The Perfect NanKhatais

 

Prep time: 5-10 minutes

Cooking time: 15-20 minutes

Serves: 12-15 pieces

Ingredients:

Sugar 1/2 Cup

Ghee 12 Cup

Cardamom Powder 1/2 Tsp

Baking Soda 1/4 Tsp

Curd 1 Tsp

Refined Flour 1 Cup

Almonds and Pistachios as required.

Method:

Add the sugar into a mixer grinder jar & grind it into a fine powder to make powdered sugar.

Further sieve in the powdered sugar into a large bowl & add ghee along with cardamom powder, baking soda & curd, mix well using a whisk.

Once all the ingredients come together sieve in the refined flour & mix it well using a whisk or a spatula, use your hands for form the mixture into a dough but make sure you don’t have knead it.

Once the dough is formed take a small portion of it & form it into a roundel using your palms then gently press it, shape all the nankhatais similarly & place on a butter paper line baking tray with 2-3 inches of gap between each piece.

Add the slivered almonds & pistachios from the top & bake in a 170C preheated oven for 12-14 minutes.

Once baked remove them out of the oven & let them cool down completely before serving.

If you don’t have an oven, you can use a kadhaai to bake these, add plenty of salt in the kadhaai, cover & let it preheat over high flame for 20 minutes.

Further take a plate & line it with butter paper & place the shaped nankhatais on the plate.

Once the kadhaai is preheated, place a steamer stand or a cookie cutter to give the plate some height & then place the plate on the stand.

Cover the kadhai with a lid & bake the nankhatais over low flame for 20-25 minutes.

Once baked remove them from the kadhai & cool them down completely.

Your no oven perfectly baked nankhatais are ready, serve them with some tea.