Nankhatai (Sweet Semolina Cookies)
Delicious & light, these eggless cookies are traditional Indian cookies that can easily be prepared at home. It is equally liked by both adults and children as a popular teatime snack or simply as sweet treat. Traditionally made with chickpea flour and ghee, semolina and oil have been substituted instead.
Recipe Ingredients
- 1 Cup Semolina (Greo)
- 3 Cup Self-Raising Flour
- 1 Cup Sugar
- 1 Teaspoon Nutmeg Powder
- 1 Teaspoon Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)
- 1 Cup Cooking Oil
- 3 Tablespoon Butter
Instructions
- 1
Pour semolina, self-raising flour, sugar, nutmeg powder and cardamom powder into a bowl
- 2
Add cooking oil and butter
- 3
Mix all ingredients by hand until combined
- 4
Grease oven tray with butter
- 5
Shape dough into spheres and flatten them on the tray
- 6
Add decoration marks using a knife (optional)
- 7
Space biscuits well as they expand while baking
- 8
Place tray in oven and cook for 20 mins at 170°C
- 9
After 20 mins, allow biscuits to cool
- 10
Serve with a hot tea
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