These cookies are known as Nangatai by the Swahilis but it's origins are from the Indian continent and is known by the name Nankathai or Nankatai. They are usually cooked on special occasions like Eid, Diwali, wedding etc. I remember we used to cook them at home with a little semolina flour and I managed to find a recipe online at Chachi's Kitchen which does that. I made approximately 36 cookies.
Ingredients
4 oz semolina
8 oz plain flour
6 oz sugar
6 oz butter
1 egg (optional) (or 1 tbspn milk)
1/2 tspn baking powder
1/2 tspn ground cardamom
1/4 tspn nutmeg
pinch of yellow food colouring (optional)
Heat the oven to 180 degree centigrade or 350 F
1. Beat the sugar and butter until creamy and pale in colour
2. Add the egg (or milk), mix
3. Add flour, baking powder, cardomom, and nutmeg mix
4 Knead the dough, form into walnut size balls, place on a greased baking tray
5. mix the food colouring with a little water, using a cocktail stick, make a spot of colour in the centre of each ball
6. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes
You can serve them with a cup of Chai or Kahawa(coffee).
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