I have been baking these cookies or ghee biscuits alteast once a month for the past 25 years. Some times for my hubby and children, most of the time for my relatives and friends. Baking has always been a passion for me, there is nothing as delightful as making a car shaped cake for your kids or taking a bite off delicously melting cookies.
My mother used to make cookies in her old biscuit maker, placed on the stove with sand in the lowest campartment, biscuits in the middle and charcoal on the top. With some experience and experimentation, I have made a few changes to the recipe like using ghee instead of butter and omitting soda. Over the years many people have enjoyed these cookies that I bake. But the recipe received its ultimate seal of validation when Sunil, a chef at Taj and Anupama, his wife a professor in a Hotel management school said that my cookies are the best they have ever tasted. :DYay!!!
Choco chip cookies and Super soft idlies smeared with Mulagai podi are my entry for Anupama’s picnic event.
Ingredients
- Maida – 3 cups
- Sugar – 1 and1/4 cup
- ghee – 1 cup
- milk powder – 1 cup
- Dark chocolate chips or gratings – 1/2 cup
Method
- Grind the sugar to a fine powder.
- Mix ghee, sugar, milk powder and maida in a big bowl.
- Knead for 10 minutes till it blends well to form a ball.
- Now add the choco chips and mix well.
- Some chocolate will combine with the dough and give a light chocolate colour.
- Shape on your palm into 1 and 1/2 inch rounds. Place this biscuits on baking tray and bake in a pre heated oven in the convection mode at 230degree centrigrade for 9 minutes.
- You can also shape the biscuits using biscuit cutters.
- Store in air tight container and carry for your picnic.
Prepare idlies and mulagai podi as per the recipes.
In a plate mix mulagai podi with til oil and spread it on both sides of the idlies. It is easy to serve idlies in a picnic.
PS: I just noticed that we have touched 100 posts and this is 101!
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wow…wonderful looking dishes….those idlies are really tempting…
Srivalli
http://www.cooking4allseasons.blogspot.com
Thanks Srivalli. Like Asha, you leave comments all the time. Its nice to see your comment. 🙂
oh 100 already…you gals are really rocking…
Srivalli
http://www.cooking4allseasons.blogspot.com
Thanks srivalli! hoping to send something for your MW event!
Congrats on your 100th post! Great looking cookies and that too with a taste guarantee from a chef. I love idli with milagai podi – nice red colour too.
Thanks laavanya! The milagaipodi colour is because of bedage mensinkai we get in Bangalore:). Even guntur chillies give a good colour.
your mulaga podi has been bookmarked. congrats on reaching 100 posts.
Thanks bee. Let me know how the mulagai podi turns out.
Wow, My son is fond of choco Chip cookies Now I know how to make
Hi mamatha, wecome to my blog. Do try these cookies. they are quite simple.
Congrats Latha you have reached the 101 mark already !!. I have reached only till 50 after 7 months of blogging.Keep it up.
Thanks Latha for the idli tips, now my idlis also turn soft. Cookies are looking nice. The idlis are looking gorgeous with the podi on it.
I will make your mulaga podi. I also wanted the recipe for vangi bhat masala and how to use it to make bhaat. Post it when ever you get time 🙂
Thanks archana! I am happy that now you can always eat super soft idlies and tasty dosas. mulagai podi is easy. I’ll post vangi bath podi as soon as possible. latha.
wow! 100 posts so soon, great going! congratulations!
idlis look so soft 🙂
Thanks richa! Archana tried and succeeded in getting super soft idlies. you too can! latha.
Happy 100th L! That is so cool! Enjoy very minute.I love yum blog,so traditional yet modern like this post and kinda like my blog as well!:)
Chocolate chip cookies are my kids fave and those Idlis are mine.Looks gorgeous!:)
no fair, those idlis are mine. lakshmi
I enjoy your blog as well asha. you have huge round ups and being new to this surfing business I find difficult to finish at one go :). latha.
wow! congratulations on completing 100 posts.choclate chp cookie eithout eggs.Iam definetly going to try this.Thanks for the recipe.Btw did u recive my “sweet” contribution mail?
Madhavi, didnit receive your mail. but I will include your recipe.latha.
Congrats on crossing the 100-post mark.
I love choco-chip cookies. I am not too fond of idlis somehow but your idlis with podi is very tempting 🙂
Thanks Tee! all the idli haters change after eating my idlies 😀 !
I fell for the idlis:)) yummy yum!
Thanks sharmi! I will send some entries for your event!latha.
Great cookies and getting compliments from a chef and a professor must be so rewarding! Idlis look yummy and perfect to be packed in a picnic basket.:)
yes aditi, it was rewarding. thanks to my husband who is an expert at kneading, cookies literally melt in the mouth. :). I like your blog’s name – Bhaatukli. it sounds so beautiful. in tamil we call these toy utensils – choppu.
Wow a 100 posts, that is a landmark… Have to try out the mulaga podi soon. We usually buy by the kilos at home and this looks fiery and yummy..
thanks. you must try making at home Kamini. there is a different joy in having food that is homemade. you can always customize to your taste 🙂
The cookie and idlis are awesome Latha. Congrats on 100th Post. Viji
Thanks viji! Our idlies and mulagai podi will never become outdated!
congrats on ur 100th.iam a first time visitor and also new to blogging.excellent blog i’ll keep visiting to learn more from u
You are welcome renuka!
Nanum than…Renuka mathiri..:)..
Bharathy, unooda blog roombha joora erukku! kathukka vayasu mukkiyam ellai. unna mathiri fan kidaichadu roomba sandosham!latha.
O mago icecream comment annikke padichuttene..ippo than tips comment kedachuthu..:)..mamiyar London poirukkanga(my dad in law is no more,so she is on a change cum break :(..nalakku vrutham nan than edukkanum..en aathukkarum oorla illa..mood illa..analum kayir kattikkanum..pacharisi dosa,apparam upma,kadailai paruppu chutney..sambhar puligojju..he he vrutham items feast mathiri.. sirikkathinga..:)
Aamam bharathy! sapaadu than roomba mukhiyam. namba pandigai ellam appadi than! latha.
Love your simple recipe for choco chip cookies, that too without using any baking powder…any must try from the yum blog…
congrats on that century, this must be one of those MS Dhoni type very fast centuries!!
Nandita, this is a classic south indian mami recipe. You must try it sometime, it wont fail. Knead the dough really well, it makes the cookies melt in your mouth. I watch cricket only if players are hitting like MS Dhoni, otherwise I change the channel.
WoW…Wondeful cookies….nice recipe…
Thanks sukanya! latha.
Thanks for your lovely comment on my blog Latha. I love your eggless cookie recipe. Will have to try it out sometime:)
Savitri, two things that Tamil Mamis are known for – a. excluding eggs from recipes, b. adding turmeric and hing to almost all recipes. :D. Do try and let me know how they turn out. The trick to make these cookies melt in the mouth lies in kneading them well.
those idlies look soo good. there was a time i used to hate them, but being away from home make me miss them…
Hi rajitha, welcome to my blog! You can make idlies which ever corner of the world you stay! latha.
neenga sollarathe vayla melt aagarathu! Thinking of trying it tonight to take for my inlaws-coming to madras for weekend tomorrow- got a wedding to attend…
I’m doing nombu next week, amma/chithi/ammama all did it today, amma’s saving my favourite athirasam for me to collect once Im back!
Thanks Mami- Hugs!
Hugs to you too nandita dear!
Dear Mami,
In a chocolate soup, just tried these, Im so sorry that they did not quite turn ok, i followed ur instructions exactly just halved the recipe. If I get your email, I can write the details per mail! I think 230 is a very high temp, so within 5 minutes they were all burnt and not cooked.
Im sure i goofed up on your 25 year old recipe
Dear nanitha, I am unable to understand what went wrong. Did you use the convection mode?send me details in a Email so that I can make sure you get them right.
latha.
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hi, i have an oven toaster griller. i don’t know at what temp i should bake cookies. mine doesn’t turn out to be crisp. they are more like shortbreads. could you pls help me out? also, is cookie dough dry or very moist, oozing out butter?? mine oozed out butter. i will try your recipe once i get to know the right temp. nandri.
doesn’t the chocochip cookie recipe need any soda?
ur cookies are really nice.iwant to ask 1.is soda not needed2. preheating means at what temp and time (i’m new to baking)3.what vessels shall i use inconvection mode tu for ur choco recepie my daughter loves it
@kala – soda is not required. Preheat to 230 C (or 220 C if that’s the option available in your oven). Use aluminium baking trays. Do not use glass for baking these cookies.
Simple yet yummy…thanx for sharing ur precious recipie….