Historical recipe by LinkUp. Restored from the original TastyMaza capture.

Restoration editorial note: The archived introduction made an unsubstantiated medical claim. That claim is excluded from this edition; no medical benefit is asserted. The original recipe quantities and method are preserved below.

Ingredients

  • Butter 100 gram
  • Plain flour 100 gram (8 tbsp or 1 cup aprox.)
  • Caster sugar 1 tbsp
  • Egg 1
  • Salt 1/2 tbsp or according to your taste
  • Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
  • Baking powder 1/2 tsp

How to Make Cumin Seeds Cookies ( Zeera Biscuits )

Directions or Method:

  • First of all we need beat butter in castor sugar.
  • Then we beat the egg and put 1 tsp (or as needed) of it in the above mixture.
  • Now Put 1/2 tbsp salt and cumin seeds in the above mixture.
  • We use a strainer to filter the fine flour.
  • Now we put baking powder and plain flour in the above mixture.
  • Here now mix them all well to make dough.
  • Keep the dough in fridge for a while.
  • With a rolling pin flatten the dough till its thickness remains to 1/8th of an inch.
  • Take a clean hair brush (kept for cooking purpose only).
  • Press the hair brush gently to give fine dotted impression.
  • Use cookie cutters to cut the cookie shapes.
  • Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C and bake cookies for 15-20 min.
  • The cookies are ready to be served now and enjoy with tastymaza.com/