The biscuit is one of the India's favorite brands, which comes from the Latin word bis coctum. The word bis coctum means, “twice baked”. The biscuit company was started in the year of 1892 in Calcutta (Kolkata), and the company started with an initial investment of Rs. 295. Today we all know the company named as Britannia today. The beginning might be humble dreams. But in 1912, with the arrival of electricity, Britannia became the first company of the east of Suez Canal. As an outcome, during the disastrous World War II, the Government repose its hope in Britannia by constricting it to deliver huge quantities of "service biscuits" to the armed forces.
In 1975, the Britannia Biscuit Company took over the delivery of biscuits from Parry's, who is till now distributing Britannia biscuits in India and in 1978, Indian shareholding crossed up to 60%. The following year, Britannia Biscuit Company was re-christened Britannia Industries Limited (BIL) and the biscuits are also called as cookies and the German people call them as keks. In 1983, The Britannia Industries Limited crossed the amount of Rs. 100 crores revenue mark over the world.
Nowadays, the biscuits can be prepared at home, using the ingredients like taking two cup flour, 4 teaspoon baking powder, one-fourth of margarine and a milk and salt will be added. First mix the dry ingredients and margarine. Then add milk and stir it well, and make smooth dough from it and roll out 3/4" thick circles. Then at last cut it with a biscuit cutter and bake it in an oven with a degree of 450 for 10 to 15 minutes.
