Nan Khatai are crunchy, shortbread like cookies flavored with cardamom are one of the very few baked goodies that my mum used to make for us while we were growing up. Baking was not an easy thing to do back then. The ingredients were not easily available and ovens were very rarely found in the electronic shops and don’t even count the innumerable power cuts that happened without a fail as soon as the wind blew a little hard. I can still feel the heavenly smell which wafted through the entire house while the cookies baked, making us restless and then burning our tongues after we popped a few in our mouth even before they cooled properly. I have made these cookies innumerable times using the same recipe and they have never failed me. Sharing my Mom’s recipe to make these delicious crunchy Indian shortbread cookies or Nan Khatai. If you like them, you must surely try making Oreo-Doodles as well once. For now, here is how to make Nan Khatai: