Oatmeal Nankatai/Cookies

 Oatmeal has made its way to most of our kitchens with the different health benefits it provides. Though I have been buying oats for long time still I could not possibly make it a very likable to my kids. One way I discovered from Nandita’s post to cook oats the Indian way which worked well and liking possibility changed from 15% to 75% … so this was a good sign. Getting a liking to eat oats is not quite easy as for us as it has a very stale taste and after cooking makes it a little sticky. Few years ago when my hubby asked me to take it to office and use as a health drink I could never get used to the taste of the instant cereals. After travelling overseas a few times I realised everywhere I went I found Oatmeal porridge to be very comfort food and started liking it similar to having rice porridge on the breakfast table. I am still discovering different ways of cooking it to include in our day to day life.  These cookies are one such snack loved by my kids.

Coming to the recipe this is a very simple nankatai which I substituted half oats and whole wheat flour.

All you need:
1/2 cup butter/ghee/magarine
quick cooking oats 1/2 cup
whole wheat flour 1/2 cup
Semolina/suji rava 2 tbsp
sugar powder 1 cup ( used twice than normal)
cardamom powder - 1 tsp
baking powder - 1 tsp
milk few drops to bind
salt to taste

Method: Cream sugar and butter until fluffy. Mix dry ingredients in a seperate bowl. Add dry ingredients to the sugar butter mixture.Combine well until you have a texture to form into lemon sized balls flatten it. If the mixture is too dry add few drops of milk. Do not add too much milk as it will turn to cake texture rather than a nankatai. Bake for 10-15 min at 200 C. The cookies were tasty and crisp outter edges. You can bake for few more minutes for more crisper cookies. You can add choclate chips/raisins/nuts/desicatted coconut to make it more delicious.