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    Home » Recipes » Millet Recipes

    Millet cookies recipe, bajra cookies

    Updated on March 24, 2022 by Raks Anand 43 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Millet cookies recipe - Pearl millet known as bajra in Hindi and Kambu in tamil, made to cookies with bajra flour.

    A gluten free cookies with simple ingredients like ghee (clarified butter), sugar and cardamom.

    millet cookies Bajra cookies
    Millet cookies
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    When I went for a quick trip to Chennai last week for a family function, I tasted this bajra cookies.

    Every evening MIL gives some snacks for every one at home and millet cookies were kept isolated and she was asking my co sis if she wanted it.

    Millet cookies were passed through someone when they visited. Since my co sis likes millets, she opened and tasted. Gave one for me too for tasting and it was so crisp, light and tasty too.

    I just loved it and wanted to try myself baking it. I read the ingredients and wanted to note it down, but forgot as usual.

    Still last week when I went for grocery shopping, took this pack of bajra flour from mustafa.

    Today I wanted to try and post bajra millet cookies. I adapted the same recipe I used for making nankatai.

    I was not sure if the cookies will be in shape or would spread out. And it turned out really tasty and crisp just like the nan katai I made, except that this one is gluten free.

    Perfect for your kids snack box too.

    kambu cookies Bajra cookies

    Instructions

    1. Pre heat oven at 190 deg C. Mean while, powder sugar with cardamom and salt.
    Powder sugar

    2. In a mixing bowl, mix pearl millet flour, above powdered sugar mixture and baking powder well.

    mix

    3. Add ¼ cup ghee little by little as you keep mixing in a rubbing way. You may need more ghee, so keep it handy.

    It may take 1 or 2 tablespoon of ghee more. You need a dough that is stiff as well as without cracks. No water or milk needed, just make dough with ghee.

    Divide

    4. Divide into 10 equal sized balls, flatten slightly. Arrange in a tray lined with butter paper and dust it with flour.

    Flatten the divided balls to cookies, no need to flatten lot, just a little. Bake at 190 deg C for 14- 15 minutes. Once done, cool over wire rack.

    Bake

    Once cooled down completely, store in airtight container and enjoy! It just melts in mouth.

    bajra millet cookies

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    millet cookies Bajra cookies
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    Millet cookies recipe

    Millet cookies recipe - Pearl millet known as bajra in Hindi and Kambu in tamil, made to cookies with bajra flour. A gluten free cookies with simple ingredients like ghee (clarified butter), sugar and cardamom.
    Course Snack
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 15 minutes minutes
    Servings 10 cookies
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup pearl millet flour Bajra/ kambu
    • ¼ cup Ghee plus as needed
    • ¼ cup sugar heaped
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • 1 Cardamom
    • ¼ teaspoon Baking powder
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    Instructions

    • Pre heat oven at 190 deg C. Mean while, powder sugar with cardamom and salt.
    • In a mixing bowl, mix pearl millet flour, above powdered sugar mixture and baking powder well.
    • Add ¼ cup ghee little by little as you keep mixing in a rubbing way.
    • You may need more ghee, so keep it handy. It may take 1 or 2 tablespoon of ghee more. Dough should be stiff as well as without cracks. No water or milk needed, just make dough with ghee.
    • Divide into 10 equal sized balls, flatten slightly.
    • Arrange in a tray lined with butter paper and dust it with flour.Flatten the divided balls to cookies, no need to flatten lot, just a little.
    • Bake at 190 deg C for 14- 15 minutes. Once done, cool over wire rack.

    Notes

    • I used un refined sugar. You can use white sugar too.
    • Do not add ghee more than needed.
    • Note that baking powder is different from baking soda.
    • If the dough cant be rolled or flattened without cracks, it needs little more of ghee.
    • You can sprinkle some pistachios as I have did in my nan khatai. 
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Asha

      February 16, 2017 at 7:56 am

      Excellent.... Looks yummy.... Thanks.
      Can we use raagi flour instead of bajra?

      Reply
    2. Asha

      February 16, 2017 at 3:01 pm

      I tried with Raagi flour....and came out very well..thanks once again.

      Reply
    3. Anitha Josephine

      February 16, 2017 at 7:46 pm

      Will try it for sure and let u know...
      and I guess it should be ghee in step 4 under instructions..

      Reply
      • Gomathi

        March 26, 2022 at 1:43 am

        Hi raks superb reciepe we can use jowar flour if so same recipe knw

        Reply
        • Raks Anand

          March 26, 2022 at 8:41 am

          Yes you can 🙂 Thank you!

          Reply
    4. Nishaa V

      February 16, 2017 at 11:50 pm

      Mouth watering cookies!

      Reply
    5. Raks anand

      February 17, 2017 at 2:33 am

      Oh wow, awesome, thank you for your prompt feedback 🙂

      Reply
    6. Raks anand

      February 17, 2017 at 2:35 am

      Oopsi, yes, updated, thanks 🙂

      Reply
    7. Deepu Nanda

      February 17, 2017 at 9:37 am

      Is it brownSugar as bit confused with the color of the sugar?

      Reply
    8. Rifaya Khan

      February 17, 2017 at 10:38 am

      Can I replace ghee with oil..Or is it a no go...

      Reply
    9. ramya murali

      February 21, 2017 at 4:59 am

      Today I tried this, came out well and we all enjoyed, thank you for sharing this.

      Reply
    10. Raks anand

      February 21, 2017 at 5:14 am

      Thanks a lot for the feedback!

      Reply
    11. Unknown

      February 27, 2017 at 2:52 pm

      tried and tested.. it's awesome..Thank you so much for sharing this recipe.

      Reply
    12. Raks anand

      February 27, 2017 at 3:34 pm

      Thanks a lot for the feedback

      Reply
    13. jaya ashok

      March 21, 2017 at 3:59 pm

      Made this with ragi and kambu came out well.... Tq

      Reply
    14. Unknown

      May 09, 2017 at 12:57 am

      can i try the same recipe with butter and ragi flour ?

      Reply
    15. Anusuya Thirumalai Eachambadi

      May 09, 2017 at 1:04 am

      Can we use naattu sakarai or jaggery instead of regular sugar? How about honey too?

      Reply
    16. Raks anand

      May 09, 2017 at 6:01 am

      Yes I guess.

      Reply
    17. Raks anand

      May 09, 2017 at 11:24 am

      Yes you can try other sweeteners, but honey I am not sure how the texture would be

      Reply
    18. Nathara nandu

      June 29, 2017 at 3:53 pm

      Hi raks, i planned to provide this cookie as teething biscuit for my LO so is there any alternatives for ghee? If not ghee is compulsary? (My doc advised not to give diary products until he yurn 1 year)

      Reply
    19. பிரேமாவின் செல்வி

      June 29, 2017 at 3:53 pm

      What if I don't have baking powder?

      Reply
    20. Raks anand

      June 29, 2017 at 4:03 pm

      You can use any cooking oil (neutral smelling)

      Reply
    21. Raks anand

      July 05, 2017 at 8:05 am

      it will turn hard I guess.

      Reply
    22. Nathara nandu

      July 05, 2017 at 8:08 am

      Thank you for quick reply raks.... Will try soon....

      Reply
    23. Sathya

      March 24, 2018 at 1:04 am

      What is the shelf life of these cookies

      Reply
    24. Unknown

      March 24, 2018 at 1:04 am

      What is the shelf life of these cookies?

      Reply
    25. Unknown

      June 07, 2018 at 5:07 am

      can soya flour add with bajra flour?

      Reply
    26. Unknown

      June 07, 2018 at 5:07 am

      can soya flour add with bajra flour?

      Reply
    27. Unknown

      July 19, 2018 at 6:28 am

      My Bajra flour is greenish, your is different, do i need to use a diff kind of bajra flour?

      Reply
    28. Abhilasha Soni

      February 07, 2019 at 11:24 pm

      Are you sure there is no need of milk and water bcz whenever i tried any cookies without milk or water in cookies i found cookies are little dry in taste and also when we touch the cookies i found flour to finger.

      Reply
    29. Raks Kitchen

      February 07, 2019 at 11:26 pm

      Yes, I have not used water or milk

      Reply
    30. Divya

      May 07, 2019 at 1:37 pm

      I baked these cookies and they were good. Just wondering what will happen if milk is used while kneading it. Just calorie conscious because of ghee. Do you think the cookies will become less crisp???
      Let me know your thoughts.

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        May 08, 2019 at 3:10 pm

        Sure you can reduce it a little, use milk for binding, there will be texture change, but worth a try. Also I want to tell you the whole recipe uses 1/4 cup ghee, you will eat may be one cookie a day, it is not too much of ghee for one day's consume unless otherwise you are macro counting the calories, after all it is good fat, ghee being super food too 🙂

        Reply
    31. Aesha

      December 22, 2019 at 9:35 pm

      Thanks for millet recipe. Can i substitute jaggery with sugar?

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        December 24, 2019 at 7:28 pm

        Yes, sure

        Reply
    32. Sheetal

      October 06, 2020 at 9:47 am

      Hello..You've mentioned 1 cup flour...Does that mean 1 big measuring cup, as in 250 ml version?

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        October 06, 2020 at 2:23 pm

        Yes

        Reply
    33. Divya

      December 11, 2020 at 5:02 pm

      What is the shelf life of this cookie?

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        December 11, 2020 at 5:27 pm

        5 days to one week

        Reply
    34. VA

      July 04, 2022 at 12:58 pm

      Loved them!! Going to make a double batch next time. The only issue I faced was I had to use way more ghee than the recipe suggested. Any idea why that may happen? Can I use some other substitute next time? Also, will this recipe work with all millet flours?

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        July 04, 2022 at 5:53 pm

        Hi, Thank you for your feedback 🙂 Did you use ghee in melted form or was it crystalized? As I have mentioned it may take two more tablespoons of ghee. Probably humidity or flour's nature plays a role. You can try adding milk in case you want to avoid adding more ghee. Adding coconut oil is also a good idea. And yes, you can replace Bajra with any millet flour, but have to experiment the ghee quantity as it takes. Hope this helped you a bit.

        Reply
    35. Ranjani

      December 26, 2022 at 4:38 pm

      Can we add cocoa powder to this? If so, how much will be the quatity? Can u pls confirm?

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        December 29, 2022 at 1:10 pm

        I have not tried adding cocoa powder in this recipe before. I am guessing 2 tbsp cocoa powder should work.

        Reply

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