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Nankhatai Recipe

Nankhatai is a well-known Indian shortbread cookie made with various types of flour and flavored with green cardamom.
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Course: Cookie
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: Debjanir Rannaghar, how to make nankhatai at home, nankhatai recipe
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 18
Calories: 107kcal
Cost: Rs 250

Ingredients

  • 100 g All Purpose Flour/ Maida ⅔ Cup
  • 50 g Whole Wheat Flour/ Atta ⅓ Cup
  • 50 g Gram Flour/ Besan ⅓ Cup
  • 20 g Semolina/ Sooji 2 Tbsp.
  • 100 g Powdered Sugar ⅔ Cup
  • ¼ teaspoon Green Cardamom Powder
  • ¼ teaspoon Baking Powder
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt
  • 8-10 Pistachios finely chopped
  • 2 tablespoon Milk or as required
  • 50 ml Ghee ½ Cup+ 1 Tbsp. (at room temperature but not melted)

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 170 degrees C for 10 minutes.
  • Make a coarse powder of Pistachios or finely chop those.
  • Making of Nankhatai Dough Step by Step
  • Take all-purpose flour, Whole Wheat Flour, Gram Flour, and Semolina in a bowl and mix all the flour properly with your fingers or a spoon.
  • Sieve the Flour mixture using a sieve.
  • Add Green Cardamom Powder, Baking Powder, and Salt to the Flour mixture and mix again.
  • Now mix Powdered Sugar with the Flour mixture.
  • Take Ghee at room temperature and start adding the Flour mixture in two batches.
  • After adding half of the Ghee knead the dough and if required add some more Ghee.
  • Don’t knead much.
  • Add a little Milk if you are not able to make the dough using only Ghee.
  • Now divide the dough into 15-18 equal-sized balls.
  • Take a baking tray and place a piece of baking paper or butter paper on it.
  • How to decorate Nankhatai
  • Place the balls prepared from the dough on the baking tray and decorate those using a cookie cutter or a knife or fork as shown in the picture.
  • How to bake Nankhatai
  • Sprinkle finely chopped Pistachios over the cookies.
  • Bake Nankhatai at 180 degrees C for around 15-20 minutes till the cookies turn golden in colour.
  • Don’t overbake and check after completion of 15 minutes given not all the ovens are the same.
  • Take the baking tray out of the oven and let the cookies cool completely.
  • Store Nankhatai in airtight containers. Nankhatai can be stored for 7-10 days.

Notes

  • Whole wheat flour can be replaced with all purpose flour.
  • Ghee can be replaced with Butter or Refined oil fully or proportionately.
  • Don't add Salt in case using table Butter or salted butter.

Nutrition

Serving: 20g | Calories: 107kcal | Carbohydrates: 15.7g | Fat: 4.1g | Saturated Fat: 2.3g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 12mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5.8g
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