Homemade Nankhatai
Homemade Nankhatai

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, homemade nankhatai. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Homemade Nankhatai is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Homemade Nankhatai is something that I have loved my entire life.

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. Due to the amount of ghee added in the dough, these nankhatai have a tender and crumbly texture.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have homemade nankhatai using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Homemade Nankhatai:
  1. Prepare 1 cup all-purpose flour or maida
  2. Prepare 3/4 cup besan/gram flour
  3. Get 1/4 cup sooji or semolina
  4. Prepare Pinch salt
  5. Prepare 1/2 cup ghee should not be melted
  6. Get 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  7. Take 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
  8. Get as needed Chopped pistachios to garnish
  9. Make ready 1 cup Fruit jam to garnish
  10. Make ready 1 tsp milk (optional)only use if dough isn't coming together

Baking at home is nothing new in India. In olden times, there were clay ovens in which a variety of breads were baked. Made with just a few ingredients, this Nankhatai recipe is light, flaky, tender, crumbly, and literally will melt in your mouth. These eggless Indian style butter cookies are a tad sweet so pairs perfectly with a cup of coffee or tea.

Steps to make Homemade Nankhatai:
  1. In a bowl sieve together flour,besan,sooji and cardamom powder.Add salt and mix till well combined.
  2. Using your hand or hand mixer,mix together ghee with powdered sugar.
  3. Add the flour mix (dry ingredients) and mix.
  4. Mix until it forms a soft and smooth dough.if the dough is not coming together,you may add a tsp of milk at this point.
  5. Cling wrap the dough and refrigerate for 15 minutes
  6. After 15 minutes take the dough out and pinch equal size balls from the dough.
  7. Flatten each balls slightly with your hands.press some chopped nuts or fruit jam in the center.
  8. Preheat the oven to 150°c.
  9. Bake at 150 °c for 12-15 minutes or till the bottom of the cookies starts turning light brown in color.
  10. Remove nankhatai from oven and let cool completely.store in an airtight container and enjoy.

Made with just a few ingredients, this Nankhatai recipe is light, flaky, tender, crumbly, and literally will melt in your mouth. These eggless Indian style butter cookies are a tad sweet so pairs perfectly with a cup of coffee or tea. A Dutch couple set up a bakery in Surat to meet the needs of local Dutch residents. firstly, in a large bowl take ½ cup ghee. make sure to take thick ghee. add ¾ cup powdered sugar and beat on low speed. you can use a whisk to beat the ghee and sugar. beat until the mixture turns creamy and whitish. Nankhatai is a very popular Indian shortbread cookies with cardamom flavor prepared by mixing gram flour, all purpose flour and semolina. These melt-in-the-mouth biscuits are sweet and crunchy.

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