Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, nankhatai- indian shortbread. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Nankhatai- Indian shortbread is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Nankhatai- Indian shortbread is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have nankhatai- indian shortbread using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Nankhatai- Indian shortbread:
- Prepare 1/2 cup ghee + 1 tbsp extra
- Get 1/2 cup icing sugar
- Take 1 cup maida(wheat flour)
- Get 1/2 cup besan (gram flour or chickpea flour)
- Make ready 1/4 cup suji (semolina)
- Prepare 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
- Prepare 1/4 tsp salt
- Get Some chopped pistachios for garnishing
Well, this is my first ever cookie recipe on the blog. Nankhatai is an Indian shortbread cookie flavored with cardamom and usually topped with nuts. Popular as a snack for tea or coffee, it's light, crispy outside and soft crumbly inside. Simple to make in just a few minutes!
Instructions 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
Popular as a snack for tea or coffee, it's light, crispy outside and soft crumbly inside. Simple to make in just a few minutes! I tried reading more about the origin of this. Nankhatai is crispy shortbread biscuit which is prepared using desi ghee (Homemade ghee), all purpose flour (maida), chickpea flour (Besan), Sooji (Rawa) and sugar. Nankhatai (Indian shortbread) - a melt-in-mouth, cardamom flavored Indian shortbread or cookie traditionally enjoyed during any festival or get together!
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