Naan Khathai With White Chocolate Drizzle & Raspberries
Ashia Ismail-Singer
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tags:raspberry, white chocolate, naan khathai
Makes
about 24Ingredients
¾ cup icing sugar | |
125g ghee or butter, softened | |
pinch of saffron (optional) | |
1 egg | |
½ cup neutral oil | |
2 cups plain flour, sifted | |
½ teaspoon ground cardamom | |
1 cup white chocolate drops | |
¼ cup freeze-dried raspberries |
An Indian version of shortbread, these are buttery and crisp with a hint of spice and remind me of my childhood when Mum let us help form the balls. Every Indian family has their own version, some with eggs and some without.
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Instructions
1. | Preheat the oven to 160°C. |
2. | Cream the sugar, ghee and saffron, if using, in a standing mixer. |
3. | Add the egg and oil and continue to mix. |
4. | Add the flour and cardamom and mix to form a soft dough. (If the dough is too soft, refrigerate for 15 minutes.) |
5. | Form small balls of dough and place on a lined baking tray. |
6. | Press down on each one with a fork (or roll out the dough and use a small cookie cutter if you prefer, but I quite like them as rustic little shapes). |
7. | Bake for 20–25 minutes or until pale golden. Cool on wire racks. |
8. | Place the chocolate drops in a heatproof container and microwave in 20-second bursts until melted. |
9. | Drizzle onto the biscuits while they are still on the wire racks (place a sheet of baking paper underneath to catch the drips) and sprinkle the raspberries on top. |
This is an edited extract
of Saffron Swirls &
Cardamom Dust by
Ashia Ismail-Singer,
published by Bateman
Books, RRP $49.99.
Photography by
Christall Lowe.
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