"Let's celebrate Persian New Year with these beautiful chickpea cookies!🌸
"Nokhodchi" is a traditional Persian cookie baked mostly around the new year (which is the 1st day of spring)🍃
They're made with fine chickpea flour and have a hint of cardamom & pistachio.♥"
Persian Chickpea Cookies
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Prep time 2hrs
Cook time 15mins
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ingredients
- 1/3 cup sifted powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup sifted fine chickpea flour
- Ground pistachio, for decoration
Method
Step 1
Beat powdered sugar, cardamom and oil for 3 mins
Step 2
Add chickpea flour and beat 1 more minute
Step 3
Knead the dough 10 mins, if you feel it’s too dry add more oil (1tbs at a time)
Step 4
Let it rest for 2 hrs (at room temp)
Step 5
Preheat the oven to 300F
Step 6
On a floured surface, roll out the dough to ½ inch thick. Cut out as many cookies as you can
Step 7
Transfer to a baking sheet covered with parchment paper, decorate with pistachio and bake for about 15 mins but keep an eye on them after 10 mins (always bake 1 cookie first and time it to see how it goes, you don’t want to burn the whole batch! :D )
Step 8
Let them cool on the baking sheet for at least 15 mins because they’re fragile when hot.
Step 9
Decorate with more ground pistachios and rose petals if you like!