NAN KHATAI and Saffron Nan Khatai by shireen

                           NAN KHATAI by shireen

7 Tbsp solid (not melted) ghee * treated
12 Tbsp (150gm) castor sugar
1 tsp Green cardomom powder
3 cups flour sifted
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 baking soda
Slivered almonds - as required
Pistachios chopped - as required
1 egg - seperated only need yolk discard the egg white.

Preheat oven to 185 degrees.

Place *treated frozen ghee and ca...stor sugar in a mixer. With the k beater attachment, beat until white and fluffy. Mix in cardamom powder and mix well.
Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda together in seperate bowl and then add to ghee mix. Change to dough hook sttachment and allow to mix until dough comes together. Do not agg egg into dough. No water or other liquid in dough! Form dough into ball.

Roll dough into 1 Tbs size balls and place on oven tray. Press thumb into centre of ball and brush with egg yolk in indentation only.
Add nuts to centre (ontop of egg yolk only) and bake in oven for 12 minutes 185 degrees.
Allow to cool on tray them transfer to serving dish.

* to treat ghee. Place ghee... into pan and melt. Transfer melted ghee into a bowl and place in freezer. Once ghee is firm and white, transfer to mixer and use as per recipe.

** if you have no mixer, place frozen ghee and castor sugar in a bowl and use hand mixer to beat until white and fluffy. Transfer mix to a larger bowl, add sifted flour, baking soda & baking powder and knead well for 10 minutes using the heel (near wrist) of hand. This helps to mix ghee into flour.


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                                         Saffron Nan Khatai

      Ingredients

      Ghee 4 ounce

      Flour 3 ½ ounce

      Semolina 3 ½ ounce

      Caster sugar 3 ½ ounce

      Saffron ¼ tsp

      Hot milk 1 tbsp

      Green cardamom powder ½ tsp

      Yogurt 1 tsp

      Soda bicarb ¼ tsp

      Method

      Sieve 3 ½ ounce flour and ¼ tsp soda bicarb.Then mix in 3 ½ ounce semolina.In a separate bowl beat 4 ounces ghee and 3 ½ ounces sugar till light and creamy and add ½ tsp cardamom powder. In a cup mix ¼ tsp saffron in 1 tbsp hot milk and add to the ghee and sugar mixture.Then add 1 tsp yogurt. Mix well, now fold in flour and semolina, knead well, form into small rounds, arrange on a greased baking tray, and bake in a moderate oven 150 degree C or No. 3 for 20 minutes.

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another recipe of nan khatai  (not  shireen recipe)

,i tried to make nan khaties with simple recipie n it works,its not appas recipie i got it from somewhere else. it includes 1 cup maida,1/2cup ghee,3/4cup sugar(if u like less then u can use only 1/2 cup sugar)and 1 tea sp baking pwd,egg for garnish.method is ist grind sugar very fine.now add sugar, maida and baking pwd together with strainer then add ghee and combine all ingredients with hands,then rest it for 1/2 hr n then make small balls n dent them in center with ur thumb n fill that hole with half tea sp of egg(lightly wisk egg ok).now bake them in preheat oven at 180 level or gas mark four ,place biscuits at upper level of oven other wise they will burn now cook them till they r lightly golden and egg is also cooked n golden.use only greased baking tray to bake ur biscuits and u can use pistashious or almonds to garnish instead of using egg.