Nankhatai recipe – How to make nankhatai recipe – eggless cookies

Nankhatais are Indian short bread cookies  made with all purpose flour, ghee, sugar and little semolina added to it.  is a perfect tea time snack and very delicious.   It is not only easy and  quick to make but  very tasty too.  Nankhatai is a popular cookie which is equally liked by kids as well as elders.  You can make this cookie with all purpose flour alone or  half cup of maida and half cup wheat flour.    With very few and easily available ingredients at home, you can make nankhatais on even festive occasions at home.

Prep Time : 10 mins

Cook Time : 18 to 20 mins (baking time)

Yield:  14 to 15 nankhatais

Indian cuisine

INGREDIENTS

Maida or all purpose flour – 1 and 1/4 cups

Semolina or fine rava – 2 tablespoons

Unsalted butter or ghee – 1/2 cup

Powdered sugar – 1/2 cup

Cardamom powder – 1/4 teaspoon

A pinch of salt

Baking powder – 1/4 teaspoon

Pistachios or almonds – 1 tablespoon – finely chopped for garnishing

HOW TO MAKE OR PREPARE NANKHATAI RECIPE

Take a mixing bowl.  Add powdered sugar and ghee.  Mix well.  Whisk well till it is light, creamy and fluffy.

Sift/sieve in the all purpose flour, semolina, baking powder and a pinch of salt into this ghee-sugar mixture and mix well.  Add cardamom powder.

Mix all the ingredients well and knead well to make a smooth dough.  Chill the dough covered in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Divide the dough into small portions.  Form small round flat balls of dough and keep it ready.  Arrange the flat balls on the baking tray. Press chopped almonds on the top lightly.   Bake in a preheated oven at 160 degrees for 15-18 minutes.

Remove them with the help of oven gloves on your hand and keep it on the wire racks to cool down.  Nankhatais are now ready  to be served.  Store nankhatais in an airtight container and serve with tea/coffee as a evening snack or enjoy the cookies as it is.

NOTES/TIPS

Temperatures vary in different ovens.  So always keep an eye while baking.   If the nankhatais are not baked enough,  bake them for few more minutes.

Keep some space between the nankhatais, at the time of baking, as the they tend to expand while baking.

Semolina makes the cookies crispy and gives them a nice texture.

Chilling the dough helps to puff up the cookies.  Otherwise, the butter/ghee present in the cookies will melt resulting in flat and greasy cookies.

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