No Oven Nankhatai

Ingredients:

• SUGAR 1/2 CUP
• GHEE 1/2 CUP
• CARDAMOM POWDER 1/2 TSP
• BAKING SODA 1/4 TSP
• CURD 1 TSP
• REFINED FLOUR 1 CUP
• ALMOND & PISTACHIO AS REQUIRED (SLIVERED)

Method:

1. Add the sugar into a mixer grinder jar & grind it into a fine powder to make powdered sugar.
2. Further sieve in the powdered sugar into a large bowl & add ghee along with cardamom powder, baking soda & curd, mix well using a whisk.
3. Once all the ingredients come together sieve in the refined flour & mix it well using a whisk or a spatula, use your hands for form the mixture into a dough but make sure you don’t have knead it.
4. Once the dough is formed take a small portion of it & form it into a roundel using your palms then gently press it, shape all the nankhatais similarly & place on a butter paper line baking tray with 2-3 inches of gap between each piece.
5. Add the slivered almonds & pisctachios from the top & bake in a 170C preheated oven for 12-14 minutes.
6. Once baked remove them out of the oven & let them cool down completely before serving.
7. If you don’t have an oven, you can use a kadhaai to bake these, add plenty of salt in the kadhaai, cover & let it preheat over high flame for 20 minutes.
8. Further take a plate & line it with butter paper & place the shaped nankhatais on the plate.
9. Once the kadhaai is preheated, place a steamer stand or a cookie cutter to give the plate some height & then place the plate on the stand.
10. Cover the kdhaai with a lid & bake the nankhatais over low flame for 20-25 minutes.
11. Once baked remove them from the kadhai & cool them down completely.
12. Your no oven perfectly baked nankhatais are ready, serve them with some kadak chai.