Benne Biscuit / Nankatai / Butter Cookies
>> December 09, 2008
This biscuit is very common in india. Most People know the recipe of this biscuits. Some people know this as Nankatai and we used call at home in Benne Biscuit (Butter Cookies).
I want to share this and also a small story related to this..Actually this is my Aunt's recipe, she lives in Raichur, India. Whenever we(all my cousins) used to go to her place she used to make biscuits/cakes/icecreams or whenever she came to visit us in Bangalore/Mysore she used to bring these biscuits. When my parents saw my interest in baking they bought me an Oven. I took this recipe from her started making this for my cousins and my friends. Lets say this became one of my patent recipes in those days. Then after i got married and used to make this too in mumbai, for my in-laws. Once we moved to US, almost after 3 years I made these yummy biscuits again.. So thanks to my aunt for this tasty recipe.
Check out the ingredients of this biscuits
I want to share this and also a small story related to this..Actually this is my Aunt's recipe, she lives in Raichur, India. Whenever we(all my cousins) used to go to her place she used to make biscuits/cakes/icecreams or whenever she came to visit us in Bangalore/Mysore she used to bring these biscuits. When my parents saw my interest in baking they bought me an Oven. I took this recipe from her started making this for my cousins and my friends. Lets say this became one of my patent recipes in those days. Then after i got married and used to make this too in mumbai, for my in-laws. Once we moved to US, almost after 3 years I made these yummy biscuits again.. So thanks to my aunt for this tasty recipe.
Check out the ingredients of this biscuits
BeforeBaking
Ingredients
- Maida / Plain flour - 2 cups
- Rice flour - 1 cup
- Bengal gram flour / Besan - 2 cups
- Sugar Powder - 2 cups
- Dalda / Vanaspathi Ghee OR Butter (unsalted) - 2 cups (melted)
- Baking Powder - 1 tsp
Method
- Sieve maida, rice flour, besan & baking powder in a mixing bowl
- Now keep adding the dalda ghee or butter little by little to the bowl sieve then add sugar powdered in that and again sieve well and make a soft dough
- Divide the dough into small balls about 1 inch
- Place the nankhatai balls on greased tray
- Bake at 400 F (200 degree Centigrade) for about 20 minutes.
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29 comments:
I love this cookies, my mom used to make and also buy them from the bakers.
I didn't know they added besan flour to it.
Looks really yummy delicius.
mala, nangu ittiru..
Did they had besan and rice flour for benne biscuit? I am drooling over this cookies
One of my favorite biscuits to eat. But adding besan and rice flour is totally new to me.
What is in the middle? I didn't read or missed what it was... They look awesome!
looks very good!
they look perfect..and delicioius..so you are into baking nowadays!!!
Delicious biscuits! :)
They are so cute Mala! They look buttery and rich, oh yummy too.
One of my favorite..I just love the melt in the mouth benne biscuits..never knew besan flour and rice flour were added..;-)
HC thank you try.
Swetha yes mane ge ba.
Cham thank you
RC thank you
Meeso thank you. It is Red Cheeries :)
Smitha thank you
sowmya thank you .. yes iam very enthu to bake
Kalai thank you
Anu thank you
Divya thank you. yes sort of unique.
These look so cute! Interesting that there is besan in these..i'll try them sometime!
hi lovely butter cookies....love to prepare it myself...
Divya.M
hmmm I cam smell them here:) they look so good. BTW are those lovely cookies coming for my event:)
They look perfect and yummy... Why don't you send this to some of those baking and christmas events going on?
My favourite biscuit. Looks so tempting.
We Sindhis too call it nankhatai, but the ones which are popular amongst us are nan khatais like hot cross buns(with a cross or plus whtever u call) or the ones with a roasted or fried cashew sitting at the top of each nankhatai(u used cherries i guess and it looks cute)
My kids too love nankatai. Yours look so cute. You could send them to the cookie festival going on at Food Blogga! That is strawberry jam in the middle?
Ouuuu, they are so perfectly beautiful!
veggi, Divya, Sharmi,Anu, Vidhas, cynthia thank you so much.
Alka nice info...thank you
Sunshinemom thank you that is Red Cherries :)
nankatai looks so yummy and superb
hi
do u have kobari biscuit/ coconut cookies recipe
jytohi
Was looking for Benne biscuit recipe on google & landed on ur page.. Very nice blog. Being from Bangalore, I always loved Iyengar's food. I will surely try some for this diwali. Thanks..
Hi mala,
this is archana, a native of bengaluru staying in South Africa
tried ur khara biscuit recipe and it was an instant hit among the Indians here in South Africa.am yet to try your benne biscuit recipe. Was surprised that rice flour and besan r added to it.
When I tried the khara biscuit recipe I found out that the biscuits puff up better when individual balls r made and then flattened by hand and texture of the baked biscuit is just like the one's that u find at the iyengar bakeries!
Thank u for sharing such a wonderful recipe..............
Cheers
archana
These were a family favorite when I was kid, brought back memories seeing the recipe here ,they look delicious.
These were a family favorite when I was kid, brought back memories seeing the recipe here ,they look delicious.
This biscuit is totally new to me since never tried using besan and rice flour for biscuits...looks very soft and great presentation too.
Thank you for sharing the receipe; what rice flour do you use?
@Anonymous : Swadh Rice flour..
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