Kesar Nankhatai Recipe
Nankhatai recipe with saffron and cardamom flavor for Diwali. These melt in mouth crumbly cookies with brilliant saffron flavor is your best bet to swoon the guests! Pack it pretty and these cookies will be the best edible gift ever. Here is how you can make nankatai recipe with step by step photos.
Servings: 20 small
Calories: 39kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup ghee clarified butter
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon saffron
- 2 teaspoons warm milk
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons gram flour besan
- 2 tablespoons corn flour
- 2 tablespoons milk masala powder or powdered pistachio
- 10 almonds or pitschios sliced
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 180 C. Soak 1/8 teaspoon saffron in 2 teaspoons warm milk.
- Take ghee and powdered sugar in a mixing bowl. Whisk very well with a hand whisk until light and creamy.
- Add plain flour, corn flour, gram flour, milk masala powder, cardamom powder and mix well.
- Add the saffron milk. Bring the dough together well.
- Divide into 20 small balls and shape into cookies. Place chopped nuts on top if required.
- Bake in the hot oven for 12-15 minutes.
- Let cool thoroughly. Store airtight and serve nankhatai with coffee or tea.
Nutrition
Calories: 39kcal