3)½ cup Ghee (semi solior butter at room temperature, 80 grams
4)½ teaspoon baking soda
5)1 teaspoon baking powder
6)2 tablespoon sooji (fine rava or cream of wheaor 20 grams sooji
7)2 to 3 pinches nutmeg powder or grated nutmeg or ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg powder (jaiphal powder)
8)½ teaspoon cardamom powder
9)½ cup sugar, 100 to 110 grams sugar or ⅔ cup powdered sugar or icing sugar or add as per taste
10)½ tablespoon dahi (yogurt)
11)1 to 2 tablespoon milk
12)few almonds or chironji (charoli)
PREPARATION
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Step 1-First take ½ cup sugar in a grinder jar.
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Step 2-Grind the sugar granules to a fine powder. Keep aside. If you are using ready powdered sugar or icing sugar, then add ⅔ cup. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (356 degrees Fahrenheit).
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Step 3-Now take the powdered sugar in a mixing bowl or pan. Add ½ cup semi solid ghee (at room temperaturor butter (at room temperature).
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Step 4-With an electric mixer or blender, begin to cream the sugar and butter. You can also use a food processor to do the same.
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Step 5-The mixture should become smooth, light, fluffy and creamy.
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Step 6-Now add the following Dry ingredients in a sieve – 1 cup all purpose flour, ¼ cup gram flour/besan, 1 tsp baking powder and ½ tsp baking soda.
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Step 7-Sift the dry ingredients. Keep aside.
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Step 8-Add the ½ tbsp curd to the creamed ghee+sugar.
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Step 9-Mix very well.
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Step 10-Then add the sifted dry ingredients. Also add 2 tbsp rava (sooji or cream of wheat).
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Step 11-Now add ½ tsp cardamom powder and ⅛ tsp nutmeg powder (or grated nutmeg).
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Step 12-Begin to mix the flour with the creamed ghee with a spoon or spatula.
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Step 13-Gently bring together the whole mixture to a dough. If you are not able to bring together the mixture and its crumbly, then add 1 to 3 tbsp milk. Do not knead like we do for roti dough or bread dough. Just gather the mixture to a form a cookie dough.
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*BAKING NANKHATAI*.
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Step 14-Pinch medium to large sized balls from the dough. Lightly roll them in your palms and slightly flatten them. Place them in a baking tray. Keep some space between them as they expand while baking.
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Step 15-Optionally you can press chironji or almonds on the top slightly. You can also make some criss cross designs on the nankhatai with a fork or toothpick.
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Step 16-Bake the nankhatai in a pre heated oven at 180 degrees celsius (356 degrees Fahrenheifor 20 to 25 mins till light golden or golden. Since oven temperatures vary, it may take less or more time. So do keep a check.
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Step 17-Keep on the baking tray for two to three minutes. Then remove them with oven gloves on your hands and place them on wire racks to cool.
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Step 18-When cooled, store the nankhatai in an air tight container.
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And Now you can serve and decorate as per your choice😊.
