Khara biscuit/spicy biscuits

Ingredients

• All purpose flour - 1 cup
• Margarine at room temperature - 75 g
• Castor sugar - 2 teaspoons
• Salt - 1 teaspoon
• Baking powder - 3/4 teaspoons
• Green chillies finely chopped - 4 (medium spice)
• Plain yogurt - 2 tablespoons
• Curry leaves chopped - 10
• Grater ginger - 1/2 inch
• Mint leaves finely chopped - 6 to 8
• Ajwain - 1/4 teaspoon

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Preparation

• Preheat oven to 200 C. Sieve the flour, baking powder and castor sugar in a large plate or a bowl.
• Beat the margarine with an electric mixer for about 3 minutes. Next stir in the chillies, curry leaves, mint, ginger , ajwain, salt and yogurt.
• Gradually add the flour mixture and mix well. Transfer this to a lightly floured surface and knead well till it becomes a smooth ball.
• Roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thickness and with a biscuit cutter cut the dough into as many biscuits as possible.
• Lift the biscuits and keep on a baking sheet. Bring together the remaining dough, repeat the procedure of knead-roll-cut.
• Next place these biscuits on the baking sheet and bake in the oven for 15 minutes till light brown on the edges.
• Hot hot khara biscuits/Spicy biscuits are ready to be served with drink of your choice .