Digestive Biscuits Recipe

See how to make healthy digestive biscuits. These digestive biscuits are made using whole wheat flour, jaggery instead of sugar and wheat bran to add to the fiber. Learn to prepare the healthiest whole wheat jaggery biscuits. Biscuits in kadai are easy to make and are crisp and tasty.

Ingredients:

Whole Wheat Flour (Atta)- 1 Cup or 125 gms

Wheat Bran (Choker)- 1/2 cup or 45 gms

Salt - 1/2 tsp + 1.5 cups for baking

Baking Powder - 1 tsp

Jaggery grated (Gud) - 1/2 cup or 70 gms

Clarified Butter (Desi ghee) - 60 gms

Milk - 3-4 tsps (as required to prepare dough)

1. Add all ingredients in a bowl except milk. Mix everything well. Add milk just enough to knead a nice dough for biscuits.

2. Rest the dough for 10 min in fridge.

3. Roll out the dough on a flat surface and cut cookies in desired shape.

4. Baking options:

a. In a kadai/ wok - Grease a steel plate with oil or ghee and place biscuits on it. Simultaneously heat 1.5 cups salt in kadai, place a stand in centre. Cover the kadai with a plate. Pre heat the kadai for 10 -15 min on low flame. Place the plate of biscuits in it and bake at lowest flame for 30-35 min till crisp from both sides.

b. In an Airfryer - Preheat airfryer at 180 degrees for 5 min. Place biscuits in basket and air bake first at 140 degrees for 8 min, then at 160 degrees for 4 min so in total bake for 12 -13 min till crisp.

c. In an Oven - Bake at 160 degrees for 15 min till crisp and golden in colour.

5. Once baked cool down the biscuits completely and store in air tight container.