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Naan Khatai {Indian Eggless Cookie}

Naan Khatai is an Indian eggless cookie which uses gram flour or besan as one of the main ingredients.
Prep Time8 minutes
Cook Time12 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 24 bite size
Author: Sonal Gupta @ simplyvegetarian777

Ingredients

  • All Pupose flour / Maida - 2/3 cup
  • Besan / Gram flour - 1/3 cup
  • Butter - 1/3 cup melted and room temperature
  • Sugar - 1/3 cup
  • Baking powder - 1 tsp
  • Yogurt - 1 tbsp room temperature
  • salt - a pinch
  • Cardamom / Elaichi powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Garnish - Cardamom powder crushed pistachio and almonds

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350f or 180C. Keep a cookie tray ready with parchment paper.
  • Take besan (gram flour), all purpose flour, baking powder and salt and sift in a bowl.
  • Take another bowl and add butter + sugar in it. Beat the butter sugar mix with electric beater for about 2 minutes, till it becomes creamy.
  • Now add all the dry ingredients to the butter sugar mix.
  • Take a spoon or use hand and bring all the ingredients together in a dough. Don't knead it. Just bring it together.
  • Now take 1/2 tbsp amount of batter in hands and press delicately in a disc (not too flat).
  • Place the naan khatai 2 inches apart on cookie tray.
  • Bake in the oven for 12 minutes.
  • Take these out of the oven and let rest in tray for 2 minutes.
  • Now transfer them on cooling racks.
  • Store in air tight container, once they cool down to room temperature.