Naan Khatai Cookies. 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. In the earlier days most Indian homes did not have an oven so these were baked in stovetop aluminium ovens & cookers.
Nan khatai is an authentic Indian sweet and savory eggless cookie that can be easily prepared at home. In its authentic recipe, ghee, maida, rava (sooji), gram flour (besan) and sugar are used but nowadays it is generally prepared without using gram flour and rava. 'Nankhatai'** ** (नानखटाई)** 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. You can have Naan Khatai Cookies using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Naan Khatai Cookies
- Prepare 1 cup of besan.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of maida.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of sooji.
- You need 1 tsp of baking powder.
- You need 1/2 tsp of cardamom powder.
- You need 1/2 cup of powdered sugar.
- It's 1/2 cup of ghee.
- Prepare 1-2 tbsp of milk (if needed).
- Prepare as needed of Slivered pistachio.
These cookies are one of the simplest cookies I make, but also they're one of my favorites. Nankhatai biscuits / cookies procedure Make sure that all the ingredients are at room temperature. First, weigh, all the dry ingredients and add it to the sieve. Add in the maida (all purpose flour), besan (chikpea flour), salt, cardamom powder and baking powder.
Naan Khatai Cookies instructions
- Cream ghee and sugar with help of a whisker or a beater till it’s light..
- Take rest of the dry ingredients in a bowl..
- Now add dry ingredients in the wet mix of ghee and sugar and knead lightly like a dough..
- If the mixture in dry add milk. Mine wasn’t as I had used melted ghee..
- Pinch lemon size dough and make balls Place pistachio n sprinkle some cardamom powder on each. That’s optional.
- Preheat the oven Place the butter paper on a baking tray and place all prepared dough balls..
- Now bake them at 180degrees for 12-15 minutes.
- Keep checking as temperature differs from oven to oven Once they are done from the bottom, Take the tray out and let them cool completely. Enjoy besan naan khatais with coffee or tea..
But the bottom will be slightly golden brown. nankhatai biscuits are very popular Indian eggless tea time biscuits. Our vegetarian recipe of nan khatai biscuits is made with simple ingredients like plain flour, Vanaspati, powdered sugar, rava, cardamom powder, almond powder, baking powder and baking soda. The popularity of the naan khatai increases every day and get transported to the Bombay markets. If you are interested in making the naan khatai by your own which is closer to the Pakistani taste or North Indian, you can do it. The result of the dish is really delicious from the kitchens to your loved ones.