Nankhatai- Indian shortbread

How to Cook Recipes Nankhatai- Indian shortbread using 8 ingredients and 8 steps

Nankhatai- Indian shortbread - Indian Shortbread Cookies [RECIPE] 'Nankhatai' or Nan Khatai is a melt-in-mouth cardamom scented Indian shortbread cookie. These are buttery soft, sweet and perfectly crisp, and go so well with a steaming cup of milk, tea or coffee. Nankhatai/Eggless Indian Shortbread Cookies are melt in mouth traditional Indian eggless cookies made using all purpose flour (maida), chickpea flour (besan), semolina (sooji), sugar and ghee (clarified butter. They are flavored with cardamom powder. Indian Shortbread flavored with cardamom and vanilla will just melt away in your mouth!

Khasta is a term used for 'light and flaky shortbread cookies,' and this nankhatai/ shortbread or biscuits are -.

Nankhatai is an eggless, traditional Indian shortbread cookies.

You can have Nankhatai- Indian shortbread using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients make Nankhatai- Indian shortbread

1. You need 1/2 cup ghee + 1 tbsp extra.
2. You need 1/2 cup icing sugar.
3. You need 1 cup maida(wheat flour).
4. It's 1/2 cup besan (gram flour or chickpea flour).
5. Prepare 1/4 cup suji (semolina).
6. You need 1/2 tsp cardamom powder.
7. Prepare 1/4 tsp salt.
8. It's Some chopped pistachios for garnishing.

Nankhatai- Indian shortbread instructions

1. Whisk ghee (soft not melted) and sugar until its creamy.
2. Add in all flours and cardamom powder.
3. Use your palm to mix everything. Once all lumps are gone start kneading it. At this stage if you knead more ghee, put it and knead to a soft dough. It will take time, be patient please.
4. Once that dough is formed, keep in fridge for 15 mins.
5. Preheat oven at 180C fan forced and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
6. After 15 mins make small balls and flatten them, they wont rise or spread..
7. Bake for 15 mins. check you might need to keep another 5 mins. Make sure they dont turn dark..
8. Let them cool and enjoy with your tea or coffee.

Nankhatai- Indian shortbread - If you're in the mood to bake this weekend, try this fail-proof Nankhatai recipe. Nan Khatai is Eggless Indian shortbread cookies made with a combination of flours, semolina, ghee and infused with a delicate cardamom flavor. My nankhatai recipe is made with whole wheat flour as well. These delicious Indian cookies are soft, crumbly, light, almost melt in your mouth and super delicious. Nankhatai is an Indian style cookie that is a perfect tea time snack. They are usually made during the Diwali festival in India. Perfect nankhatai that look exactly like the bakery bought ones. Thank you and good luck