| Nankhatai – Light, tasty and crunchy authentic Indian Egg-less shortbread biscuits. |  |
The word Nankhatai is derived from Persian word Naan meaning bread and Khatai from an Afghan word meaning Biscuit
The recipe I have shared is easy nankhatai recipe as this method of cookie preparation yields nankhatai within few minutes. I have used microwave oven for baking nankhatai and the cookies are ready within 5 to 6 minutes.
I always wanted to make these cookies at home and after a lot of trails I finally succeeded in making these soft crumbly Indian traditional biscuits, actually biskoot to be very precise.
The tinge of cardamom gives these cookies a very good and lovely aroma that you can’t stop yourself from having one.
So here is your recipe. Do give it a try as it does take much time to get those beautiful cookies and share your experience in comments. š
- All purpose flour – 3/4 cup
- Gram flour – 1/4 cup
- Powdered sugar – 1/2 cup
- Baking powder – a pinch
- Cardamom powder – 1/4 tsp
- Soften ghee (clarified butter) – little less then 1/2 cup
- In mixing pan, add gram flour, all purpose flour, sugar, a pinch of baking powder and 1/4 tsp cardamom powder. Mix very well.
- Add soften ghee (clarified butter).
- Apply slight pressure with fingers and make tight dough for cookies.
- Cover the dough and keep it in refridgerator for 15 minutes.
- Preheat oven at 180 degree C. and make small dough balls for nankhatai. Make the size of the balls small and keep them apart on baking tray as they tend to spread.
- On Microwave + Convection mode, bake the cookies at 180 degree C for 5 to 6 minutes. Keep a check on cookies so as they do not turn brown.
- Let them cool down to room temperature before removing them from baking plate. Continue with next batch of cookie preparation.
- Cookies are ready. Serve as evening snack with tea or as it is.
Easy Nankhatai Recipe – How to make nankhatai biscuits in microwave:
Step by step recipe of Nankhatai biscuits:
1. In mixing pan, add gram flour, all purpose flour and sugar.
2. Add a pinch of baking powder. Mix Well.
3. Add Ā¼ tsp cardamom powder and mix well.
4. Add soften ghee (clarified butter).
5. Apply slight pressure with fingers and break ghee to make tight dough for cookies. Keep the dough covered in fridge for 15 minutes.
6. Preheat oven at 180 degree C. and make small balls of dough for nankhatai. Make the size of the balls small and keep them apart on baking tray as they tend to spread. 
7. On Microwave + Convection mode, bake the cookies at 180 degree C for 5 to 6 minutes. Keep a check on cookies so as they do not turn brown.
8. Cookies are ready. Let them cool down to room temperature before removing them from baking plate. Continue with next batch of cookie preparation.
9. Enjoy the instant homemade nan khatai with your loved ones.
