Nankhattai are short bread Indian cookies also called Nan khatai. It is a simple egg less cookies made with flour, semolina, sugar and ghee. Spices like cardamom added to give an extra zing to the cookies. You can add any nuts to garnish the cookies. Nankhattai are perfect accompaniment for afternoon tea or coffee.

Ingredients for Nankhattai

     Servings : 15 Cookies

• 1/2 Cup of All Purpose Flour / Maida
• 1/3 Cup of Semolina (Sooji / Rava)
• 1/4 Cup + 2 Tbsp of Castor Sugar
• 1/8 Tsp of Baking Soda
• 1/4 Cup of Clarified Butter (Ghee)
• 2 -3 Tbsp of Milk
• 3 Cardamom, Powdered with mortar and pestle
• 1 Tbsp of Whole Wheat Flour
• Few cashew nuts

 

Method for Nankhattai

• In a bowl, add maida, whole wheat flour, castor sugar, cardamom powder, baking soda and sooji, mix it well with hand.

• Add ghee little by little and mix it with flour, once the ghee has mixed well with the mixture. Add milk, little by little, mix well till the dough is formed. Knead the dough till you get soft.

• Divide the dough into equal parts, and use palm of your hand and make little balls out of the dough, approximately you will get 15 balls.

• Cookies gets flat and cracked when you bake so your balls should be smooth and without cracks.

• Place the balls in a baking tray, using knife, make a dent at the top of the cookie dough balls. Garnish with cashew pieces.

• In the mean time, preheat the oven to 300 Degree F.

• Place the baking tray in refrigerator for 10 mins.

• After 10 mins, place the baking tray in oven for 20 -25 mins. My cookies took 22 mins to bake.

• Let them cool completely and enjoy with coffee or tea.
• Store the remaining cookies in an airtight container.

     

       
     Tips

• If you find your dough is sticky, then add 1 or 2 tbsp of flour and then knead it..

• Keep an eye on cookies while baking, it should not turn to brown color.

• Adjust the amount of sugar according to your taste.

• Make castor sugar by grinding regular sugar.

      Recipe slightly adapted from Chef Annuradha

          

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   Ingredients

• In a bowl, add sugar and yogurt, wait until all sugar completely dissolves. Now add baking powder, baking soda to the sugar-curd mixture and stir well.
• Keep it aside for 3 – 5 mins and you can able to see the bubbles appears at the top. Now add the vanilla essence, cooking oil and stir well.
• Add maida, slowly to the sugar – yogurt mixture. Beat well with a whisk or forks until it turns thick and creamy. Add blueberries to the batter and mix well.
• Preheat oven to 400 degree F for 10mins. Meanwhile place the muffin liners in the muffin pan and pour the batter to the muffin liners in the muffin pan and keep it ready.
• Bake in preheated oven at 400 degree F for 10 mins, then reduce the temperature to 350 deg F and bake it for 30-35 mins. Check it by inserting fork or tooth prick in the center of the muffin, if it comes out clean, then your muffin is ready.
• Just brush the top of the muffin with 1 tbsp milk, 10mins before the ending time to get a nice polishing glaze.
• Allow the muffin to cool down for 10mins, then carefully take it out from the pan and enjoy !!!!

  
  Health Benefits of Blueberry

• Highest anti-oxidant content of all fresh fruits.
• Aids in reducing belly fat.
• High in vitamin C and anthocyanin content, which gives blue color to the fruit.
• Good for urinary tract health, vision and brain health.
• Slow the aging process.
• Boost your immune system.