Nan khatai (Indian shortbread)
Nan khatai (Indian shortbread)

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Indian Shortbread Cookies Recipe with an easy video tutorial**. 'Nankhatai'** **( नानखटाई )** is a melt-in-mouth cardamom scented Indian shortbread cookie. These are buttery soft, sweet and perfectly crisp, and go so well with a steaming cup of milk, tea or coffee. Indian Shortbread flavored with cardamom and vanilla will just melt away in your mouth! How to make khasta Nan Khatai Recipe.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have nan khatai (indian shortbread) using 6 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Nan khatai (Indian shortbread):
  1. Prepare 1 cup all purpose flour
  2. Prepare 1/4 cup semolina (sooji)
  3. Make ready Pinch salt
  4. Get 1/2 cup + 3 tbsp ghee (solid form)
  5. Prepare 1 cup sugar
  6. Make ready Jam

Nan Khatai is Eggless Indian shortbread cookies made with a combination of flours, semolina, ghee and infused with a delicate cardamom flavor. My nankhatai recipe is made with whole wheat flour as well. These delicious Indian cookies are soft, crumbly, light, almost melt in your mouth and super delicious. Nankhatai/Eggless Indian Shortbread Cookies are melt in mouth traditional Indian eggless cookies made using all purpose flour (maida), chickpea flour (besan), semolina (sooji), sugar and ghee (clarified butter.

Instructions to make Nan khatai (Indian shortbread):
  1. Pre-heat the oven to 375 F degrees.
  2. In a mixing bowl add flour, semolina and and salt and mix till well combined.
  3. In another bowl mix ghee and sugar together till it’s fluffy (I used Kitchen aid mixer)
  4. Add the flour mix (No.1 ingredients) and mix until it become a soft and smooth. Can add a tbspn of milk to make it smoother!
  5. Wrap the dough and rest it for 30 minutes.
  6. After 30 mins, take a dough and make into a ball(in a small marble size). Then flatten the ball slightly with a palm of your hand. Make a shallow hole and add Jam.
  7. Lined the baking tray with grease proof paper and place the flatten shortbread on there. Put in the oven for 25mins or until the bottom turns slightly brown/ golden coulour.
  8. Remove nankhatai from oven and let it cool completely.

These delicious Indian cookies are soft, crumbly, light, almost melt in your mouth and super delicious. Nankhatai/Eggless Indian Shortbread Cookies are melt in mouth traditional Indian eggless cookies made using all purpose flour (maida), chickpea flour (besan), semolina (sooji), sugar and ghee (clarified butter. They are flavored with cardamom powder. Nankhatai (Indian shortbread) - a melt-in-mouth Indian shortbread or cookie traditionally enjoyed during any festival or get together! Nan khatai has got to do nothing with Naan bread.

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