Nankhatai (cardamom biscuits)
- Roopa Gulati
Save recipe
Makes 24 biscuits
Easy
Prep: 25 mins
Cook: 20 mins
plus chilling
A star rating of 4.1 out of 5.12 ratingsRate
loading...
Enjoy these traditional Indian cardamom biscuits with a mug of steamy masala chai. Nankhatai are notable for their crumbly texture and butter-rich flavour
Vegetarian
Ad
Skip to ingredients
Alternatives
Complete the dish
Loading...
Showing items 1 to 3 of 3
Pistachio barfi
A star rating of 3.7 out of 5.3 ratings
Gulab jamun
A star rating of 4.5 out of 5.4 ratings
Aloo tikki
A star rating of 4.8 out of 5.5 ratings
Ingredients
Nutrition
Units:
MetricUS
-
3 green cardamom pods
-
40g icing sugar
-
100g unsalted butter
at room temperature
-
70g self-raising white flour
-
25g gram flour
-
25g semolina
-
24 skin-on almonds
or chopped pistachios
Keep the screen awake with cook mode on the Good Food app.
Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal63
- fat4g
- saturates2g
- carbs5g
- sugars2g
- fibre0.4g
- protein1g
- salt0.05g
Ad
Method
-
step 1
Split the cardamom pods and remove the seeds. Pound the seeds to a powder in a pestle and mortar with 1 tsp of the sugar.
-
step 2
Beat the butter until soft, then gradually add the remaining icing sugar and the ground cardamom. Continue beating until light and creamy, about 10 mins.
-
step 3
Sieve the flour and gram flour into a bowl and whisk in the semolina and a pinch of salt. Stir into the butter and sugar in two increments. Gently bring everything together into a soft dough.
-
step 4
Roll the dough into small, marble-sized balls with your hands and arrange, spaced out, on baking trays lined with baking parchment.
-
step 5
Slightly flatten the top of each ball and press a whole almond or some chopped pistachios in the middle of each one. Chill for 20 mins.
-
step 6
Heat the oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Bake the biscuits for about 20 mins or until golden. Leave to cool before storing in an airtight tin.
Ad
Comments, questions and tips
Rate this recipe
What is your star rating out of 5?1 star out of 52 stars out of 53 stars out of 54 stars out of 55 stars out of 5
Choose the type of message you'd like to post
Choose the type of message you'd like to post
CommentQuestionTip
Overall rating
A star rating of 4.1 out of 5.12 ratings
Ad
Ad
Get 3 months of Good Food All Access
Get 3 months of Good Food All Access for just £6. Find triple-tested recipes that take the stress out of deciding what to cook, spend less time planning, and more time enjoying the season.
Loading...
Ad
Loading...
Loading...