Chocolate & Cardamon Shortbread Cookies

Name: Chocolate & Cardamon Shortbread Cookies
Yield: Makes 12
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 100 g/3½ oz/generous ¾ cup plain/all-purpose flour; seeds from 3 green cardamom pods; 100 g/3½ oz/generous ¾ cup icing/confectioners’ sugar; 2 tbsp semolina; 40 g/1½ oz dark chocolate, melted; ½ tsp baking powder; 50 g/2 oz/½ cup gram flour/besan; 1 tsp vanilla bean paste; 100 g/3½ oz unsalted butter, melted and cooled

Preparation info

Makes
12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Meat Free Mowgli

By Nisha Katona

Published 2022

About

These crumbly little shortbread cookies are fragrant with cardamom and vanilla and the sharp drizzle of dark chocolate just makes them feel luxurious. A treat for chai-time (or any time!).

Ingredients

100 g/3½ oz/generous ¾ cup plain/all-purpose flour

Asia
India
Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas mark 6. Line a large baking sheet with non-stick baking parchment.
Combine the plain flour, gram flour and semolina in a large mixing bowl. Add the baking powder, vanilla bean paste, cardamom seeds and icing sugar, t