Friday, October 17, 2014

Nan Khatai





Preparation Time :  20 Min.
Baking Time : 15 Min.
Cooking Temperature : 375 degree Fahrenheit
Complexity : Medium


Ingredients:

Gram Flour (Besan) : 1/2 cup
Semolina (Sooji) : 1/3 cup
All purpose flour (Maida) : 1/3 cup
Baking Soda : 1 pinch
Green Cardamom Powder : 1/4 tsp
Unsalted Butter or Ghee : 1/2 cup
Sugar : 2/3 cup
Sliced Almond : 1/2 tbsp
Sliced Pistachio : 1/2 tbsp

Method :

  1. In a bowl mix gram flour, semolina, all purpose flour and baking powder and sieve them twice.
  2. Take unsalted butter in a big bowl and melt it. 
  3. Add sugar into butter and mix it well for about 3-4 min. so that mixture become light and fluffy.
  4. Now add flour mixture to butter mixture and knead them together to make a smooth dough.
  5. Grease tray with oil. 
  6. Take small portion of dough and make a round ball, press ball lightly with your palm.
  7. With a sharp knife softly draw a tic-tac-toe design on the top and put few pieces of almonds and pistachios and press them into the dough gently.
  8. Make more nan khatai in the same manner and keep them in tray at appropriate distance as their size increases on getting baked.
  9. Now preheat oven at  375 degree Fahrenheit.
  10. Put the tray into oven for about 15 min. or until nan khatai are lightly gold brown.
  11. Now remove the tray from oven and let the nan khatai cool down.
  12. Serve it with coffee or tea.




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