NANKHATAI

NAN KHATAI (NARAYAN KHATTAR)

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup all purpose flour or maida
½ cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1or 2 drops of yellow food colour(optional)
10 0r 12 cardamom or elaichi
A pinch of salt
7 tbsp of ghee

METHOD:

Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Grease a baking tray.
Powder the sugar along with the cardamom seeds in a mixer grinder or a food processor and keep aside.
Sieve the maida or all purpose flour along with the baking powder and salt.
Melt the ghee.
In a mixing bowl add the maida mixture and the sugar mixture and yellow food color.
Add the ghee and knead it to form a soft dough. The dough should be soft,IF NEEDED you can add another tbsp more ghee.Keep this dough aside for about 6-7 hrs at room temperature.
Make small balls of the dough and flatten it and place it on the baking tray and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes.
There will be small cracks on the nan khatai and it is a sign that it is done. Makes about 20 to 25 nan kahatais.