Besan Nankhatai /Besan Nankatai Recipe /Eggless Nankhatai with Besan

Besan Nankhatai/Nankatai are aromatic delicious Indian cookies  made from gram flour.They are crunchy yet melt in mouth .Since we use ghee/clarified butter to make these nankhatai/nantakais they taste absolutely delish and are aromatic.The entire house is left with wonderful aroma while these besan nankatais are been baked.These are so addictive that you need to bake a big batch Cos they vanish in no time.  

Remember I told you i baked different varieties of cookies in my previous post here's one of the cookies I tried that night. I have always made snowballs/nankatai but this time i tried adding besan/gram flour to the dough .the result was crunchy cookies Nankatias .I loved the nutty aroma from the besan while the cookies were getting baked..You could add little bit of yogurt it really gives a nice flavor .These are very addictive cookies perfect with a cup of Chai .

Ingredients
1 cup flour/maida
1/2 cup besan/gram flour
1/2 cup ghee
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp yogurt/milk.

Method:

• Mix together melted ghee and sugar in a bowl and beat it till its creamy.
• Sift together flour with baking powder and baking soda 
• Add sifted flour and besan to this and mix well.
• Add cardamom powder and mix together.
• Form small balls from the dough and place it on a baking tray lined with butter paper/parchment at regular intervals ,since they expand while baking.
• Place chopped pista/almond over each cookie
• Preheat the oven for 10 min at 180 degree Celsius.
• Bake the nankatais for 18-20 min.
• Let it cool completely on a wire rack before storing in air tight containers.

Notes#
you could add milk instead of yogurt to knead the dough.
If you wish you could also add 1/4 cup of semolina /suji but you'll need to increase the amount of sugar and  ghee by 1tbsp and also extra milk will be needed.