Tutti frutti biscuit in tamil / Tutti frutti biscuit in pressure cooker / Karachi biscuits

Ingredients
Maida – 1 cup
Custard powder (any flavor) – ½ cup
Tutti frutti – 1 cup
Butter (unsalted) – 1/2 cup
Powdered sugar – ½ cup
Pineapple essence – 1 tsp
Baking powder – ½ tsp

Method

1. In a mixing bowl, add butter and sugar and whisk till the mixture is fluffy.

2. Add pineapple essence, maida , custard powder, baking powder and tutti frutti and mix together.

3. Mix everything together so that i can form a dough.

4. Take the cookie dough and make it in the shape of a cylinder like a log. Wrap the cookie dough with a cling wrap and place it in refrigerator for an hour.

5. After 1 hour, Keep a Pressure cooker on medium flame. Add 2 cups of salt or fine sand. Also we need to keep a perforated plate or a flat bowl upside down. The main reason for keeping this is that the baking tray or vessel in which we place the cookies should not touch the sand/salt directly. So I have kept a flat bowl upside down. Now Close the pressure cooker with the lid. We should not put the whistle or gasket on the lid. Let the cooker gets heated in medium flame for 10 mins

6. While the pressure cooker is getting pre-heated, take out the refrigerated cookie dough and using a sharp knife cut into 1/2″ pieces. Place the cookie pieces in a baking sheet lined aluminium vessel.

7. Keep the flame medium-low and place the baking tray on top of the perforated plate or upside down bowl. Close the cooker with the lid. Again we should not put gasket and whistle. Let the cookies get baked inside the pressure cooker for atleast 15 mins.

8. Once the cookies are light brown and crispy, Take out the vessel from the cookie and let it cool down for couple of minutes. Then gently take out the cookies and place it on the cooling rack.

9. If you cook in oven means pre-heat the oven at 350 Deg F or 170 Deg C

10. Bake the Biscuits for 10 minutes

Notes:

1. While baking the biscuit will expand. Hence please spread the biscuits in the pressure by giving the space between the biscuits to expand.

2. If we are not able to make a dough, we can sprinkle little milk at a time and make it to a dough.

3. The dough will be little sticky. upon refrigeration it will eventually turn harder. If 1 hour is not enough we can refrigerate for more hours.

4. Resting for an hour in refrigerator is mandatory and that will help the cookies not to crumble.

5. We can add vanila essence instead of pineapple essence