Recipe: Yummy Naan bread

Naan bread. How to Make Naan Bread: Combine dough ingredients: In a large bowl combine the flour, sugar, instant yeast and salt. In another medium sized bowl whisk together the warm water, yogurt, and olive oil. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients until the dough starts to come together.

Traditionally they are baked inside a very hot clay tandoor oven, with charcoal or wood fire. The naan bread are stuck to the inside of the oven just like the picture below. To get my fix, I top fluffy naan bread with a ginger-peanut sauce, fresh veggies, a sprinkle of cilantro and a spicy squiggle of Sriracha. —Rachel Seis, Taste of Home Senior Editor. You can cook Naan bread using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Naan bread

1. You need 1 tsp of dry yeast.
2. It's 1 tsp of sugar.
3. You need 160 ml of warm water.
4. Prepare 300 g of plain flour.
5. You need 1 tsp of salt.
6. Prepare 2 tbsp of melted butter (or ghee if you have it).
7. Prepare 2 tbsp of yoghurt.

Place bread under broiler until 'charcoal' dots appear on the surface. Wrap finished bread in a towel while baking the remaining loaves. The Persian word nān 'bread' is attested in Middle Persian as n'n 'bread, food', which is of Iranian origin, and is a cognate with Parthian ngn, Kurdish nan, Balochi nagan, Sogdian nγn-, and Pashto nəγan 'bread'. Naan may have derived from bread baked on hot pebbles in ancient Persia.

Naan bread instructions

1. Mix water, yeast and sugar together on a bowl and stand in a warm place for 10 minutes.
2. Sift flour and salt into a large bowl. Add yoghurt, yeast mixture and butter (ghee).
3. Mix well together until it forms a dough.
4. Remove from bowl and knead on a floured board for approx. 5 minutes. The dough should be smooth and elastic..
5. Put the dough in a bowl and cover. Stand in a warm place for about 90 minutes or until it is doubled in size..
6. Punch down the dough and knead again for 5 minutes. Divide into 2 large or 4 small pieces..
7. Roll each piece into a naan shape..
8. Heat the grill to a medium/hot setting. Line a grill pan with foil and lightly grease. Place the naan on the grill pan and cook under the hot grill until it is puffs up and becomes browned. Turn over and repeat on the other side. This should take approx 5 minutes per side but could be less depending on the grill heat so keep a close eye on it..
9. Serve with your favourite curry!!.

Though similar to pita bread, naan is made with an enriched dough—that is, the dough contains yogurt and egg. What is the difference between naan and roti? Roti, another traditional Indian flatbread, differs from naan in that it is unleavened (and therefore much thinner), and is typically made from just whole wheat flour, water, a little oil. As mentioned earlier naan bread can be cooked in either a cast iron skillet or the oven. How It Is Stored After Cooking Naan is a traditional flat bread from India, while pita bread is eaten in the Mediterranean and Middle East.