Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, nankhatai- indian shortbread. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Nankhatai, is a traditional Indian biscuit. These shortbread style eggless cookies is crunchy & crumbly with a sensational aroma of cardamom. Nankhatai (Indian shortbread) - a melt-in-mouth, cardamom flavored Indian shortbread or cookie traditionally enjoyed during any festival or get together! Indian Shortbread Cookies Recipe with an easy video tutorial**.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook nankhatai- indian shortbread using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Nankhatai- Indian shortbread:
- Get 1/2 cup ghee + 1 tbsp extra
- Take 1/2 cup icing sugar
- Make ready 1 cup maida(wheat flour)
- Prepare 1/2 cup besan (gram flour or chickpea flour)
- Get 1/4 cup suji (semolina)
- Take 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
- Get 1/4 tsp salt
- Prepare Some chopped pistachios for garnishing
Indian Shortbread flavored with cardamom and vanilla will just melt away in your mouth! How to make khasta Nan Khatai Recipe..for the nankhatai, a lovely Indian sweet biscuit that is usually prepared during the festive season. little melt-in-your-mouth wonders are pretty much like shortbread cookies but slightly differ in taste. Nankhatai is an eggless, traditional Indian shortbread cookies. The name Nankhatai comes from two words - 'naan' meaning bread and 'khatai', meaning biscuit or cookie.
Steps to make Nankhatai- Indian shortbread:
- Whisk ghee (soft not melted) and sugar until its creamy
- Add in all flours and cardamom powder
- 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
- Once that dough is formed, keep in fridge for 15 mins
- Preheat oven at 180C fan forced and line a baking tray with parchment paper
- After 15 mins make small balls and flatten them, they wont rise or spread.
- Bake for 15 mins. check you might need to keep another 5 mins. Make sure they dont turn dark.
- Let them cool and enjoy with your tea or coffee
Nankhatai is an eggless, traditional Indian shortbread cookies. The name Nankhatai comes from two words - 'naan' meaning bread and 'khatai', meaning biscuit or cookie. Nankhatai are traditional Indian shortbread cookies made with all-purpose flour, semolina, sugar and ghee. There are so many variations of nankhatais and can be made with different combinations of flour. These shortbread, or Nankhatai as they are called in India, are buttery and melt-in-mouth crumbly cookies.
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