1. 1 Cup = 200ml

Ingredients

1. Saffron - a big pinch (soaked in 2 tbsp hot milk)
2. Unsalted butter – 50 gram (at room temperature)
3. Clarified butter/ ghee – ¼ cup
4. Sugar (crushed in a grinder) – ½ cup
5. Cardamom powder – ¼ tsp
6. All purpose flour/ maida – 1 ½ cup
7. Pistachios – ½ cup (chopped)

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degree. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and keep it ready.
2. In a deep bowl, combine together butter and clarified butter/ ghee. To this add sugar and mix well.
3. Add cardamom powder and saffron with milk to it and combine well.
4. To this add all purpose flour and combine just till the dough comes together. Add half of the pistachios and combine.
5. Divide the dough to 3 – 4 portions, roll it one by one till you get thickness of a cookie, add the chopped pistachios over it and press lightly.
6. Cut it with a cookie cutter and move it to the lined cookie sheet. Bake it in the oven for about 15 – 18 minutes or till the base of the cookies turn golden over the lower rack. Move the cookies to a wire rack and cool it completely. Store in an air tight container and serve.

Note : Makes about 20 – 25 cookies.