Nankhatai Recipe

Nankhatai Recipe

 

 A savory and all time favorite sweet snack with a cup of tea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients:-
All Purpose Flour - 1 cup
Unsalted Butter/Ghee - 1/2 cup
Powdered Sugar - 1/2 cup
Cardamom Powder - 1/4 tsp
Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - a pinch
Pistachios/Raisins/Cashews/Almond - for garnish

 

How to make Nankhatai:-

·         Take a mixing bowl with the room temperature butter in it.  Add the powdered sugar to it and cream together till the mixture becomes light and fluffy.

·         Sift all the dry ingredients (flour, cardamom powder, baking powder and salt) into a separate bowl.

·         Add this to the creamed butter mixture little at a time and keep mixing. Knead it to form a soft dough. Cover the dough and let it rest in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes.

·         Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 C). Make small gooseberry sized balls of the dough.

·         Smoothen the balls by rolling in between your palm. You can also use a cookie cutter to shape the cookies.

·         Place each ball in a cookie sheet. Leave some space in between as the cookies will expand when it bakes.

·         If you want to make it richer, press a pistachio or raisin or cashew or almond on top of the balls gently.

·         Bake at 300 degrees for 12-15 minutes until the bottom of the cookies turn light golden brown.

·         Remove from the oven and gently transfer the cookies to a cooling rack. The cookies will be very soft at this stage.

·         After it cools completely, store in an air tight container for up to a month.

·         Serve as a snack with a cup of tea.