Mini Nankhatai makes a wonderful edible gift. I always make some cakes, brownies, or cookies when I visit my SILs. My nephew and nieces enjoy my baked dishes and look forward to them. Every year during the Sankranthi holidays, we make a trip to my Hubby dear's hometown and it was the same this year as well.
I was planning on making some Tea Cakes, then decided that I might as well bake something for the Kids Delight themed on Mini Baked Dishes. I was really clueless about what to bake. Then decided I will bake these Nankhatais as I was wanting to bake for a long time now. I already have a couple of versions of Nankhatais and you may ask why another one. Well, even a slight difference seems to make a load of difference and I so loved these when my SIL got them for us.
She baked this for us when they visited last year. I pinged her for the recipe and she shared it with me. In fact, I said why I couldn't find it on her blog. She has two recipes written down and wasn't very sure which ones she used. However, I remember those were so melt in the mouth kids. I had practically finished the whole box.
Step by Step Pictures for baking Mini Nankhatai
Recipe
Mini Nankhatai
Ingredients
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour / Maida
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 cup Ghee
- 1/2 cup Besan / Gram Flour
- 1/3 cup Semolina / Rava
Instructions
- Pulse the Rava and sugar couple of times to get a finer powder.
- In a wide bowl, take the flour, add besan, the powdered mix and slowly add the melted ghee.
- Mix it together to bind the flours and keep adding till you get a firm balls.
- You should take care to mix quickly as ghee will solidify fast.
- Pinch out small tiny balls, flatten on a lined baking tray.
- Preheat the oven at 185 C and bake for 10 to 12 mins.
- Allow cooling on a rack before storing in an airtight box.
Notes
Pavani says
Yummy looking naankhatai Valli -- they look like they'll melt in the mouth. Interesting recipe with the addition of besan.
Vaishali Sabnani says
This is what exactly we used to get on the streets of old Delhi..perhaps we shall have a chance to eat them there.super.
Priya Suresh says
Dangerously addictive nankhattais, love it to the core.
srividhya says
yum yum yum with a cup of tea and book. love that smooth texture. awesome
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Mini nan khatai is such a lovely idea. I end up eating so many of the loaded cookies anyways, so I would rather make them smaller.
Sandhiya says
Wow..Looks so delicious. Tried this once before,but couldnt get the texture as yours,Bookmarked, gonna try soon.
Smruti@HerbivoreCucina says
I LOVE nankhatai. Yours look so amazing, feel like making some right away!!
Harini-Jaya R says
The mini series is a good way to portion control. Love it.
sushma says
They looks soo yummy
Priya Srinivasan says
Its been long since i baked some cookies valli. now the boys seems to like some for their evening snack! This is a great recipe to try! Bookmarking it!