Nankhatai/Butter biscuits/Cookies

Swathi Emaya
Swathi Emaya @swathi_cook

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Eggless Indian Shortbread Cookies – Nankhatai are very popular cookie prepared during the festive season in India. These are flavored with ghee or butter, cardamom and saffron and will melt in your mouth! If you love nankhatai then I have got the perfect recipe for you. With only handful of ingredients, you will able to get the perfect nankhatai to make your family happy.

Nankhatai are made with flour, semolina, ghee, and flavored with cardamom and saffron. These Indian cookies are crumbly, buttery, and quite addictive.

The name Nankhatai comes from two words – ‘naan’ meaning bread and ‘khatai’, meaning biscuit or cookie.The texture of these cookies is soft and mouth melting.

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Ingredients

30 mins
4 servings
  1. 1/4 cupghee
  2. 1/4 cupbutter (room temperature)
  3. 1 cuppowdered sugar
  4. 1 cupwheat flour or maida
  5. 1/4Besan flour
  6. 1 tbspRava
  7. 1/2 tspbaking soda
  8. 1/2 tspcardamom powder
  9. 3 tbspmilk

Cooking Instructions

30 mins
  1. 1

    Add butter,ghee on a large bowl and beat well using hand mixer or electric beater until it turns creamy texture. Gradually add 1 cup of sugar and beat well.

  2. 2

    In a siever, add all dry ingredients and sieve well into the bowl.

  3. 3

    Then add cardomom powder, milk(little by little) and make a thick dough as shown. Don't knead too much. Cover and Rest it for 20 mins in fridge.

  4. 4

    Then, take small ball sized dough,flatten it slightly and make cookies as shown. Decorate it with almond or other nuts,chocolate chips.

  5. 5

    Line a parchment paper on a baking tray and arrange the cookies on the tray.

  6. 6

    Preheat the oven for 180 degree celsius and then bake the cookies for 12-15 mins or until it turns light brown at 180 degree Celsius.

  7. 7

    For gas stove method, add 1 cup salt in a kadai/idly pan and press heat for 10 mins on high heat. Then grease butter on a plate and arrange the cookies by leaving some gap between each cookies. Place the plate on the pre heated pan. Close the lid and cook for 15 mins.

  8. 8

    Tasty crunchy butter cookies/nankhatai is ready 😋😋 Store it in an airtight container and will be good for 10 days.

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