What it tastes like
Buttery Irani-café biscuits, sweet-salty, made for dunking in chai.
Cafe Niloufer · India
A box of cookies from Hyderabad’s Cafe Niloufer, the Irani café people queue at for chai and Osmania biscuits.
Available in India
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Buttery Irani-café biscuits, sweet-salty, made for dunking in chai.
Niloufer’s biscuits were a Hyderabad-only souvenir for decades; a gift box you can order nationwide is newer.
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