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Afghan Biscuits
Ingredients
185g butter, softened
1/3 cup castor sugar
11/2 cup plain flour
1 tsp cocoa
¼ cup coconut
2 cups cornflakes, lightly crushed
100g dark chocolate melted
Instructions
Cream butter and sugar in small bowl with electric mixture until light and fluffy.
Add flour and cocoa, beat until combined.
Transfer mixture to large bowl, add coconut and corn flakes; combine well.
Shape heaped tablespoonfuls of mixture into rounds, press flat between palms of hands. Place about 5cm apart on greased oven trays.
Bake in a slow oven for about 18 minutes.
Stand a few minutes on trays before lifting onto wire racks to cool. Spread tops with melted chocolate.
Make about 25.
QUEEN VICTORIA
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Jilebi
Ingredients
250g maida (all-purpose) flour
25g gram flour
1 tbsp oil
1 cup yogurt
2 1/2 cups water
350g sugar
2-3 pinches yellow color
500g ghee or butter
4-6 threads saffron, soaked in 2 tbsp hot milk
Instructions
Mix together the flours, oil, yogurt and water to make a medium thick paste. Cover and keep overnight for fermentation.
Prepare a two string syrup with the sugar and water. Add yellow color and saffron to the syrup. Keep aside.
Beat the flour mixture well and fill in a plastic bag with a hole at the bottom.
Squeeze out the batter by pressing the bag into the hot ghee.
Drop medium sized whirls in a continuous flow beginning from outer circle and ending in the center. This will give better shape to the jalebies.