Naan Khatai. Nankhatai recipe - Delicious, light & crisp eggless cookies made with flour, ghee, cardamom powder and sugar. 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.
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. Naan Khatai is India's very own desi biscuit which is made in an open oven (you can make it in your OTG or cooker or convection oven also). You can cook Naan Khatai using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Naan Khatai
- You need 1 1/2 of maida.
- It's 1/2 cup of besan.
- You need 1 cup of caster sugar.
- It's 1 cup of ghee (malting).
- You need 1/2 tsp of elachi powder.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
- You need 1 of egg yolks.
It is soft and melt-in-the mouth biscuit and has a unique taste with an unmistakable aroma of desi ghee, which distinguishes it from other cookies. The word Nankhatai is derived from Persian word Naan meaning bread and "Khatai" from a Dari Persian word meaning Biscuit. In Afghanistan and Northeast Iran, these biscuits are called Kulcha-e-Khataye. Kulcha is a type of Indian bread similar to Naan.
Naan Khatai instructions
- Maida, besan, baking powder, Caster sugar ko mix kar ke chan kar side kar dein.
- Phir chane hoe ingredient main malted ghee ko thora thora add kar ke mix krein dough bana lein.
- Phir naan khatai ka sheep de kar oper egg yolks laga dein oven tray main laga dein.
- Preheat oven main 180 par 10 to 12 min ke liye bake kar lein nihayat delicious naan khatai ban kar ready hon gi cool hone ke baad serve krein.
The word Nankhatai is derived from Persian word Naan meaning bread and Khatai from an Afghan word meaning Biscuit. They are a hot favorite of kids and people across all ages. Also happens to be my favorite dessert all the time. It's just the aroma of nankhatai while passing through a bakery would tempt and crave me to eat them. Combine flour, sooji, salt, powdered sugar, and vanilla essence in a large mixing bowl.