How to Prepare Delicious Naan Bread

Naan Bread. At grill side, roll one ball of dough out into a thin circle. 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.

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 have Naan Bread using 4 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Naan Bread

1. You need 2 of X Cup of plain yoghurt.
2. It's 2 of X Cup of Flour.
3. It's Pinch of salt to taste.
4. It's of Melted Butter (to spread on the naan bread).

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. Put 2 Cups of Flour into a bowl then add 2 cups of plain yoghurt with a pinch of salt and mix together. Ensure the mixture is not too wet. If wet add more flour..
2. Put some flour on the surface then place mixed dough ontop and make little balls. Using your rolling pin make them into flat circles but dont make the naan bread too thin..
3. Put your pan on high (dont put any oil) preferably use a non stick pan. Then put your flattened naan bread in the pan until it starts to bubble then flip over make sure you get the nice Browning on each side (it looks cool) once you done. Take the naan bread out and spread melted butter on one side while its still hot..

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.