Jam Nankhatai/cookies baked in kadai

Name: Jam Nankhatai/cookies baked in kadai
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 15 cookies
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Mixed flour [maida+wheat flour+besan in equal measure]; 1/2cup powdered sugar; 1/3 cup – ghee [little less than ½ cup]; 2 no's – cardamom [remove the skin]; 1 Pinch – baking soda; 2 pinch – baking powder

Navneet Kaur @cook_9222331

Chandigarh

#cookies

Navneet Kaur @cook_9222331

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Ingredients

30 mins

15 cookies

1 cupMixed flour [maida+wheat flour+besan in equal measure]
1/2cup powdered sugar
1/3 cup– ghee [little less than ½ cup]
2no's – cardamom [remove the skin]
1 Pinch– baking soda
2 pinch– baking powder

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Steps

30 mins

1

Sieve all the flour + baking soda + baking powder twice.
2

Take a big mixie jar and blend all the ingredients. [sieved flour + sugar + ghee + cardamom ]
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Blend all the ingredients together till you get a soft dough.
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Remove in a big plate and softly knead well.
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Preheat the oven at 180°.[convection mode]
OR
☆ Preheat your KADHAI/COOKER/PATEELA for 10 min full flame keep it covered. Then place a ring or steel plate in it.. put your cookies tray over it cover the kadhai and bake on LOW flame for 15 min. Check notes to know how to check cookies cooked or not.
6

Make equal size balls flatten it a bit between your both palms.
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Now make a not so deep hole in the balls with your finger add jam in it.(you can keep it simple too...and use cookies cutter as i used)
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Take a baking tin,tray or plate and dust little maida flour over it.
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Arrange it on the baking tray giving little place in between 2 cookies.
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Bake it for 20 mins. in oven.Allow it to cool.
Remove and store it in air tight container.
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NOTES ~~~
Check after 15 minutes if the bottom of the cookie is become fluffy and the bottom of it has turned brown.if not then again bake for 3-4 mins.
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If there is excess ghee then the cookies may not become fluffy.then you can add little more flour and knead it.
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If there is less ghee the cookies may break.
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After blending you can add a 1 tbsp or more of dessicated coconut to get a coconut cookie.
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Place any dry fruits on top like chopped pista /cashew/almonds or even jam. See my pic with same recipe with nuts on top.
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While adding ghee be careful add little by little. The dough should hold it's shape.
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If you feel you have added extra ghee then add little more flour.
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Instead of cardamom you can add vanilla essence 1/2 tsp or you can give cinnamom flavour by adding ¼ tsp of cinnamom powder.