Naan khatai
Naan khatai

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Naan khatai is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Naan khatai is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have naan khatai using 5 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Naan khatai:
  1. Make ready 2 cups maida
  2. Make ready 1/2 cup ghee
  3. Make ready 1/2 cup powder sugar (pissi cheeni)
  4. Take 1 tsp baking powder
  5. Make ready 1 egg yolk (egg ki zardi)

Nankhatai (Hindi: नानख़ताई, Urdu: نان خطائی ‎) are shortbread biscuits, originating from the Indian subcontinent, popular in Northern India and Pakistan. The word Nankhatai is derived from Persian word Naan meaning bread and "Khatai" from a Dari Persian word meaning Biscuit. In Afghanistan and Northeast Iran, these biscuits are called Kulcha-e-Khataye. Naan Khatai is India's very own desi biscuit which is made in an open oven (you can make it in your OTG or cooker or convection oven also).

Steps to make Naan khatai:
  1. In a bowl beat ghee and sugar very well until it becomes creamy.
  2. Mix maida, baking powder and powder sugar and sifted it 1 to 2 times.
  3. Mix both dry and wet mixture. Keep mixing from 5 to 10 minutes.
  4. Take a big pot (patila)put it on the stove.put a metal rack in the pot, cover it and turn on the stove on high flam and pre heat the pot.
  5. Take any matel plate which you can fit in easily and grease it. Make little balls with the prepared dough and place them on the greased metal plate, press them very gently also keep some distance among them.
  6. Place as much balls as suitable according to plate. Beat the egg yolk and brush it on top of the khatai. Put it in the middle of the pot cover it and turn the flame on low heat. Also add weight on top of the lid.
  7. After 40 to 45 minutes check it, if it is golden from the top it means it's ready. If it's not give 5 to 10 more minutes. Take it out cool it down and enjoy.

It is soft and melt-in-the mouth biscuit and has a unique taste with an unmistakable aroma of desi ghee, which distinguishes it from other cookies. Nan Khatai recipe is liked by everyone. Children and elders love to eat Nan Khatai with tea or as a snack. Nan khatai recipe comes from the Persian word Nan which means bread and an Afghan word khatai which means biscuit. Although the biscuits have been supposedly originated from Surat, yet the evidence is not clear as it is equally popular in.

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