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Nankhatai
Nankhatai are traditional eggless Indian cookies. It is flavored with cardamom powder.
Course
Snack
Cuisine
Indian
Prep Time
20
minutes
Cook Time
20
minutes
Total Time
40
minutes
Servings
15
cookies
Calories
268
kcal
Author
Kanan
Ingredients
▢
¾ cup + 2
tablespoons
All purpose flour (Maida)
▢
2
tablespoons
Almonds
grind into powder
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1
teaspoon
Green cardamom seeds powder
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¼
teaspoon
Salt
If using salted butter then skip the salt
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6
tablespoons
Unsalted butter
softened to room temperature
▢
½
cup
Powdered sugar (Confectioner’s sugar or icing sugar)
(Boora or tagar)
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degree F or 180 degree C for at least 10 minutes.
Prepare the baking sheet. Line a sheet using the parchment paper. If you don’t have parchment paper then skip it. No need to grease the sheet.
Making nankhatai recipe:
In a bowl, take all purpose flour, ground almonds, salt and cardamom powder.
Mix it well till everything is incorporated well.
Take softened butter in another bowl. Add powdered sugar in it.
Now using the wire whisk, start beating the mixture. beat it till you get smooth consistency.
Add flour mixture and switch to the spatula.
Mix it using spoon or spatula. Everything will come together like a crumbly dough.
Now using hand knead it and make like a dough.
Now shape the nankhatai. Take a tablespoon size of the dough. Make smooth ball and flatten it out slightly. Make sure there are no cracks.
Arrange them on a cookie sheet about few inches apart.
bake into pre heated oven for about 18-20 minutes.
Let it cool for 5 minutes in the sheet itself.
Then using the spatula, transfer them on the cooling rack.
Let them cool completely.
Nutrition
Serving:
3
cookies
|
Calories:
268
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
30.4
g
|
Protein:
3.1
g
|
Fat:
15.3
g
|
Saturated Fat:
8.9
g
|
Cholesterol:
37
mg
|
Sodium:
215
mg
|
Potassium:
47
mg
|
Fiber:
0.9
g
|
Sugar:
11.9
g
*Nutrition information is a rough estimate for 1 serving
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