Nankhatai Recipe,There are lot of variations for Nankhatai cookies.You can make this Nankhatai for Diwali, am sure this will be a super hit.I googled and found many variations for nankatai recipe but finally settled with SaffronKitchen’s recipe but since the website is inaccesible now, I could not link it.I replaced maida with half of wheat flour and thats the only change I made to the orginal recipe.I want to try nankhatai without besan flour too, so will post another version soon.
This is the first time I am tasting Nankahatai, the taste was quite different from the usual cookies with a nutty flavour from besan flour.Do try it and pack for your relatives and friends for this Diwali 2015!
Nankhatai Recipe – Ingredients
Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 15 mins | Makes : 15 cookies
Recipe Category: Sweet | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Recipe Category: Sweet | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Maida – 1/2 cup
Wheat Flour – 1/2 cup
Besan Flour – 1/2 cup
Melted Ghee – 1/2 cup
Powdered Sugar – 1/2 cup
Cardamom Powder – 1/2 tsp
Baking Powder – 1/2 tsp
Baking Soda – 1/4 tsp
Milk – 2 tbsp
Pistachios – 5
Method:
- Powder sugar with cardamom to a fine powder.In a mixing bowl take maida,wheat flour,besan flour.
- Whisk it well,Set aside,Chop pista and set aside.Take melted ghee in a wide mixing bowl.
- Add powdered sugar.Whisk it well.Then add the flour mixture.
- Mix it well with our hands, it may resemble breadcrumbs.Now add milk and bring together to form a soft dough.I used my measuring spoon to scoop out even sized cookies.
- Roll them into a ball and flatten it slightly.Lay silver foil in a baking tray and arrange the cookies.Sprinkle chopped pistachios and slightly press it.Preheat oven at 180 deg C fo 10mins.
- Bake in preheated oven at 180 deg C fo 15-20mins or until the edges turn golden.
Keeps well for 3 days in room temperature itself!
My Notes:
- The cookies spread out so while baking so leave enough space between each cookie.
- You can even replace ghee with butter.
- Don’t knead the dough too much just bring it together with the tip of your fingers.
- Instead of adding 1/2 cup of wheat flour you can even use maida fully
- It yielded me 15 cookies.
HP says
November 5, 2015 at 5:44 amA question about point 6. You have said wrap in butter paper and the log with poppyseeds. Is there some step in between?
SHARMILEE J says
November 5, 2015 at 6:37 amNo tats a typo…now updated it
Unknown says
November 5, 2015 at 7:00 amCan we replace ghee with butter? if yes what quantity?
Or half of ghee and half of butter… Please let me know
SHARMILEE J says
November 8, 2015 at 12:50 pmYou can use the same quantity of butter(in room temperature)
saraswathi says
November 5, 2015 at 7:51 amseems delicious and easy to make…thank you
Unknown says
November 5, 2015 at 8:49 pmCan we use 1cup wheat flour instead of maida
SHARMILEE J says
November 6, 2015 at 3:08 amYou can try and see
Shajina Salim says
November 6, 2015 at 1:12 pmWow…yummy
Manali says
November 8, 2015 at 2:13 amCan I make it without the foil & butterpaper on tray. Will it work if I apply ghee on baking tray, I'll making it on my OTG Oven.
SHARMILEE J says
November 8, 2015 at 5:18 amYes you can but keep an eye on the timing….
Mrudula says
November 20, 2015 at 6:50 pmTried them and they came out perfectly. Thanks for the recipe.
Adesara Sweta says
August 29, 2016 at 1:09 pmhow to make nan khatai without besan?
Sunitha says
February 6, 2017 at 10:32 pmI made this on the weekend and they are super hit. Easy to make and so yummy! Thank you for sharing the recipe. This made it to the top of my list.
Can you share the recipe for making samosas?
RamyaMurali says
February 16, 2017 at 5:52 pmI made this last week came out very well and super hit. I strongly recommend this for Easy and Tasty home made cookies. Thanks for sharing sharmilee.
Khanita says
March 27, 2017 at 9:26 pmI tried this first time and i must say i got so many praises really all credit goes to u…thanks a lot