How to Cook Tasty Nankhatai/Butter biscuits/Cookies

How to Cook Tasty Nankhatai/Butter biscuits/Cookies Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Nankhatai/Butter biscuits/Cookies. Here's an another bakery recipe, which can be prepared in two different methods!! These delicious cravings can be baked in many flavours as you desire for. This Indian bakery biscuit recipe is easy to prepare and is surely going to make your kids at home happy.

The texture of cookies and time for baking may vary accordingly.

How to make nankhatai in microwave convection mode?

This Nankhatai recipe ( Indian Butter Cookies) is tender, crumbly and literally will melt in your mouth.

You can have Nankhatai/Butter biscuits/Cookies using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Nankhatai/Butter biscuits/Cookies

1. You need 1/4 cup of ghee.

2. It’s 1/4 cup of butter (room temperature).

3. It’s 1 cup of powdered sugar.

4. It’s 1 cup of wheat flour or maida.

5. It’s 1/4 of Besan flour.

6. Prepare 1 tbsp of Rava.

7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of baking soda.

8. You need 1/2 tsp of cardamom powder.

9. It’s 3 tbsp of milk.

It is a traditional Indian cookie recipe without eggs, baking powder or baking soda.

This recipe for Nankhatai Biscuits - Nankhatai Cookies is a very forgiving recipe and perfect for beginners.

Take another bowl and add in all the wet ingredients namely Butter, oil, rose water and milk.

Make sure that the butter is at room temperature and thoroughly soft.

Nankhatai/Butter biscuits/Cookies step by step

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

3. Then add cardomom powder, milk(little by little) and make a thick dough as shown. Dont knead too much. Cover and Rest it for 20 mins in fridge..

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

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

Nankhatai - A simple eggless cookie that can be made for evening snack with a cup of tea or for any festivals as a sweet.

Nankhatai recipe - Delicious, light & crisp eggless cookies made with flour, ghee, cardamom powder and sugar.

Nankhatai are traditional Indian shortbread cookies made with all-purpose flour, semolina, sugar and ghee.

There are so many variations of nankhatais and can be made with different.

Eggless Indian Shortbread Cookies - Nankhatai are very popular during the festive season.