Whole wheat Nankhatai - Indian spiced cookie

Ingredients:

• Whole wheat flour - 1 cup
• Caster Sugar - 1/4 cup 
• Butter - 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp
• Semolina - 1/3 cup
• Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
• Nutmeg powder - 1/2 tsp

Preparation:

1. Preheat your oven to 180C / 350F
2. Grind the semolina into a very fine powder and keep aside
3. Cream the butter by whisking it continuously
4. Gradually add sugar and continue to whisk until light and fluffy
5. Add cardamom and nutmeg powder and mix
6. Now add semolina and whisk well until all the ingredients have blended well
7. Finally fold in the flour to make a soft dough
8. Make small balls of the dough and slightly flatten them with your palm (to about 1/2 inch thickness)
9. Place them on a baking tray approximately 1 inch apart (The tray need not be greased since butter is a major ingredient in this preparation)
10. Bake for 18-20 minutes
11. Remove from oven and let it cool completely on a cooling rack

Makes approximately 20 nankhatai of 5 inch diameter.

Quick 5 minute oat dosas

                                                                              

Ingredients:

• Rolled oats - 1 cup
• Urad dal - 1/2 cup (slit black gram)
• Salt - 1/2 tsp
• Cooking soda - a pinch
• Water - ~2 cups or as needed to get the right consistency

Preparation:

1. Grind the oats and the Urad dal into a fine powder in a mixer
2. To the powdered mixture add salt and Cooking soda
3. Add water to the mixture and whisk thoroughly to make a fine paste with no lumps (consistency should be similar to the normal dosa batter)
4. Finally on a heated pan spread the mixture and roast it well to enjoy a crispy dosa (use ghee instead of oil to roast - it is yummy!)

A few chutney recipes  to go with it - Cabbage Chutney, bitter gourd chutney, Radish Chutney.