IYENGAR BAKERY KHARA BISCUIT / MASALA BISCUIT / SAVORY COOKIES RECIPE (2024)

FAQs

What are the three basic types of biscuits? ›

Unlike a chewier cookie, biscuits are made with a dough, they can be cut into any shape and their firmer, snappier and flatter constitution provides the perfect blank canvas for icing and decorating. In North America you might know our British biscuits as a cookie or cracker!

These are made with just refined flour, sugar and ghee or butter. Sometimes cardamoms or saffron are used to flavor them. They are garnished with nuts like pistachios & almonds. In India, you will find nankhatai in almost every bakery, eatery and even in super markets.

Digestives, malted milks and Maryland cookies are among the least favoured biscuits. There's a resounding theme emerging here, and it's that these biscuits are plain AF, which is probably why they didn't hit it off with our impassioned biscuit munchers – all gaining just one vote each.

In the United Kingdom, the word biscuit refers to any hard, thin, bread-like product. A distinguishing factor between an American cookie and a British biscuit is that a British biscuit must always have a “snap” because it is crispy. In the UK, if a biscuit does not snap, or is soft, it is considered to have gone bad.

In Britain, what Americans refer to as “biscuits” are known as “scones.” British biscuits are actually what Americans call “cookies.” The term “biscuits” in the United Kingdom typically refers to sweet, crumbly, and sometimes buttery bakes treats, distinct from the soft, bread-like biscuits found in the United States.

Biscuits are small, specifically shaped baked goods having a brittle and crunchy texture. Cookies, on the other hand, are more moist and chewy than biscuits due to the fact that they usually take their own shape in the oven and are not molded.

Biscuit recipes tend to be egg-free, this makes them drier and the lack of protein to bind the mix helps achieve that crumbly texture. For super light, crumbly biscuits try grating or pushing the yolks of hard-boiled eggs through a sieve into the biscuit dough.

One of the oldest known biscuits in India is the "nan khatai," which is a type of shortbread cookie that originated in the Indian subcontinent during the Mughal era. Nan khatai is believed to have been introduced to India by Persian or Muslim traders and has been a popular sweet treat in the region for generations.

Which Indian biscuit is healthy? ›

The Kikibix Cranberry & Walnut Oats Biscuits is one of the best nutrient-rich snacks. It claims to contain no artificial flavours, colours, chemicals, refined sugar and white flour. It is formulated with oats flour, dry fruits, organic jaggery and jowar whole grains.

Freshly baked, made from scratch biscuit with blueberries mixed in and topped with sweet icing.