Ingredients
The following ingredients have 3 Servings
- All purpose flour or maida – 1 1/2 cups
- Powdered sugar – 1 cup
- Ghee - 3/4 cup
- Yoghurt/curd – 2 tablespoons
- Semolina/rava - 1/4 cup
- Cardamom powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- Kesar or Saffron strings – 10 to 12 (soaked in milk)
- Cooking soda - 1/4 teaspoon
- A pinch of salt
- Kesar or Saffron strings – 10 to 12 (soaked in milk)
Instruction
- Soak saffron strings in 2-3 tablespoons of milk for 20 minutes._x000D_ _x000D_ Take a mixing bowl. Add ghee and powdered sugar and whisk well till it is light, creamy and fluffy._x000D_ _x000D_ Sift/sieve in the all purpose flour, cooking soda and a pinch of salt into this ghee-sugar mixture and mix well.
- Now add cardamom powder, saffron milk and semolina and combine together. Finally add curd and knead well to a smooth dough._x000D_ _x000D_ Divide the dough into small portions. Form small round flat balls of dough and keep it ready._x000D_ _x000D_ Grease and line baking tray/tin and arrange the flat balls on the baking tray. Bake in a preheated oven at 160 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Allow it to cool down. Nankhatais are now ready to be served.
- Store nankhatais in an airtight container and serve with tea/coffee as a evening snack or enjoy the cookies as it is.
- TIPS/NOTES_x000D_ _x000D_ Temperatures vary in different ovens. So always keep an eye while baking. If the nankhatais are not baked enough, bake them for few more minutes.
