Name: Nankathai/Butter cookies/Ghee Biscuits
Ingredients: 1 cup Maida/ All purpose flour; 1/2 cup ghee; 1/2 cup powdered sugar; 1 tsp vanilla Essence; 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder; 2 tsp fine rava; 1 pinch salt; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp baking soda; 25 Cherries (halved) or raisins

Nankathai/Butter cookies/Ghee Biscuits.

You can have Nankathai/Butter cookies/Ghee Biscuits using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Nankathai/Butter cookies/Ghee Biscuits

You need 1 cup of Maida/ All purpose flour.
You need 1/2 cup of ghee.
Prepare 1/2 cup of powdered sugar.
You need 1 tsp of vanilla Essence.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of Cardamom powder.
Prepare 2 tsp of fine rava.
It's 1 pinch of salt.
You need 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
You need 1/4 tsp of baking soda.
Prepare 25 of Cherries (halved) or raisins.

Nankathai/Butter cookies/Ghee Biscuits step by step

Take ghee and powdered sugar in a mixing bowl. Whisk till pale and creamy with a hand whisk..
Add rava, cardamom powder, salt. Sieve flour, baking powder and baking soda. Mix well with a spatula and form into a soft dough..
Take a small portion and roll between palms and press a little flat on a baking tray. Leave space between each cookies to expand. Press cherries/rasins in the middle of each cookie..
Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 15 minutes. It will be soft when taken out of oven and hardens on cooling. Cool on a wire rack and store in airtight container..