Easy Eggless Nankhatai Recipe

Easy Eggless Nankhatai | Nankhatai Cookies || How to make Besan Nankhatai with step-by-step photos and video

Naankhatai is known as a traditional flaky and buttery cookie, as well. it is a popular cookie in Pakistan that is prepared at low cost, regardless of other cookies, easy and simple recipe this is  the reason easily available at any kind of shop

History of Nankhatai:

The word Nankhatai is derived from the Persian word Naan meaning bread and "Khatai" from an Afghan word meaning Biscuit. In Afghanistan and Northeast Iran, these biscuits are called Kulcha-e-Khataye. Kulcha is a type of bread similar to Naan.                     
                                                                      

                                         

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Prepared with?

Nankhatai is usually prepared with all-purpose flour and semolina with butter But

Here I am using gram flour, all-purpose flour with a little amount of semolina, clarified butter, and icing sugar

Nankhatai has to be prepared with:

Unsalted or salted butter but I am using clarified butter you can make every type of cookie from this clarified butter that I’m gonna share with all 

Note: you can adjust sugar to taste here I used 1.5 cups according to my taste but you can use an equal amount of icing sugar in the flour
                                                        
                                 

                                   

How to make Clarified Butter?

Clarified butter is made to melt the ghee here I will tell you with pictures first then will tell you nankhatai recipe

Kindly follow the instructions given in the pictures below

1. In a melamine or glass bowl add ghee
2. Microwave for 2 minutes or you can melt it on the flame as well
3. Let it cool till turns to lukewarm ghee
4. Now keep in the refrigerator for ½ hour
5. After 30 minutes take it out of another bowl
6. Then whisk it well for 10 minutes or till turns into a creamy texture

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Now that clarified butter is ready to use in the recipe, Set aside 

In a bowl sieve 1 cup of all-purpose flour 

Sieve 1 cup gram flour

Sieve 1/4 cup semolina and add to the flour bowl

Then add baking powder

Now add green cardamom powder

Add salt

Now mix everything, and keep it aside

Now add icing sugar to the clarified butter

Mix them well

Now whisk them together very well for 5 minutes

Put a mixture of clarified butter with the dry ingredients

Mix them very well with the spatula for 5 minutes  

Transfer to the broad surface or marble slab

Start kneading the dough with the palm

Until incorporated, to form a soft dough, No need to use water at all

Dough is ready

Now transfer to another bowl, Keep in the fridge for resting for about 10 minutes

Meanwhile, line the butter paper, and preheat the oven for 1/2 hour at 230C 

After 10 minutes divide the dough in half

Make equal portions of the dough

Shape into a ball, sorry that the invoice picture isn't clear 

Make a smooth ball and place it on a baking tray. Press it lightly in the middle of the ball with your fingertips

Repeat the same process with all Nankhatai balls

Sprinkle crushed almond and pistachio

Bake nankhatai for 12-15 minutes at 150C keep the nankhatai tray in the center of the oven

After 15 minutes take it out of the oven 

Now Nankhatai is done leave it for rest for about 1/2 hour 
Until settles down on its own. Note, don't touch any cookie instantly after taking it out from the oven because it is so soft it takes time to set 

Now transfer to the serving tray
Crispy and tasty nankhatai is ready to serve with coffee and tea

Kulcha Cookies Recipe

Kulcha Cookies || Cookies Recipe || How to make kulcha cookies with step-by-step photos and video....

Kulch cookies are my family’s  Recipe, You will not have heard about this recipe, I make cookies from our culture, my mom used to make a lot of these and we would finish them so quickly, my mom was not a baking kind of person but she always used to make these with the help of my elder sister.

                                

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Kulcha is crispy outside and buttery and chewy inside they are from Bihar, India. Mostly only found in the "Bihari" household never seen them being sold in the market outside of Karachi Pakistan.

I usually prepare these cookies for snack purposes, to serve to the guests alongside removing timeless hunger,

Note:

Baking time depends on your oven temperature 

                                  

Take a big bowl and sieve the flour, semolina, baking powder, salt, and icing sugar and mix it well, On the Other hand, take another small bowl to add melted ghee/butter and beaten egg and beat it with a whisk until well combined.

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Now Pour all the ghee/butter and egg mixture into the dry ingredients and mix it well until turns to a crumble texture

Then Start to Knead the hard dough with a little water 

Transfer the dough to a broad Surface/slab and knead it with the help of your palm Put it in another bowl cover it with plastic wrap for 30 Minutes and set aside.

Take out Dough, ball punch it again for 1 minute, roll  out the cookie dough around 1-inch thick oval/round, then  gather the remaining dough and repeat the same procedure, roll out and cut 

Now take the cookie cutter and Cut Out the Cookies from the dough

Now place all cookies on the Baking tray
Brush on cookies with jaggery and milk mixture, sprinkle some sesame and nigella over cookies, and bake them for 20 to 30 minutes at 200 C until golden brown color 

Kulcha cookies are served with tea and coffee

Almond Nankhatai Recipe

                   

Almond Naankhatai | Almond Cookie || How to make almond nankhatai with step-by-step photos

Almond Naankhatai is a flaky, sweetened, and traditional buttery cookie, this almond cookie is known as “Naankhatai” in Pakistan and is very popular.it’s super easy to make, make mouth-melted cookies in no time

This cookie can be made in various styles and ingredients

 You can find out my other version of nankhatai on my blog naankhati cookie, gram nankhatai

 

Naankhati is best described as an eggless cookie, which has many variations. you can make these cookies sweet with nuts. they all melt in your mouth and leave you craving more 

                                                       

Nankhatai has to be prepared with:

Unsalted or salted butter but I am using homemade unipuff/ shortening  you can make every type of cookie from this shortening that I have already shared in an earlier post on my blog

Prepared with?

Nankhatai is usually prepared with all-purpose flour and semolina with butter Here I am using all-purpose flour with a little amount of semolina, shortening, roasted chopped almonds, and icing sugar         

For the best result follow my detailed step-by-step photo instructions and tips

                       
                            

Recipe notes:

1. To make perfect nankhatai cookies first thing to keep in mind is that all ingredients should be at room temperature
2. Level try your best all ingredients are measured on the scale as all cup measurements are different and not accurate
3. Using shortening in making cookies is the best choice but if you feel difficult to make shortening at home then can use clarified butter    
4. You can adjust the sugar to taste here I used 250 gas per my taste but you can use an equal amount of icing sugar in the flour

For more Similar Recipes:

Kulcha cookies

Zeera biscuits

Egg biscuits

                                  

A healthy twist to a classic cookie:

This is my version of the classic Nankhatai or Almond Cookies. I made them healthier by substituting half of the All-Purpose Flour with a little amount of semolina and boosting with chopped roasted almonds, I add a little semolina to add a crunch, and these cookies make the perfect accompaniment to a cup of tea or coffee

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To begin this recipe firstly slightly roast the almond and then chopped 

                              

Take a mixing bowl to add slightly melted shortening butter. Whisk it very well with the hand whisker. Next, add icing sugar to the beaten shortening

                      

Stir to combine both very well with an electric beater or hand whisker until they become creamy and fluffy

                         

The mixture is ready to add dry mixture. Keep aside

                             

Mix baking powder, salt, and semolina with the all-purpose flour

            

Stir to mix up well

                     

Now start directly sifting half amount of the dry mixture into the butter mixture along with the cardamom powder

                         

Keep mixing by adding chopped almonds and the remaining flour mixture, mix everything well with the hand mixer or spatula

            

Some of the almonds are reserved for use later 

             

Once they turn to crumble. shift to the work area, Start kneading with the help of a palm until dough is formed

In case it has difficulty to be formed of the dough

Then just splash some drop of warm milk  

                     

Dough is ready

                   

Put it in the fridge for 10 minutes it will set on its own. Preheat the oven to 350 F or 180 C

                                       

Divide the dough into equal portions. Make small golf-size balls 

                       

Give it to ball shape

                          

Place on a cookie-baking lined tray

                        

Prepare all cookies this way

               

Slightly press the index finger in the middle of the cookie ball

                       

Pour yellow food color in each indent of the cookie ball is just optional you can skip it, Sprinkle some crushed almonds over the cookie

                        

When done place the baking tray into the preheated oven, Let them bake for about 30-35 minutes at 180 C or 350 F.Once cookies are done, turn off the oven

             

Take out the tray from the oven. Let them cool down for about 10 minutes

                       

Nankhatai is ready to eat    

               

You can store the cookies in an airtight jar 

                       

Have a look, the cookie is perfectly cooked