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Gluten Free Rose Flavoured Nankhatai Or Shortbread Cookies

16/12/2018 by Sujata Roy 31 Comments

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Gluten free rose flavoured nankhatai or shortbread cookies.
Mouth melting delicious cookies with Pearl millet or Bajra flour, almond, pistachio and chickpea flour or besan and flavoured with cardamom and rose water.

Nankhatai are shortbread biscuits popular in India and Pakistan. The word Nankhatai is derived from Persian word Naan meaning bread and Khatai from an Afghan word meaning Biscuit.

You may like some more nankhatai recipes here.
1. Orange crinkle cookies or nankhatai

2. Nankhatai

And bajra or pearl millet cookies recipes

1. Cashew almond honey cookies

2. Pearl millet sesame oats cookies

This week’s our 175 #Foodiemonday bloghop theme is Christmas special. And my humble contribution is this easy to make, delicious, mouth melting and healthy nankhatai.

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Nankhatai is all time favourite among kids and adults both. I have added little food colour to make it attractive for festive season. But its completely optional. You can skip it. Ground almond and pistachio will enhance the taste of your nankhatai. Serve it on Christmas eve or make it to gift your friends. You can use refined flour or maida instead of pearl millet if you want.

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Recipe

Pearl millet or Bajra flour -1 cup

Gram flour/chickpea flour or besan – 1/2 cup

Powdered sugar – 1 cup

Clarified butter or ghee – 3/4 + 2 tablespoon, melted

Baking powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Baking soda – 1/4 teaspoon

Cardamom powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Rose water or essence – 1/2 teaspoon

Almond – 2 tablespoon

Pistachios – 2 tablespoon

Red food colour – a pinch, optional

Shredded pistachio to garnish

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Method

1. Preheat the oven at 180° for 10 minutes.

2. Grease or line a baking tray.

3. Grind the almonds and pistachio.

4. In a bowl sieve pearl millet or bajra flour, besan or chickpea flour, baking powder and soda.

5. Cream ghee or clarified butter and powdered sugar. Add rose water and whisk well.

6. Now add flour mixture, ground almond and pistachio and cardamom powder. Make a smooth dough.

7. Make small balls and arrange on baking tray. Place the balls 1 inch apart.

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8. Place one pistachio piece on every balls. Press gently with your finger. You can place almond or cashew instead of pistachio.

9. Bake in preheated oven for 15 – 20 minutes or until the edges becomes light brown and cracks appear on the cookies.

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10. Let the cookies cool down completely before serving.
Cookies will soft when hot and become crisp after cooling.

Serve with tea, coffee, milk or store in airtight container for later use.

Stay tuned for one more gluten free treat.

Notes
1. You can use refined or whole wheat flour instead of pearl millet.
2. If you like crisp cookies use 3/4 cup ghee and 2 tablespoon milk in the dough. Ghee or clarified butter will make your cookies mouth melting.

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Filed Under: Baked Delicacies, Fusion Foods, Gluten Free, Healthy Food, Snack, Vegetarian, World Cuisine Tagged With: almond, aromatic, bachelor recipe, besan, cardamom, chickpea flour, Christmas special, delicious, easy, gluten free, healthy, kids party, kids recipe, mouth melting cookies, NANKHATAI, pearl millet, Pistachio, rose water, shortbread cookies, tiffin recipe

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  1. mistimaan says

    17/12/2018 at 5:47 AM

    So yummy

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      17/12/2018 at 6:05 AM

      Yes! Thank you so much 😊

      Reply
  2. smriti ganguly says

    17/12/2018 at 6:58 AM

    Really looks yummy👌👍👍👍
    I love Nankhatai.. This time Bajra..
    Good idea👏👏👏
    Thank you for such innovative creatively artistic cooking.🌹🌹

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      17/12/2018 at 6:59 AM

      Thanks a lot dear 😍

      Reply
  3. The Girl Next Door says

    17/12/2018 at 10:50 AM

    You really are a baking queen! For any theme in the world, you can come up with a baked treat! These cookies look so good. 🙂

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      17/12/2018 at 10:52 AM

      Aww thanks a lot dear for your kind words 😍

      Reply
  4. sizzlingtastebuds says

    17/12/2018 at 11:21 AM

    Very interesting n healthy twist to the original Nankhatai recipe Sujata ! These must Hv tasted delish 🙂

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      17/12/2018 at 12:38 PM

      Thank you so much dear. Yes taste is just awesome. Please do try once 😊

      Reply
  5. Vidya Narayan says

    18/12/2018 at 12:20 PM

    While everyone loves cookies, I for some reason love ghee wale Nankhatais since childhood. Classic recipes never go out of style. Way to make these healthy by including Bajra and flavoured with rose.

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      18/12/2018 at 12:32 PM

      Thanks Vidya 😊

      Reply
  6. mayurisjikoni says

    18/12/2018 at 7:30 PM

    Bajra cookies definitely taste so delicious and earthy, I make them often. Adding rose essence is a good idea to make them taste different.

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      19/12/2018 at 2:27 AM

      Thank you. Yes Mayuri its taste great and different from my other Bajra cookies 😊

      Reply
  7. smriti ganguly says

    19/12/2018 at 11:55 AM

    I completely agree with girl next door, you r undoubtedly, Baking Queen.
    Cookies r deliciously Yummy! 👌👍.
    Rose water essence has given heavenly feeling in mouth. Me n my guest just loved it. Thank you so much..😄🌹🌹

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      19/12/2018 at 12:21 PM

      Ha ha thanks dear for your lovely words 😍😀

      Reply
  8. FoodTrails says

    19/12/2018 at 7:39 PM

    Guilt free cookies, loved the addition of Nan-khatai in the cookies.. beautiful color and well baked!! Delicious!!

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      20/12/2018 at 12:42 AM

      Thank you so much Swaty 😍

      Reply
  9. poonampagar says

    21/12/2018 at 12:42 PM

    You never fail to impress us with your innovative delicious bakes di ! Can’t wait to try out this recipe with Bajra flour and chick pea flour.

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      21/12/2018 at 1:09 PM

      Thanks a lot Poonam. Please do try I am sure you will love the taste 😊

      Reply
  10. Veena Krishnakumar says

    23/12/2018 at 7:05 AM

    I bake nan khatai but with bajra flour is new to me. Perfectly baked

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      24/12/2018 at 10:25 AM

      Thank you so much Veena 😊

      Reply
  11. Sujata Shukla says

    25/12/2018 at 8:11 AM

    Ive been licking my lips reading the list of ingredients and imagining the flavours of the bajra nankhatai. Pistachio, rose, cardamom and of course the ghee. What a flavour bouquet this must be!

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      25/12/2018 at 8:49 AM

      Thanks a lot Sujata Shukla. Yes it was so flavourful. Everyone loved the taste and aroma. One of my guest wanted to place an order of this cookies 😀

      Reply
  12. themadscientistskitchen says

    29/12/2018 at 1:20 PM

    Great way to incorporate bajara in our food. Will try making it they sound delicious.

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      30/12/2018 at 12:58 AM

      Thanks Archana. It was really superbly delicious. Please do try and let me know how it turns 😊

      Reply
  13. Preethi Prasad says

    06/01/2019 at 9:44 AM

    Bajra cookies look so crisp and flavorful with addition of rose . Love these healthy bakes that can be eaten guilt free.

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      06/01/2019 at 9:54 AM

      Thank you so much Preethi 😊

      Reply
  14. Sasmita Sahoo Samanta says

    10/01/2019 at 2:31 PM

    Bajra cookies are super healthy twist di to our nankhatai   Love those color and shape here

    Reply
  15. Seema Doraiswamy Sriram says

    02/02/2019 at 11:16 AM

    Bajra, Wow. You really are a temptstress. i am going shopping for Bajra flour now. too good to resist

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      04/02/2019 at 2:37 PM

      Thanks a lot Seema. Please do try and let me know how it turns out 😊

      Reply

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