Savoury biscuits.With Curry Patta.Like crackers ,only with a little less fat.Butter ,desi ghee either which ways will do. These savoury biscuits are so forgiving,I'm sure they'll do well with shortening too. We've made crackers here and here and here and here and here before. So this one with Ragi was a change in the composition and taste and health. Whole grains are the best this here. Ragi and whole wheat. #WholeGrains here. Ragi or Nachni flour won't lend that crispness.
Rice flour can, but then the biscuits will crumble. So they can't be wafer thin. So they can't be crisp. You need the gluten for that. And then the curry Patta. Sometimes basil or parsley or oregano or thyme don't cut the cookie.You need a sharp flavor.To sharpen that further, green chillies.And sesame seeds to make this healthier.Oh, and that red sauce is my new batch of Harissa Sauce.
All coming up.I toasted my sesame seeds lightly first. And used thick store bought yogurt. And also toasted the Ragi flour lightly. That removes the raw flour taste from the biscuit.Try this midnight baking madness.Sometimes,you just have to.For the
Ragi and Whole Wheat Savory Biscuits with Curry Patta and Sesame Seeds...
You need
1 cup Ragi or Nachni or fox tail millet flour 1/2 cup whole wheat flour or atta1/2 cup plus 1 tbsp desi ghee or 140 GMs butter3 tbsp yogurt1 tbsp sugar1 tsp salt if using Amul butter (a little extra if using ghee)1/2 tsp baking powder 2-3 tbsp lightly toasted sesame seeds 3-4 green chilli 3-4 stalks curry Patta -Basil /oregano if you can't get curry Patta)Milk to knead
Preheat oven to 190C and line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Cleaning is so easy after that.I'm using sea salt in these biscuits . The curry Patta is fresh from my garden err pots. Chop the curry Patta and green chilli fine.Lightly roast the Ragi flour over low heat.Whisk the yogurt,salt,sugar ,chopped greens together.
Mix the Ragi,wheat flour atta and baking powder.
Whisk the ghee and add a spoon of milk. Add yogurt and sesame seeds and knead to a stiff dough. You may need to add a spoon or so of cold milk. Don't add too much.
The dough should come together ,but not so much that it's totally cohesive.
So that's why you're going to lay cling film on your worktop and place a portion of the dough and layer again with film. Now roll out thin to about 1/8 inch. Use a 2 1/2 inch cookie cutter or a glass and lift off with a flat spatula onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.
I got 23 savoury biscuits and a little coin extra for sweet dog.
Baked for about 13 minutes. Once the edges started lifting themselves off the cookie sheet ,I turned on the top heating element of the oven for the broil effect. A minute and these were done.
Slightly well done,the cookies can be used as canapés too. Only you'll need to make smaller circles.And then have them with a cup of cutting chai.
I was drinking cutting chai while I took the pictures. Only was so fascinated by the color juxtaposing that I forgot to include my chai in the pictures.
The fragrance of the toasted curry Patta and the sesame seeds make these really special.Worth trying out. Make these for your eggless type friends , or North Indian or South Indian friends who adore curry Patta.Make them on a sunny day or a rainy day. Just try them out.Rainy day or no rainy day.Don't know why such combinations remind me of Gulzar and his poems...
So what are you baking today???
