Khatai Biscuits

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    24

    Khatai Biscuits
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Art of Parsi Cooking: Reviving an Ancient Cuisine

By Niloufer Mavalvala

Published 2016

  • About

A mix of Persian and Indian origins this sweet biscuit has a charm of its own. There are a few variations of this treat, which stem from its places of origin, often using a variety of flour, semolina, rice flour, wheat flour but all made with ghee or clarified butter.

As regions separated and parted ways from their Empire, so did the biscuits!

Persians make these with rice flour or chickpea flour and call it Nan-e-Berenji. They flavour their delights with rosewater and dried