Best 2 Nankhatai Cookies Form India Recipes
NANKHATAI, COOKIES FORM INDIA
Found at Simple Indian Recipes. A simple cookie that features nuts or raisins on top, just choose which you like.
Provided by Annacia
Categories Dessert
Time 27m
Yield 1 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- 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. Smooth 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 leaveing some space in between as the cookies will expand when it bakes.
- 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.
NANKHATAI COOKIES WITH ROSE & CHAI SPICES
We've updated this centuries old Indian shortbreads cookies recipe by adding freshly ground rose buds & chai spices. Nankhatai comes from the Persian word "nan" (meaning bread) and the Afghan word "khatai" (meaning biscuit). These little shortbread cookies are said to have originated in Surat in the 16th century, when the Dutch were prominent spice trading partners with the Indians. An Iranian man ran a European style bakery here but, once the Dutch explorers left, had to adapt to low-cost sweet treats for locals. Traditional North Indian Nankhatai do not use any leavening agents but these days a small amount of baking powder and salt is added to give these cookies a lighter feel. It is by RowSpiceBar
Provided by Raw Spice Bar
Categories Dessert
Time 30m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Create the sauce:.
- 1. Place milk and honey in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, reduce heat and add RawSpiceBar's Chai & Rose Spices. Simmer on very low heat for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and let cool.
- Create the dough:.
- 2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Sift together flours, baking powder and salt in a small bowl.
- 3. Rub together butter and flour mixture, until resembling small breadcrumbs. Add sugar and combine ingredients.
- 4. Create a well in dough and add milk & spices from saucepan. Combine all ingredients and roll dough into a ball. Add additional milk if dough is too dry. Chill dough in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes, until dough is cold and firm.
- Bake & serve:.
- 5. Flour a clean surface and roll out the pastry until about 1/2 cm thick. Cut into shapes of choice- either with a cookie cutter or, if you don't have one, a circular glass rim.
- 6. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and place the cut cookies about 1/2 inch apart.
- 7. Bake the cookies for 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from oven.
- 8. Serve warm and, if preferred, dunk in a cup of your favorite hot milky tea.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 242.9, Fat 12.4, SaturatedFat 7.7, Cholesterol 32.1, Sodium 443.5, Carbohydrate 31.3, Fiber 1.8, Sugar 11.8, Protein 3.1
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