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Nankhatai
Traditional eggless cookie made from flour and butter or ghee
Course:
Snack
Cuisine:
Indian
Keyword:
Cookies, Diwali special, Nankhatai
Ingredients
4
Cups
Wheat Flour
6
tbsp
Maida
1
Cup
Sugar
½
Cup
Ghee
melted
2
Cardamom
15
Pistachios (or any other nuts)
a pinch
Baking Powder
Instructions
Preheat the oven at 375F | 190C
Powder the sugar and cardamon. Transfer to a bowl.
Coarsely powder the pistachios for decoration.
Add wheat flour, maida, powdered sugar and cardamom to a bowl. Add the baking powder and mix well.
Gradually add ghee and mix well to a pliable dough.
Do not add water.
Make even sized balls and flatten them slightly.
Dust a baking tray with little flour and grease it with ghee
Place the prepared balls on the tray and make a cross pattern on top. Garnish with some pistachios.
Place the tray into the preheated oven and bake until the nankhatais start changing colour to golden brown.
Remove and allow them to cool and firm up
Store them in an air tight container.
Serve as a snack.