Nan Khatai

When I urgently needed the recipe for Nan Khatai to take as a gift when visiting a relative, I came across this recipe. It turned out the way I used to make earlier on and had lost the recipe. Thanks, Vaishali, for sharing your MIL's much coveted recipe here - she sounds like my mom who has her own rules for cooking. I am not complaining - we have always got some terrific food out of her kitchen! :)

Ingredients: 
Makes approx. 20 biscuits (as shown in pic)

• 1 cup White flour (Maida)
• 1/2 cup Brown Sugar (White sugar is also ok)
• Ground Cardamom Powder - 1 tbsp
• 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
• Pinch of salt
• 6 tbsp Ghee (I used home-made Ghee from butter)

Method: 

• Mix the dry ingredients - Flour, Sugar, Cardamom Powder, Baking Powder and Salt.
• Add the Ghee (preferably room temperature) to the above. Knead the dough - it will be like the dough meant for roti\paratha, slightly more wet. Keep it aside for a few mins to an hour.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F (or 180°C).
• Divide the dough into 20 equal portions. Shape those portions into oval shape balls. Place an almond or any other nut of choice as decoration.
• Arrange them on the baking sheet giving them enough space to expand and bake evenly.
• Bake in the pre-heated oven for approx 15 minutes. Keep a close watch for the first batch coz every oven differs and you don't want to burn the nan khatais.
• Take them out of the oven immediately and let them cool. I move them to a different tray to stop the baking process sooner.
• Store in an air-tight container if you manage to keep some for later. ;)

Enjoy the snacking!

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Update on 04/13/2012:

This  goes to Surabhi's event "Let's Part Every Month" with this month's theme being "Snacks".The event page is here. Check out all the wonderful posts her event has received!