Recipes to Try (Test them out before your event):

 

Nankhatai

(Nankatai, Butter Biscuits, Eggless Cookies)

 

 

Ingredients:

All Purpose Flour – 1 cup

Unsalted Butter – 1/2 cup

Powdered Sugar – 1/2 cup

Cardamom Powder – 1/4 tsp

Baking Powder – 1/2 tsp

Salt – a pinch

Pistachios/Raisins/Cashews/

Almond – for garnish

 

 

Method

    1. Take a mixing bowl with the room temperature butter in it. Add the powdered sugar to it and cream together till the mixture becomes light and fluffy.
    2. Sift all the dry ingredients (flour, cardamom powder, baking powder and salt) into a separate bowl.
    3. Add this to the creamed butter mixture little at a time and keep mixing. Knead it to form a soft dough. Cover the dough and let it rest in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes.
    4. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Make small balls of the dough. Smooth the balls by rolling in between your palm. You can also use a cookie cutter to shape the cookies.
    5. Place each ball in a cookie sheet. Leave some space in between as the cookies will expand when it bakes. If you want to make it richer, press a pistachio, or raisin, or cashew, or almond on top of the balls gently.
    6. Bake at 300 degrees for 1215 minutes until the bottom of the cookies turn light golden brown.
    7. Remove from the oven and gently transfer the cookies to a cooling rack. The cookies will be very soft at this stage.
    8. Serve as a snack with a cup of Chai. (at right)

 

Chai

 

2 crushed green cardamom pods 2 crushed peppercorns

    • cinnamon stick 1 grape-sized piece peeled, chopped ginger
    • sugar

2 tbsp. black tea leaves (preferably Assam tea)

    • To begin making masala chai, combine milk, water and spices in a medium saucepan.
    • Simmer over medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
    • Add sugar and tealeaves. Stir, and then simmer for 5 minutes.
    • Strain into glasses or mugs and serve.

Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes Makes 4 cups.

 

Peanut Chikki

 

(Kadalai Muttai, Peanut Brittle, Moongphali Chikki)

 

 

Ingredients:

Peanuts – 1 cup (roasted)

Brown sugar – 3/4 cup

Cardamom Powder – 1/4 tsp

Salt – a pinch

 

 

Method

 

    1. Melt the sugar/brown sugar in a non-stick pan till it turns honey brown in color.
    2. Crush the peanuts and add a pinch of cardamom powder.
    3. Put this mixture immediately into a greased plate or tray.
    4. Spread it to the desired thickness using a rolling pin.
    5. Immediately cut it with a greased knife. 
    6. After it cools, separate the pieces and store in airtight containers.
    7. Enjoy as a sweet snack. plate or tray. 

 

 

 

 

Tips

– You can make the same chikkis with sesame seeds, cashews and other nuts too.

– When the mixture is cool enough to handle you can make small balls out of it. This is called Kadalai urundai (Peanut balls).

 

 

InfoPak which is a PDF with all of the written resources you will need for your Taste of Mukti party.