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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.
Hi Manjula aunty…I’d like to thank u for the nan khatai reciepe. I tried it twice & it came out so well that my husband wants me to prepare it again & again whenever any guests arrive. This time when i searched for the reciepe on your site i could’nt find it. Pls tell me where can i find it… Hope every body enjoys these delicious cookies!
Hi Nandita,
I still see the recipe under desserts. Here is the link-
http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/2008/09/30/nan-khatai/
Anu
Hello Aunti Ji
I tried Nan khatai today after watching your video but they couldn’t come out soft (’Khasta’)and crispy and also they got burnt from the base..Please tell me where i was wrong..
Thanks and Regards
Preet
this is because manjulaji have mentioned 350 celcius which was supposed to be mentioned as farenheit. so when you convert it to celcius it will come around 175 celcius.so please try out in this temp
hello manjulaji i am your big fan always making using your receipes for my cooking but in coconut burfi you have not written how much milk we have to take or the thing which you are pouring at the start of video is cream or what i do not understand? Thanks ritu
Hello Aunty,
I tried Nan khatai twice and both times when i kept inside the oven the buscuit melted and spread through the cookie sheet… i dont know what mistake I am doing. Can u please help me and tell me what might have gone wrong?
Hi Shanthi,
Next time may be cut down the butter.
Hello Aunty
We love your website and recipes. We have wanted to make Rasmali for years and your website was a treasure trove waiting to be found. Our Dad thinks you look like his Mum. We are about to try the Nan khatai and we hope it goes well.
Thankyou for everything
Hey there! Fantastic concept, but can this actually function?
These little cookies come out good. Give them a try, but don’t over bake! They firm up as they cool off.
Hello Manjula ji,
I tried Nan Khatai today. But when i kept inside the oven the butter got melted fully and it spread through the cooking sheet and did not look like a buscuit. I have tried many times but the same thing happens.