Whole wheat nankhatai and the weekend that went

During the weekend we met up with our friends and one of them mentioned how she had made nankhatai for evening tea the other day. And that how quick it was. I was reminded how I had not made these eggless indian cookies for a while now and thought I should.

So yesterday I made them from a recipe that I posted 4 years back. The previously posted nankhatai recipe is now updated with a printable version and you can check it out here. A few people have used the recipe to give as diwali gifts too . Since diwali is not any time soon, you can just bake them for a nice evening time snack. The hint of cardamom combined with rich taste of ghee, make this cookies a great tea time treat. Generally made with all purpose flour, I use whole wheat to make them a little healthier.

Besides talking about nankhatai, we had a great weekend. V was out the whole week for work and came back on Saturday. Three of his Duke friends were also in town for the weekend and it was two days filled with drinking, eating and lot of fun.

 

It was one of V’s friends’ first time to Dallas. One of the things he wanted to do was try one of the many barbeque places that Texas has. We went to hard eight barbeque in Coppell and thanks to him I too got to try some stuff that Texas is really famous for. While everything was good, its the ribs that I (and everyone else) fell in love with.

After a very meat filled lunch, we went to the Stockyards in Fort Worth. It is a historic district located in Fort Worth. It used to be a former livestock market, where cattle, sheep, hogs could be bought, sold and slaughtered. Now it mainly serves as a tourist attraction with a rodeo, antique shops, western wear, bars and nightclubs.  I am sharing some photographs that I took from my phone from our weekend. And if you decide to make the cookies, you can check the recipe here.