How to Prepare Favorite Nan Khatai

Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, nan khatai. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Nan Khatai is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Nan Khatai is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have nan khatai using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Nan Khatai:

1. Take 1 cup all purpose flour or maida
2. Get 3/4 cup besan or chickpea flour
3. Make ready 1/4 cup sooji or semolina
4. Take pinch salt
5. Get 1/2 cup +2-3 tbsp ghee or clarified butter,shouldn't be melted
6. Make ready 3/4 cup confectioners sugar or powdered sugar
7. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder, from 7-8 cardamom pods
8. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon saffron strands, crushed
9. Take chopped pistachios, to garnish
10. Make ready chopped almonds, to garnish
11. Make ready 1 tablespoon milk, optional, only use if dough isn't coming toge

Instructions to make Nan Khatai:

1. In a bowl sieve together flour, besan, sooji and cardamom powder. Add salt and mix till well combined.
2. Using your stand or hand mixer, mix/cream together ghee with powdered sugar and crushed saffron strands until fuffy. - - Add the flour mix (the dry ingredients) and mix.
3. Mix until it forms a soft and smooth dough. If the dough is not coming together, you may add a tablespoon of milk at this point. - - Cling wrap the dough and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
4. After 30 minutes take the dough out and pinch equal size balls from the dough.
5. Flatten each balls slightly with your hands and if you want make a criss-cross design on top with a knife. Press some chopped nuts in the center.
6. Place the baking tray lined with the cookies back in the refrigerator again for 20 minutes. Meanwhile pre-heat the oven to 375 F degrees.
7. After 20 minutes, take out the baking tray and bake at 375 F degrees for 16-18 minutes or till the bottom of the cookies starts turning light brown in color.
8. Remove nankhatai from oven and let cool completely. - - Store in an airtight container and enjoy
9. Recipe Notes - - * The ghee to be used in this recipe should not me melted. It should be in a semi-solid state. - - * Chilling the dough is mandatory.

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