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A light and flaky shortbread recipe that is very popular during the festive seasons. It is flavoured with ghee, cardamom, and just melts in your mouth. Nankhatai (Indian shortbread) - a melt-in-mouth, cardamom flavored Indian shortbread or cookie traditionally enjoyed during any festival or get together!
Nankhatai- Indian shortbread is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Nankhatai- Indian shortbread is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook nankhatai- indian shortbread using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Nankhatai- Indian shortbread:
- Get 1/2 cup ghee + 1 tbsp extra
- Prepare 1/2 cup icing sugar
- Take 1 cup maida(wheat flour)
- Make ready 1/2 cup besan (gram flour or chickpea flour)
- Get 1/4 cup suji (semolina)
- Make ready 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
- Take 1/4 tsp salt
- Take Some chopped pistachios for garnishing
Line a baking tray with parchment. Indian Shortbread flavored with cardamom and vanilla will just melt away in your mouth! How to make khasta Nan Khatai Recipe. Nankhatai Recipe with step by step photos.
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 are Indian shortbread cookies that are Nankhatai can be called as Indian shortbread cookies or biscuits. These shortbread, or Nankhatai as they are called in India, are buttery and melt-in-mouth crumbly cookies. Lemony Pistachio Shortbread or Nankhatai - A Crumbly Christmas Cookie. Eggless Indian Shortbread Cookies - Nankhatai are very popular during the festive season. These are flavored with ghee, cardamom and saffron and will melt in your mouth!
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