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Tarla Dalal
06 December, 2024
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Karachi Biscuit is one of the most well-known treats of Hyderabad. In fact, if you have been to Hyderabad and come back without buying the famous Karachi Biscuitsfrom Karachi Bakery, you are bound to face the wrath of your friends and family, who would have been eagerly waiting to bite into one of these melt-in-the-mouth, fruity biscuits!
Each bite of this Karachi Biscuit fills your mouth with a pleasant fruity sweetness with a mild touch of spice. Tiny tutti-fruti titbits add fun to every bite, instantly making this Karachi Biscuit a favourite with kids and adults alike.
The Karachi Biscuit tastes simply fab with tea, in the morning or evening. Here, we tell you how to make this wondrous treat, so you can experience it even without going to Hyderabad.
Aside from eggless hyderabadi karachi biscuits, you can also try other biscuit recipes like Oats and Cinnamon Biscuits and Rich Shortbread Biscuits.
Enjoy karachi biscuit recipe | eggless fruit cookies | hyderabadi karachi biscuits | tutti fruitti biscuit with step by step photos.
Karachi Biscuit recipe - How to make Karachi Biscuit
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Preparation Time
5 Mins
Cooking Time
None Mins
Total Time
5 Mins
Makes
30 biscuits
Ingredients
For Karachi Biscuit
1 1/2 cups plain flour (maida)
1/2 cup custard powder
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup soft butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup tutti-frutti
1 tsp rose essence
1/4 cup chopped cashew nut (kaju)
6 tbsp milk
Method
For karachi biscuit
- To make karachi biscuit, combine the plain flour, custard powder and baking powder in a strainer and sieve it to make a plain flour-custard powder mixture. Keep aside.
- Combine the butter and sugar in a deep bowl and cream it using a spatula.
- Add the tutti frutti, rose essence and cashewnuts and mix well.
- Add the plain flour-custard powder mix and knead into a soft dough using milk.
- Divide the dough into 2 equal portions and shape each portion into 183 mm. (7½”) lengthwise and 50 mm. (2”) widthwise cylindrical roll and wrap them tightly individually in cling wrap.
- Lightly press each roll from 4 sides to get a uniform cuboid shape.
- Refrigerate the dough for 1 hour.
- Open the cling wrap and cut each roll into 15 pieces of approx. ½" thickness with the help of a sharp knife.
- Arrange the biscuits on a baking tray and bake in a pre-heated oven at 180°c (360°f) for 30 to 35 minutes.
- Cool the karachi biscuits completely and serve or store in an air tight container.
Karachi Biscuits, Eggless Hyderabadi Tutti Fruti Biscuits Video by Tarla Dalal
Karachi Biscuit recipe with step by step photos
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- Hyderabad is a state full of tranaditional fares. Rich sweets and flavourful desserts are a part fo their cuisine. Many of these dishes are famous in other parts of India as well. If you like these karachi biscuit recipe | eggless fruit cookies | hyderabadi karachi biscuits | tutti fruitti biscuit | then also try other famous Hyderabadi sweets like
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To prepare the dough for karachi biscuit recipe | eggless fruit cookies | hyderabadi karachi biscuits | tutti fruitti biscuit | place a sieve on a deep bowl.
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Add 1 1/2 cups plain flour (maida). Refined flour is the most popularly used flour to make baked goodies.
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Add 1/2 cup vanilla flavoured custard powder. It makes the tutti frutti cookies more crumbly and gives a tender crunch too. Custard powder is nothing but corn starch with vanilla powder so, if you don’t have custard powder, you can replace with corn flour and little vanilla essence but you won’t get that pretty yellow coloured Karachi biscuits.
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Add 1 tsp baking powder. It is added to create a chemical reaction that produces carbon dioxide gas, inflating cookies on baking.
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Sieve everything together to make a plain flour-custard powder mixture. Keep aside.
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In another bowl, take 1/2 cup soft butter. Butter should be soft but not melted. We have used salted butter.
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Add 1 cup powdered sugar.
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Cream it gently using a spatula. If you have an electric beater, then you can even make use of it or a stand mixer with paddle attachment.
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Cream the butter and sugar till it’s light and creamy. Do not over beat the mixture.
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Add 1/2 cup tutti-frutti. Tutti frutti are candied dried papaya pieces.
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Add 1 tsp rose essence. Alternatively, you can even make use of pineapple essence, cardamom powder or orange zest to perk up the eggless tutti frutti biscuits.
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Add 1/4 cup chopped cashew nut (kaju). You can also add other nuts like pistachios, almonds etc.
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Mix well using a spatula.
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Add the plain flour-custard powder mix to it.
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Mix everything together with your fingertips.
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Knead into a soft dough using milk ( we used 6 tablespoons milk). Do not knead with too much pressure, just bring together all the ingredients well to form a soft dough.
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Our karachi biscuit | eggless fruit cookies | hyderabadi karachi biscuits | tutti fruitti biscuit | dough is now ready.
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To prepare the dough for karachi biscuit recipe | eggless fruit cookies | hyderabadi karachi biscuits | tutti fruitti biscuit | place a sieve on a deep bowl.
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To make Karachi biscuits, divide the Eggless fruit biscuit dough into 2 equal portions.
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Shape each portion of the dough into 183 mm. (7½”) lengthwise and 50 mm. (2”) widthwise cylindrical roll.
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Wrap them tightly individually in cling wrap or a parchment paper.
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Lightly press each roll from 4 sides to get a uniform cuboid shape.
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Refrigerate the dough for 1 hour.
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Preheat the oven and meanwhile, open the cling wrap and cut each roll into 15 pieces of ½" with using a sharp knife.
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Arrange the eggless tutti frutti biscuits on a baking tray. The distance between two cookies must be at least an inch as they expand on baking.
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Bake the fruit cookies in a preheated oven at 180°C (360°F) for 30 to 35 minutes. Baking time may differ from oven to oven so keep a check on the eggless tutti frutti cookies after 25 mins.
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Karachi bakery fruit biscuits are ready. Cool completely. Do not eat when they are freshly baked as they will be soft in the middle and they firm up only after cooling.
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- Store the egg-free Karachi fruit biscuits in an airtight container.
- If you enjoyed this recipe of eggless Hyderabadi Tutti Frutti Biscuit, then also check out other homemade biscuit recipes for biscuit like
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To make Karachi biscuits, divide the Eggless fruit biscuit dough into 2 equal portions.
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- What if i don't have a oven to make Hyderabadi Karachi Biscuits. We suggest you follow the recipe and then give the prepared tray of karachi biscuit | eggless fruit cookies | hyderabadi karachi biscuits | tutti fruitti biscuit | to your local baker to bake. This is a common practise in India and bakers charge as low as Rs 15 per tray.
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- If you want to make Hyderabadi Karachi Biscuits in a pressure cooker, you can bake only 4 to 5 biscuits at a time.
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Take a pressure cooker.
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Sprinkle the 1 cup of salt at the base of a pressure cooker.
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Place a steel ring stand.
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And a perforated plate over it.
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Cover it with a lid (with the ring on the lid but without the whistle) and heat on a medium for 5 minutes.
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- Open the lid of the pressure cooker, place the cookie/biscuit on a plate/ vessel and then place it on the perforated plate.
- Cover it with a lid (with the ring on the lid but without the whistle) and steam on a medium for 20 to 25 minutes or till the cookie/biscuit is done.
- Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid. Keep aside to cool for 10 minutes.
Nutrient values (Abbrv)per plate
| Energy | 104 cal |
| Protein | 1.4 g |
| Carbohydrates | 13.9 g |
| Fiber | 0 g |
| Fat | 4.6 g |
| Cholesterol | 11.3 mg |
| Sodium | 36.9 mg |
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Aryan
March 13, 2025, midnight
varun
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hello Mam,thank u for advising regarding refrigeration,can u plz suggest which flavour of custard powder should be used .
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi Varun, We have used vanilla flavoured custard.. for this recipe.
Varun
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hello Mam at what temperature should the dough be refrigerated.
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi Varun, Keep the dough in the lower shelf of the fridge.. to chill it.
Anudeepa
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi I tried this recipe. But it didn''t turn out as expected (Indian cookies) soft and smooth. The biscuit turned flat and got spread lost it''s shape. It also turned a hard like ginger cookies. Want to know what might have gone wrong for me so that next time I end up doing Karachi biscuit and not cookies. _x0001F602__x0001F648__x0001F648_
roshni
March 13, 2025, midnight
mam y do v need to refrigerate d dough in all biscuits?? n y d temp n time of each biscuit recipie is different??
simran
March 13, 2025, midnight
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Monika Banthia
March 13, 2025, midnight
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Thank you for the feedback. Please keep reviewing recipes and articles you love.
Ramanan guru
March 13, 2025, midnight
madam time for microwave oven who doesn''t have preheat function or non convection oven
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
There won''t be a pre heat option in an oven. You have to heat the oven without the tray and the product inside at the same temperature as the temperature for 5 minutes. This is called pre heating.
Diva
March 13, 2025, midnight
Tried it for first time... It was perfect. Reminded me of childhood days.
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
thanks for the feedback !!! keep reviewing recipes, articles you loved.
Sushita T
March 13, 2025, midnight
These are my favorite biscuits and thanks you for sharing the recipe, they came out exactly similar to the in taste, appearance and flavour of the original ones... I am enjoying them at tea time and i dont have to worry about even if they finish I can just bake them.....
Roopa
March 13, 2025, midnight
I tried doing this...all went gud but 25mnts was too much for it. The biscuits turned brown_x0001F622__x0001F622__x0001F622__x0001F622__x0001F622_
R murugesan
March 13, 2025, midnight
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Thanks for the feedback. Happy cooking.
urvashi
March 13, 2025, midnight
i tried this recipe my biscuuts were hard from outer not properly baked from inside
komal
March 13, 2025, midnight
can these biscuits be prepared without oven?
Amit
March 13, 2025, midnight
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Amit, thanks for rating the recipe.
Sneha
March 13, 2025, midnight
These are my most favorite biscuits. Thanks for the recipe. Can we bake it in convection microwave ?? If yes , what temperature? Can we use wheat flour or 50:50 all purpose and wheat flour??
Vinod
March 13, 2025, midnight
I used this recipe a few times now and now it is working fine. Only problem is biscuits looses its square shape. Becomes round. Any suggestion to rretain the squarish shape? Thanks
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
The dough has to be chilled very well before cutting into pieces. If it is not enough chilled, you might lose the square shape.
Reena Ranjana
March 13, 2025, midnight
Ma''am, 1 cup is how much gram?
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
1 cup is the standard cup available in the market which is 200 grams. However depending upon the density of the ingredient, the weight can vary.
Aastha
March 13, 2025, midnight
For how much I should preheat the oven
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi, Preheat at 180 degree..
Foodie #690575
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi Can we try on gas stove?
Uma
March 13, 2025, midnight
I tried the recipe. Itveeally went very well. butine was little hard and after baking it was red at the base. How to avoid this. Please suggest.
Dipali
March 13, 2025, midnight
I would like to try this. Can I add anything else instead of rose essence? Would vanilla essence work?
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Yes vanilla essence would work.
Rohit
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi I tried this recipe. It came out well the last 2 times I tried. This time though, it was pretty sticky. What could be the issue?
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
The butter to be used in this recipe has to be soft and not melted. The biscuits tend to turn sticky if the butter is melted.
Foodie #690575
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi! Can we use sugar free instead of Sugar powder?
Vaishu Shah
March 13, 2025, midnight
You Mentioned Add this, Add that, but should we have to do R&D on how much to add this & that ??? Don''t you think you should mention the quantity (or atleast proportion) of ingredients ?
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Dear Vaishu : thanks for pointing out. We have updated the big recipe with quantity of each ingredient..
SV
March 13, 2025, midnight
Can we try this with microwave
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
HI, Sorry not sure if it will work in, microwave. if convection microwave oven then better.
ARHAM
March 13, 2025, midnight
HOMEMADE FOOD ONLINE ELIVERY
March 13, 2025, midnight
thanks for sharing mouth warming dish, i tried and succeeded.
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Thanks for the feedback !!! Keep reviewing recipes and articles you loved.
jigna shinde
March 13, 2025, midnight
are we supposed to use amul butter
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Yes, you can use amul butter.
Foodie #690575
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi Can we try on gas stove
Martha Eguia
March 13, 2025, midnight
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Martha, Thanks for the feedback. Happy cooking.
Foodie #690575
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi!! Tarla Ji I tried on gas stove.. . When First time I made dough became more soft because of 6 table spoon milk.... But awesome taste It was finished in one day.. When I made 2nd time.. I added 2 table spoon milk.. It was perfect dough.. I always tried ur all recipes.. It''s awesome taste.. Love it ??
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi, The quantity of milk depends upon the quality of flour, at times it absorbs more water. Thank you for the feedback..Keep cooking..
Komal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Can we use margarine instead of butter? The margarine which we make from Dalda. Does it make any difference apart from the taste.
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
No, we would not recommend the use of margarine.
Swati
March 13, 2025, midnight
I tried this receipe it turned out flat... Brown flat crisp.. And i took all the ingredients in same measurements given above
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