Persian Rice Flour Cookies
Light and fragrant (gluten free) Persian cookies made using rice flour.
Recipe adapted from :Food.com,you can find the original recipe here
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 22 minutes
Yields: 20 to 24 cookies
Ingredients:
- Canola oil or melted ghee- 1/3 cup( see notes)
- Sugar-2/3 cup
- Eggs- 2 small
- Rose water- 2 tbsp
- Rice flour- 2 and 1/4 cup
- Baking powder-1/4 tsp
- Cardamom powder-3/4 tsp
- Pistachios,finely chopped or poppy seeds-to garnish( i used almonds)
Instructions:
In a mixing bowl combine together oil/melted ghee and sugar.
Add the eggs and mix well using a spatula.Add rose water and mix well.
Now add rice flour,baking powder and cardamom powder ,blend to for a thick dough.
Refrigerate the dough for at least 20 minutes.
Preheat oven to 180 Deg C.Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
Roll the dough into 1.5″ balls and flatten slightly.Place this on the prepared baking tray,leaving about an inch between each cookies.
Sprinkle the ground pistachios /poppy seeds on top.
Bake for about 20 to 22 minutes or until firm and cracked on top.It should have a slight golden bottom.
Allow it to cool before removing it from the tray,as these cookies crumble easily while warm.
Notes:
- For best results use freshly ground cardamom powder. Also, adding ghee instead of oil will give a better flavor.
15 Comments
Unknown
November 22, 2013 at 4:46 pmSo soft and delicious cookies.
راوية
January 13, 2014 at 12:26 pmtried this today and they were excellent. thanks.
Kurryleaves
August 19, 2014 at 3:57 pmThank you for the feedback !!glad that u enjoyed it..
Happy baking
Vidya
K.
September 17, 2014 at 5:09 amI made these tonight, they are so good! Very soft and yummy, by far the best rice flour cookie recipe I've tried yet.
Kurryleaves
December 6, 2014 at 5:39 pmHappy that u liked it!!!Thank you for letting me know…:)
Unknown
December 3, 2014 at 5:32 pmI have brown rice flour and sweet rice flour. Can I use a combo of both for the "rice flour?"
Kurryleaves
December 6, 2014 at 6:01 pmYou can substitute white rice flour with brown rice flour,or use a combo ,if you like..However with brown rice flour the texture and color of the cookies might be different…
Sage Hill
December 4, 2014 at 2:37 amWhere could I find rose water?
anubhooti
January 5, 2017 at 2:26 amWhat can I use instead of eggs?Iam a vegetarian..Kindly suggest..
Unknown
January 25, 2017 at 10:12 amIs it possible to make these cookies without eggs? If yes what i use instead of eggs n how much?
Unknown
January 25, 2017 at 10:14 amWhat can i use instead of eggs n how much in this rice flour cookies?
Kurryleaves
April 27, 2017 at 6:14 pmSorry Karishma..eggs are very much required for these cookies to hold the shape..i ll try an eggless version and share if it turns out well.
Happy Baking
Vidya
Nandita
March 19, 2017 at 5:00 pmHi, Can you please share what is the size of the cup to use, like how much ml of water it can hold ?
Thankyou
Nandita
Kurryleaves
April 27, 2017 at 6:11 pmi use 250 ml measuring cups
Unknown
March 2, 2019 at 2:20 amI'm going to try these – love Persian cookies, hooray!