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Three-flour Persian saffron cookies

Three-flour Persian saffron cookies

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Persian-style cookies made with three types of flour (wheat, rice, and chickpea), flavored with cardamom, cut into shapes using a cookie cutter, and then …

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Recipe from Roozitaa, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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These Persian biscuits, also known as padrazi, combine three types of flour: wheat, rice, and toasted chickpeas. Flavored with cardamom and golden with saffron, they melt in your mouth.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time10 min
  • Resting1 hr
  • Total1 hr 40 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$14.06 $0.47 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

30 people
  • $8.81
  • $1.45
  • $0.20
  • $0.92
  • $0.67
  • $0.57
  • $0.27
  • $0.80
  • $0.02
  • $0.35

Prices from US supermarkets for 7 of 10 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Combine the flour, add the clarified butter, and knead well. Then, add the cardamom. ≈ 10 min
  2. Sift the powdered sugar into a bowl, add the eggs and vanilla, and whisk until well combined. Then, fold it into the flour. ≈ 4 min
  3. Cover the dough with a plastic bag and let it rest in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
  4. Roll out a small amount of dough between two sheets of parchment paper or plastic wrap, to a thickness of 2 to 3 mm, then cut it out using a cookie cutter. ≈ 3 min
  5. Arrange the biscuits on a baking sheet, brush them with egg yolk, and then drizzle them with the saffron-infused oil mixture. ≈ 4 min
  6. Bake in the oven at 180 °C for 10 minutes.

The bill

Three-flour Persian saffron cookies

  • 250 g of clarified butter$8.81
  • 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla$1.45
  • 125 g of wheat flour$0.20
  • 125 g of rice flour$0.92
  • 150 g of burnt chickpea flour$0.67
  • 150 g of powdered sugar$0.57
  • 1/2 teaspoon of cardamom$0.27
  • 2 eggs$0.80
  • 1 tablespoon of neutral oil$0.02
  • 1 egg yolk$0.35

Total$14.06

that's $0.47 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 250 g of clarified butter
  • 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla
  • 125 g of wheat flour
  • 125 g of rice flour
  • 150 g of burnt chickpea flour
  • 150 g of powdered sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon of cardamom
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon of neutral oil
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1/2 teaspoon of saffron infused

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