai Girias but its available in most of the leading shops.Do let me know if you need any other details.....

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