Nan Khatai

Today's recipe is one more classic cookie recipe from India. Nan Khatai is a shortbread type of cookie from India. Actually this recipe we have adopted from Persian cuisine,  which is very popular in Irani cafe's. Traditionally in olden days  these cookies are made with fine sooji, maida and gram flour ammonium bicarbonate as a rising agent rather then baking soda. They use to keep the cookie tray in between two plates and placing it over the flame. But now the trend has changed, now we can bake them in the oven. Sooji gives a crisp texture to this cookies. People enjoy this sweet crisp nan khatai with kadak chai (a less milk tea). I like to have this biscuits with a kadak Irani chai....
This recipe I have adopted from a Telugu weekly magazine..
Let's check the recipe......    
INGREDIENTS:---
All purpose flour (maida)  --- 1 cup
Gram flour ( besan)  ----  1/2 tea sp
Semolina (sooji, rava) ---  1/2 tea sp
Sugar powder   ----  1 cup
Ghee   ---  1 cup
Cardamom powder  ---  1 tea sp
Baking powder   ----  1/4 tea sp
Curd   -----    2 tab sp
                                                     

METHOD:---
1. Cream the sugar and ghee till smooth, light and creamy.
2. Mix the dry ingredients - maida, gram flour, rava, cardamom powder, baking powder in a big bowl.
3. Now add curd to the ghee and sugar mixture and mix well.
4. Add dry ingredients to the ghee and curd mixture and mix together to make a smooth dough.
5. Keep this dough a side for  1 hour then make small balls out of this dough flat a little bit and place them on a greased baking tray.
6. Keep some space between the cookies because they expand while baking.
7. Pre- heat the oven at 170 degree C. for 10 minutes
8. Place the cookie tray in pre- heated oven and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
Remove from oven and let them cool on a wire rack.
Enjoy this crisp,sweet nankhatai with a cup of kadak chai.   

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