I call this my back-to-school snack pack for the kids. Instead of buying additives-ladened snacks, this is an easy-to-follow recipe your kids can even assist in baking. It is wholesome, rich in fibre and tastes really good!
Also you can bake it with just honey and skip the sugar (or brown sugar). I call this recipe my Millet Chakki Atta Ginger-Honey Cookies which I almost call biscuits because I almost didn’t use sugar (very minimal) and I baked it for longer than I would my regular cookies.
The unique thing about this recipe is the use of a composite mix of Millet from DGI and stone-ground whole wheat flour.
(Chakki Atta) is whole wheat that is stone-ground into a very fine powder. So Atta is the wheat grain and chakki is the process of grinding both the endosperm and bran into a super fine texture.
This process of stone grinding dates back to the times of the Harappan Civilization some 5000 years ago. Even though the practice is still prevalent, electricity driven chakkis are now used in homes to grind the grains instead of manually using cattle to grind in a circular motion. I love this Indian traditional way of milling grains and I particularly love how Taste My Recipe demonstrates a portable manual stone grinder doing its thing.
Recipe:
DGI Millet Flour 250g
Chakki Atta (wholemeal Wheat Flour 250g
Ginger 1tbsp
Baking Soda 2tsp
Cinnamon 1tsp
Salt 1/8 tsp
1 Lemon Zest
Sugar (or brown sugar) 90g
Wet Ingredients
Honey 1/4 cup
Butter 250g
Hot water 4tbsp
Method
Combine wet and dry ingredients mix into a dough, portion into ball, flatten with a fork or any kitchen tool you have and bake for 25-30 mins at 190C.
Ready to eat with a glass of milk!
Watch full video on how to make Millet Chakki Atta Ginger-Honey Cookies here.
Try it and please post a comment what your or your kids think about the flavour.
Deliciously yours,
Chef Juls
