Besan Nankhatai recipe
Nankhatai are the shortbread biscuits made with different flours and the one made with gram flour is called besan nankhatai recipe.
Ingredients
1 cup = 200ml
- 1/4 cup almonds (about 40 pc)
- 1 cup gram flour/besan (104 gram)
- 1/2 cup desi ghee (100 g)
- 1/2 cup sugar (92 g/we have added bura sugar. You can add refined sugar after powering)
- 1 tbsp rice flour
- 1 tbsp semolina/suji
- 4 green Cardamoms
- Pinch of nutmeg (optional)
- Pinch of salt
- Pistachios (chopped for garnish)
Instructions
- Firstly put almonds and cardamoms in a blender. (See notes below)
- Grind them to a fine powder. Keep aside.
- Take a bowl and add gram flour, semolina, rice flour (see notes), powdered almonds, nutmeg, salt and sugar.
- Give them a good mix.
- Now start adding desi ghee in parts and keep on binding the dough.
- Using all ghee, make a semi soft dough. Remember, don't knead the dough but only bring the mixture together.
- Take a lemon size dough out of the entire dough.
- Roll it between your palm making it a smooth ball. Likewise make all balls.
- Arrange on a baking tray lined with greased butter paper.
- Tuck a piece of pistachio on each ball but don't press the ball too much.
- Place the tray in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Transfer into a preheated oven and bake for 20-25 minutes @180°C in the middle rack of oven. Don't overbake as the nankhatais need to retain their original pale yellow colour.
- Bring them out and let cool completely.
- Naankhatai is ready.
Notes
- We have used bura sugar which comes in powdered form. But if you are using refined sugar, you can powder it along with almonds and Cardamoms.
- Rice flour can be replaced with wheat flour or all purpose flour.