Nankhatai Biscuit recipe

Nankhatai Recipe- 

Nankhatai Recipe

About- 

It is an Indian short bread or cookie recipe that is made up of all purpose flour , sugar and ghee(butter).it flavored with cardamom powder and nuts .it is a popular street dessert in north India, it is easily available in most of the bakery shops , sweet shops and grocery stores.if you are also fond of desserts then you must also try this one out at least once. make them in bulk and store in airtight container to use and enjoy them for many days and even weeks . its taste doesn't changes on storing it for much time. these are very popular Indian eggless tea time biscuits or snacks kind of biscuits. a melt in the mouth biscuit , with the rich aroma of ghee tinged with notes of cardamom . it is the perfect example of Traditional Indian Desserts. you can also use many powders like almonds , pistachio and cardamom powder etc , they will provide a authentic aroma in the air and the taste in your cookies , we will provide you the easiest and simplest recipe of the biscuit .you can easily make it at your home with just few basic ingredients .

Ingredients- 

3 cup all purpose flour / maida

1/8 tbsp baking powder 

1/8 tbsp baking soda

1.5 cup refined oil / ghee

1 cup powdered sugar

1/2 cup semolina /rava/sooji

1 tbsp cardamom /elaichi powder

2 tbsp almonds powder

2 tbsp pistachios powder

How to make- 

• first sieve all the dry ingredients like maida , baking powder ,almonds powder , pistachio powder and  baking soda in a bowl and keep aside.
• take other bowl and mix the ghee and powdered sugar and whisk well for 10-15 minutes gently with light hands until smooth and fluffy.

Nankhatai Biscuit

• add the sieved flour and other dry ingredients mixture into ghee mixture prepared above and kneed the soft dough.
• take a baking tray or a or dish and grease it with ghee .
• divide the dough into small balls and flatten them to shape of cookie and put it in the baking tray with proper distance.
• take a butter knife and make some cut in the center to make some design .garnish with chopped nuts.
• preheat the oven at 160 degree celcius and bake the cookies or biscuit for 20-25 minutes until light brown or for 10-15 minutes for white biscuits .
• if you don/t have oven then you can also use pressure cooker , remove the whistle and rubber .preheat on medium flame for 5 minutes.
• put some salt in the bottom of cooker and now put the baking tray and bake or 15-20 minutes for light brown cookies and 10-15 minute for white cookies.
• serve the cookies or store in air tight container.

Nankhataie Cookies

Tips- 

• sieve the ingredients in a deep bowl so that you can easily make the dough it it ,avoiding any mess.
• you can also use a few amount of gram flour /besan or you can also add some flour , accordingly adjust the quantity of all purpose flour .
• keep in mind that the ghee should not be melted , it should have semi solid consistency , with a grainy texture.
• for mixing the ghee and sugar don't use a mixer or grinder , mix it manually to make it fluffy , smooth and color .
• while making the dough if you feel the mixture is dry then you can add some tbsp of milk or water , to make the dough of perfect consistency.
• if almond and pistachio powder is not available then you can skip it , they are not necessary ingredients.