Khajoor – Deep Fried Indian Cookies

Ingredients

1 cup whole wheat flour
½ cup Semolina
½ tbsp. Baking Soda
1 cup Sugar
½ tbsp. Green Cardamom /Elachi powder
3/4 cup Milk
3 tbsp. Ghee, melted
3 tbsp. Cashew nuts, fried and roughly chopped
Oil, fro deep frying

Directions

In wide bowl mix whole wheat flour with semolina, baking soda, sugar, cardamom powder and fried cashew nuts. Mix well. Add ghee slowly and using your fingers mix gently until you get crumbs.

Now slowly add in milk and knead the dough gently with your fingers till you get thick dough. Rest the dough for 15 minutes by covering.
Heat oil in a heavy bottom cooking vessel or kadai for deep frying and in the meanwhile using your fingers knead the dough until you get smooth dough easy enough to roll.

Apply ghee/oil to the rolling surface and pin. Roll the dough to 1’inch thick circle and using a knife cut into diamonds. Alternatively you can use cookie cutter to cut into desired shapes or you can make pattern using fork.

Deep fry the cut diamonds by dropping by one by one in to hot oil. Fry till brown on both the sides. Remember not to burn them. Fry on low flame for 2-3 minutes and then on medium till done. You can see cracks forming on the diamonds.

Remove using a slotted spoon to remove excess oil. Cool and store in an air tight container.

These can stay fresh for 2-3 days when stored in a clean and dry air tight container.