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.
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November 18th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
thank you Jaya.
November 18th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Are you using “fine” sooji? Maybe your sooji is too coarse. Either way, you can put it in a small electric grinder to make it even finer before adding it to the recipe.
See if this helps. Jaya
November 18th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Thank you Aunty for the recipe. I tried it and it turned out to be so good. I was wondering if there is something we can do to avoid the crunchy feel of sooji in my mouth. I feel the raw taste of rava. Can you roast it and powder it and then add to the flour? What do you think? Would that work?
November 17th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
this is a very delicious receipe, all my families enjoyed it.god bless you , manjula
November 7th, 2008 at 11:05 am
hello aunty,i made the nan khatai and they came out really well.. i used the cake baking tray and kept it in the upper shelf in the oven and i pre heated it on 350 degrees.. thanks a ton aunty
November 6th, 2008 at 11:22 am
This is my fev. when I was in India lots of neghbours use to got to bakery to bake their nan khatai. I never liked the idea of going to bakery with home made stuff
So happy to see one and that too in your site. Hmmm…. Will definitely try this one. Thanks again.
When last year I came to usa and found Oven in aprtment, I was searching for nan khatai recipe.
November 5th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Hello Nafisa,
You can use cake-baking tray but if they are light in weight, use higher rack in oven I use middle rack of oven to bake.
November 5th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
hi aunty,thanks for sharing ur recipe.. aunty I do not have a cookie sheet at home.. can I use the cake baking tray…awaiting ur reply.thanks
November 4th, 2008 at 1:43 am
Dear Manjula,
I came across your website a month back and have been coming back since then! All your recipes are excellent. Tried the nan katai recipe yesterday and it came out beautifully. Keep the great work coming!!
Thanks a lot.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Thanks for the quick reply. I will make this on the weekend and again keep up the good work and god bless. Keep putting more recipes on for us aunty.
October 26th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Hello Hamida, You can not use ENO instead of baking soda. Baking soda you can find in every grocery store.
October 26th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
hello manjula aunty
I had commented on your pani puri recipe but you haven’t replied yet so please do so.
I am planning on making your nan khatai. Thanks for your recipe. i was wondering if i could use ENO instead of baking soda because i have no baking soda.
Thanks and please reply soon:)
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:01 am
Hi Rupa,
If possible, purchase a good quality, heavy weight cookie sheet.
If you’re in the US, try stores like Macy’s, Marshall’s, Home Goods, or other stores that sells cooking supplies.
Jaya
October 22nd, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Hi Rupa,
I think the cookie sheet you are using it is very light so cover the cookie sheet with a foil that should help.
October 22nd, 2008 at 5:13 pm
hello manjulaji
i made nankhatai twice and twice it got completely burned from down can u please give me a solution to it thank you
October 16th, 2008 at 4:12 am
Self raising flour contains Baking Powder and Salt (not baking soda).
Jaya
October 15th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
also, just out of interest - is self rasing flour the same as plain flour with bicarb in it?
October 15th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Hello Aunty
Actually i figured it out… i was trying to take them off the tray too soon… so they were breaking up as they were really soft. they’ve actually turned out really good now…as they hardened up. the colour is great - golden brown. n they are a good consistency now!. My mum is coming back from India today so i wanted to give her a big surprise. I’ve made the nan khatais, gulab jamuns, mattar paneer and aloo bengan. n they’ve all turnd out great! Thank you sooo much for these videos. they’re a great help to all of us!
Thnx
Anu…
October 15th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Hello Anu,
I think you did not whip sugar and butter enough.
October 15th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Hmm mine turned out quite crumbly .. wat did i do wrong???
October 14th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
To To2tangonow,
You overbaked them.
Take them out JUST as they are starting to get light brown at the edges.
Jaya
October 14th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Hello manjulaji,
Your naan khatai recipe worked very well for me,thankyou for that, i wanted to know if we can make spicy naan khatai instead of sweet, if yes kindly let me know as to how can i make the changes to the same recipe.
thanks
shilpa
October 11th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Hi Aunty,
I tried this recipe and it turned out really delicious. Only problem, after about an hour it turned hard as rock. Please help
October 10th, 2008 at 11:42 am
hey manjula,
one of my friend made the biscuit recipe u gave . its nice but still its not the right recipe for nankhatai..neither ur nankhatai looks like nankhatai…
otherwise ur recipes are great.
October 10th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Can I use ENO instead of baking soda?
October 8th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Hi Vaidehi,
All-purpose and maida is same.
October 8th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Is All purpose flour which we get in Stores same as Maida what we get in india stores. Can nankhatai made with all purpose flour
October 2nd, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Yesterday i tried Nan Khatai & it came out really well muh better than all other cookies videos.Thanks Aunty you make cooking so simple.
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:35 am
Hello Bindu,
Next time try may be at 350 degree Farenheit, every oven is little different.
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:15 am
I LIKE NAN KHATAI VERY MUCH
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:09 am
Hello Aunty,
I have tried many of your recipies and they all come out very well. I am surprised that such simple and easy-to-make recipes tastes really good. Thank you for all your effort in putting up these videos.
Right now, I am having tea with Nan khatai that I made an hour back. They are delicious, but just a small doubt. The bottom of the khatai looks slightly burnt, but not a lot. I kept for just under 13 mins. I was wondering if the 375 degree is in Celsius or Farenheit?
October 1st, 2008 at 2:13 pm
I just made these are they came out very well. Just watch that they don’t get over-baked. I took them out around 13 minutes just as they started to get dark golden around the edges.
Second tip, the cookies spread out while baking so don’t put them too close together on the cookie sheet. Allow for spreading.
Good recipe, very tasty. My husband has already eaten 3 and they’re still warm from the oven! Thank you Aunty.
October 1st, 2008 at 10:19 am
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October 1st, 2008 at 10:11 am
hi aunty,
I use to make nan kattai but they never came out sooooooooooo tasty thanks your family is very lucky to have such a good cook,but pls remember if u can give me recipe of mawa.
loads of love
October 1st, 2008 at 5:41 am
Hello Auntyji
Today i tried this recipe and it came out well. They tasted very nice. You are doing a great service by providing such easy and tasty recipes with which many like me are benifited. Hope to see more such recipes in your site
September 30th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
I tried out nan khatai and they become really good . I really liked your this receipe
September 30th, 2008 at 7:45 am
thanx manjulaji i have not seen the video but just by reading the name i am writing .thanx a lot.u post gud recipes but now a days hamari chandi ho rahi hai.thanx