Nankhatai – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• For preheating pressure cooker, make a thin layer of salt at the bottom of pressure cooker.
• You can use baking soda instead of salt.
• Put a pot on the salt layer and cover it with glass lid.
• You can use stainless steel dish instead of glass lid.
• Preheat the cooker on medium heat.
• In a bowl, take ghee. Add powdered sugar.
• You can use butter instead of ghee. Use 1/2 cup soft butter. You can use vanaspati ghee too.
• Beat the ghee and sugar really good until it becomes light and fluffy.
• Add vanilla essence. If you are using vanilla extract, use 1 tsp extract.
• If you don’t have vanilla essence or extract, you can use cardamom powder or nutmeg powder. Mix well.
• Add maida, baking powder and baking soda. Mix well again.
• Add milk. Add less than 1 tsp milk first and if you feel. Knead it into a bit thick dough.
• Make small nankhatai out of it and garnish with your choice of dry fruit. Put the nankhatai in a dish.
• You can use almonds, pistachios or tutti frutti.
• Keep a gap of 2-2 1/2” gap between 2 nankhatais.
• Place the dish in the preheated cooker. Cover and bake on medium heat for about 10-12 minutes.
• Bake for 10 minutes and then turn off the gas.
• If you want to bake the nankhatai in oven, bake on 180 Deg C for 10-12 minutes.
• Let the cookies be in the cooker for 5 more minutes.
• Take the nankhatai out and let them cool down for atleast 15 minutes.
• If you try to take them while hot they may break. As they are soft when hot.
• You can prepare 12 medium size nankhatai from 1 cup maida.