Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 2 tablespoons corn flour
  • 50 grams butter (cubed and chilled)
  • 1/4 cup cane sugar or regular sugar (powdered)
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon yogurt
  • A big pinch of saffron soaked in 1 tablespoon milk
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder
  • Butter for greasing the tray

Instruction

  • Take wheat flour and corn flour in a mixing bowl and mix well. Soak a big pinch of saffron in one tablespoon milk and set aside.
  • To that add baking powder and mix very well.
  • Add chilled cubed butter and rub well to incorporate the butter into the flours. Once the mixture resemble grits, add powdered sugar and cardamom powder.
  • Add curd and mix well.
  • Now add the saffron milk and bring the dough together very gently. Cover in a parchment and chill the dough for an hour or 2.
  • Preheat oven at 180C. Roll the dough into a circle. Cut out cookies of desired shape. press a small piece of pistachio on each cookie. Arrange the cookies in a greased cookie tray. Bake in hot oven for 12-15 minutes. Allow to cool completely and store butter cookies in airtight container.