Nankhatai are shortbread biscuits popular in India and Pakistan. The word Nankhatai is derived from Persian word Naan meaning bread and Khatai from an Afghan word meaning Biscuit. These are Indian shortbread cookies spiced with cardamom powder.This cookies are everyone's favourite.
For a change, for the chocolate lovers I have dipped nankhatais in melted strawberry chocolate. Kids surely loves this.
For a change, for the chocolate lovers I have dipped nankhatais in melted strawberry chocolate. Kids surely loves this.
INGREDIENTS
Maida - 1 cup
Whole wheat flour - 1 cup
Semolina / fine rava - ½ cup
Gram flour - ½ cup
Baking powder - 1 ¼ tsps
Sugar - 1 cup
Cardamom powder 1 tsp
Yogurt - ¼ cup
Ghee - 1 cup
METHOD
preheat the oven to 180 C.
And prepare grease a baking sheet with
butter or ghee.
In a large bowl, combine
all the dry ingredients together and mixt until all the ingredients together in
the form of a dough.
Place the dough in a cling
wrap and refrigerate for about 3 hours until chill.
Don’t skip this step if you
refregirate the dough you will get the cookies more crunchy.
Shape the dough into lemon
size ball cookies, flatten it lightly and cut it with the heart shape cookie cutter and make a slight thumb impression in the center. Garnish
it with almonds .
Arrange the nankhatais in a
baking sheet and bake them in a preheated oven and bake until lightly golden
brown for about 15 to 20 minutes.
Spicy nan khatais are ready
to serve with hot coffee.
INGREDIENTS
FOR STRAWBERRY CHOCOLATE DIPPED NANKHATAIS
Strawberry chocolate - 100 gms
METHOD
Melt the strawberry
chocolate either in microwave or double boil it
Dip the nan khatais in th
melted chocolate and keep it for two hours to set
Strawberry nankhatais are
ready.
VARIATIONS
You can melt dark or milk chocolates and dip the nan khatais as well It's upto your choice.
You can dip the balls in the crushed nutsfully and bake it..
You can dip the balls in the crushed nutsfully and bake it..
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