For the love of Food

*You ll notice I use the normal ingredients we find at home to cook... whenever there is a new ingredient I dont find at home, the recipe get postponed and out of mind..

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Choclate Nankhatai - Tea cookies

I personally like this recipe as it takes less time and a good snack is ready with less effort.

The key for good baking is always various experiments which most of the time turns into disasters. I have had enough and finally reaching a stage, where I have my little secrets to make it perfect. And the best part of these secrets is even if you share it, it wont be applied as long as its not tried.

These nankhatai was the first recipe I baked in my oven, but was a disaster. The temperature and the middle rack burns it, tweeking these helped in getting the perfectly baked nankhatais

Ingredients :
Maida/Atta - 1 cup
Besan - 1 tbsp
Butter - 1/2 cup
Powdered sugar - 1 cup
Cardamom - 4/6
Cocoa powder - 1 tsp
Baking powder - 1/4 tsp

  • Sieve maida, besan, cocoa powder, baking powder together
  • In a bowl take melted butter, add powdered sugar and mix well
  • Add the sieved mixture and knead it with hand
  • Refrigerate it for 5-10 mins
  • Meanwhile preheat oven for 10 mins with 150C
  • Make small balls and place it on the greased baking tray and bake for 15 mins in 150C
(I used the top rack, as the middle one made them burn in the bottom)

I enjoyed it guilt-free by using nutralite instead of butter!!