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Osmania Biscuit Recipe: Hyderabad’s famous Osmania Biscuit is known for its unique sweetness, buttery taste and golden colour. It originated in the royal kitchen of Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan, where it was created to be a light and easily digestible diet. Today this biscuit is popular throughout the country and abroad and has become an essential part of morning breakfast with tea or coffee.
Hyderabad. You might have eaten many types of Biskul, but Osmania Biskul made in Hyderabad is unique. Hyderabad morning starts with Irani tea and Osmania biscuits. This pairing has been an old and beloved tradition of Hyderabad. But today this tradition is not limited to Hyderabad only but is spreading rapidly in the entire country. In fact, fans of Osmania biscuits can be found from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru to Dubai and America. People are crazy about Osmania biscuits. But do you know that this favorite biscuit was initially prepared for patients.
There are many interesting stories behind Osmania biscuits. It is believed that it originated from the royal kitchen of the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan. Nizam wanted a breakfast which was a perfect combination of sweet and salty tastes. According to some historians, this biscuit was given to the Nizam’s soldiers as a light diet during an illness, because it was light and easily digestible.
How to prepare Osmania biscuits
Osmania biscuits are famous for their golden colour, rich buttery taste and balanced sweetness. This melt-in-the-mouth biscuit is prepared with a blend of premium flour, butter and mild cardamom, which gives it a unique taste. This taste goes well with tea or coffee. Even today there has not been much change in the old recipe. Fine flour, pure butter, right amount of sugar and a light touch of cardamom is the magic that makes it melt in the mouth. The golden colour, slight cracks on the top and soft texture from inside make the mouth water just by looking at it.
How the biscuit got the name Osmania
Nizam Mir Osman liked this biscuit so much that he made it in large quantities and started distributing it among his close ones. Gradually it became popular. It was named Osmania Biscuit after the name of Nizam. In this way, the biscuits which once started as a diet for patients, have today become the favorite companion of morning tea in every home. Many big brands are now packing and selling it outside Hyderabad, but the real fun still lies in those old bakeries, where fresh biscuits come out of the oven early in the morning and their aroma spreads throughout the neighborhood. A cup of Irani tea with milk and three-four Osmania biscuits, what could be a better morning than this.
