Nankhatai | Whole wheat & Jaggery Nankhatai Biscuit in Oven / Kadai

• Prep Time: 10 Mins
• Bake time: 20 - 25 Mins
• Yield: 16 - 18 Pieces

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - 1 cup
• Gram flour / Besan - 1/2 cup
• Chiroti rava - 2 tbsp
• Ghee - 1/4 cup
• Jaggery - 1/2 cup 
• Milk - 1/4 cup
• Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
• Cardamom/ elaichi powder - 1/4 tsp
• Salt - 2 pinch

Preparation:

Method 1 -  using Oven:

1. Add milk and jaggery in a mixer jar and blend it.
2. Strain the milk - jaggery mixture.
3. Add all the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl .i.e. wheat flour, gram flour, chiroti rava, baking powder, cardamom powder and salt. Mix well.
4. Now add ghee and milk - jaggery mixture. Mix all together and make a soft dough.
5. Take a small portion of dough, make a ball and flatten it slightly. Place it on a baking tray.
6. Repeat the same procedure for remaining dough. Place them on the baking tray and ensure to leave a little space between the pieces.
7. Add chopped almonds as topping on Nankhatai pieces.
8. Preheat the oven at 180°C in convection mode. Bake at 180°C for 20 - 25 minutes. 
9. Take out the baking tray from the oven and cool them completely.
10. Enjoy delicious Nankhatai with tea/coffee.

Method 2: using Kadai

1. Repeat the steps 1 - 4 described above. Place the  dough pieces  topped with chopped almonds on a steel plate with a little space between each dough pieces.
2. Now keep a small steel bowl / ring stand in the middle of the kadai and place the  steel plate (containing nankhatai pieces) on the bowl.
3. Cover it with a lid and bake for 20-25 minutes in low - medium flame.
4. Take out the steel plate from the kadai and cool them completely.

Delicious Whole wheat Nankhatai is ready to be served.