Quantity: a dozen (12 cookies) Imagine a shortbread with the warmth and golden touch of saffron, and the freshness of an orange. Ingredients: Organic unbleached flour, organic sugar, organic butter, organic saffron, organic orange, pink Himalayan salt Origin: India and Persia Naan khatai has roots that stretch across continents. While it’s now an iconic Indian cookie, its story starts in Persia, where these shortbread-like cookies made with ghee and flour were common. These treats traveled along trade routes and mingled with Mughal culinary influences in India, evolving into the crumbly, fragrant biscuits. In India, they became more popular during the British colonial period, when European-style shortbreads inspired local bakers to adapt them with indigenous ingredients like saffron, cardamom, and rose. The result was a cookie that’s buttery, aromatic, and slightly sandy in texture—a perfect marriage of Persian elegance, Mughal indulgence, and Indian home-style warmth. So every bite of Naan Khatai is a little history lesson: centuries of spice, butter, and love baked into a tiny golden circle.
