Recipe: at dinner Nankhatai- Indian shortbread

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Nankhatai- Indian shortbread. 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. Her buttery Nankhatai, a classic Indian shortbread cookie, will melt in your mouth.

Nankhatai have a brilliantly mixed heritage.

Nankhatai (Indian shortbread cookies) - There's nothing better than melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookies for your afternoon tea.

A hint of cardamom and nutmeg imparts a new level of flavor to these eggless favorites.

You can have Nankhatai- Indian shortbread using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Nankhatai- Indian shortbread

1. Prepare 1/2 cup of ghee + 1 tbsp extra.

2. You need 1/2 cup of icing sugar.

3. Prepare 1 cup of maida(wheat flour).

4. It’s 1/2 cup of besan (gram flour or chickpea flour).

5. You need 1/4 cup of suji (semolina).

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

7. Prepare 1/4 tsp of salt.

8. It’s of Some chopped pistachios for garnishing.

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Add ghee in batches and knead it form a soft dough.

Place the shaped cookies on a greased tray.

Nankhatai- Indian shortbread instructions

1. Whisk ghee (soft not melted) and sugar until its creamy.

2. Add in all flours and cardamom powder.

3. Use your palm to mix everything. Once all lumps are gone start kneading it. At this stage if you knead more ghee, put it and knead to a soft dough. It will take time, be patient please.

4. Once that dough is formed, keep in fridge for 15 mins.

5. Preheat oven at 180C fan forced and line a baking tray with parchment paper.

6. After 15 mins make small balls and flatten them, they wont rise or spread..

7. Bake for 15 mins. check you might need to keep another 5 mins. Make sure they dont turn dark..

8. Let them cool and enjoy with your tea or coffee.

Cut a cross in the middle using knife.

Press the chopped pistachios in the middle.

Enjoy melt-in-mouth Indian style shortbreads nankhatai as a snack/dessert; it is a perfect sweet treat to share with family and friends at any festival like Diwali, Holi etc. or even as an edible gift during Christmas or any other special occasion.

Indian Shortbread flavored with cardamom and vanilla will just melt away in your mouth!

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