Nan Khatai
September 30th, 2008 filed under Desserts
Nan khatai is an egg-less light and crispy biscuit that’s perfect to serve with tea or coffee.
Recipe makes about 24 Nan khatai.
Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup all purpose flour (plain flour or maida)
- 1/3 cup fine sooji or semolina
- 1/2 cup gram flour (besan)
- Pinch of baking soda (a little less than 1/8 teaspoon)
- 1/4 teaspoon green cardamom seed coarsely powder (ilaichi)
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon sliced almond
- 1 tablespoon sliced pistachio
Method
- Pre heat the oven to 375 degree.
- In a bowl, mix the all-purpose flour, gram flour, sooji, baking soda and cardamom powder and set aside.
- Let the butter come to the room temperature (butter should be soft not melted)
- Add butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat for two to three minutes until light and fluffy.
- Add the flour mix to butter and sugar mixture and knead them together to make smooth dough.
- Divide the dough into about 24 equal parts and make them into balls.
- Press each ball between your palms lightly; every piece should be about 3/4″ in thickness.
- With a sharp knife softly draw a tic-tac-toe design on the top and put few pieces of almonds and pistachios and press them into the dough gently.
- Put Nan khatai on a lightly greased cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for about 13 to 15 minutes or until Nan khatai are lightly gold brown.
- After they are lightly golden brown remove the cookie sheet from the oven. Let the Nan Khatais cool down for two to three minutes before taking them off the cookie sheet.
This is an easy recipe. What do you think?
Nan khatai make a great homemade gift for holidays. Your friends and relatives will love it.















This recipe rocks!!… every time I make it! Everyone loves it!
how can i do this without an oven pls tel any idea
Hi Manjula Aunty,
I tried the nan- khatai recepie today. This is the first time i have tried baking anything. And yet they turned out wonderful

My husband loved it! !!! . Thank you so much for posting this simple recepie.
Renu.
Please can you tell me the receipie of of making पिठाची गोड बोरे which Maharashtrians usually prepare at the time of Sankrant.
Rgds.
Swapnil
The quantities are all wrong, the dough becomes toooooo soft. I had to add another 2/3 cup flour.
Hi, I followed this recipe.. the taste is really good.. but these cookies are really hard.. any specific reason?
can Nankhatai be made in our pressure cooker since I am not having oven or microwave? if so please give the whole process so that I can make nankhatai at home without oven.