indian naan

This Indian Naan Bread recipe is incredibly easy to make at home and the result is a soft and delicious Indian bread that you can have as a side to many meals.

Easy Indian Naan Bread Recipe

c. all-purpose flour

salt

instant yeast

c. milk

c. plain Greek yogurt

sugar

cardamom

turmeric

Tbsp. melted Ghee or butter

Pour the milk into a liquid measuring cup, whisk in the Greek yogurt, and heat in the microwave until warm to the touch (about 110 degrees F). Pour the warm milk into a large bowl or the bowl of an electric stand mixer. Add the sugar, instant yeast, salt, cardamom, turmeric, and 2 1/2 cups of the flour.

Mix well with a wooden spoon or the paddle attachment on your stand mixer. Continue adding flour gradually in small amounts, until a soft dough is formed that cleans the sides of the bowl (it will still be sticky). Knead the dough using the dough attachment on your stand mixer, or by hand until it is smooth and elastic, about 3-5 minutes in the mixer or 10 minutes by hand.

Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl and let it rest at room temperature, covered lightly, for about 2 hours.

After the dough has rested, turn it onto a lightly floured surface and divide the dough into 12 equal pieces, rounding each into a ball shape. The dough will still be a little sticky, but you won't have too much trouble forming it into balls.

Cover the pieces with a towel and let them rest for 30 minutes. While the dough rests, preheat your oven to 500 degrees Fahrenheit and place a pizza stone or large cast iron pan on the bottom rack of the oven.

Once the dough has rested for a half hour, one by one, roll each piece into a circle about 6 inches wide. Open up the oven and lay the circle of dough on the hot pizza stone. Spritz the top of the dough with a little water or vegetable oil. Close the oven and bake the naan for about 2-3 minutes, until it is lightly puffed and brown spots begin to appear on the bottom. Turn the naan using tongs and return to oven for another 2 minutes or so.

Remove the naan from the oven and place on a cooling rack or large plate. Brush lightly with Ghee or melted butter. Stack the hot naan on top of each other as it comes out of the oven to help keep the pieces warm.

This Easy Keto Naan is perfect for scooping up delicious sauces and curries. It also makes a great tortilla style taco shell!

Keto Naan

coconut flour

whole psyllium husk

ghee (melted, coconut oil

baking powder

water

In a large bowl whisk together all of the ingredients until a ball of dough forms, knead once or twice then refrigerate 1 hour.

Divide the dough into 8 smaller balls then roll out to your desired thickness using a rolling pin. You can also shape them with your hands.

Heat a cast-iron skillet over medium heat, place one piece of naan into the skillet and cook 1-2 minutes per side until starting to puff up and turn golden. Remove from skillet and set aside, repeat with remaining dough.

Recipe for classic naan - Indian flatbread recipe that I make for all my Indian dinners. So easy to make and always comes out perfect.

Simple Butter Naan with Yeast

300 g All purpose flour

g plain yogurt

g luke warm milk

tsp cooking oil (2 tsp = 9 grams)

tsp Rapid rise yeast

tsp salt

Butter (or

Add your rapid rise yeast (you can substitute with active dry yeast too), Sugar, and lukewarm milk into a bowl and let it sit for about two minutes. If the yeast starts to make foam then your yeast is good. Carry on with the next steps. If your yeast doesn’t make foam/small bubbles then your yeast is not good. Start over with a newly bought yeast.

Next, add your yogurt and oil to the bowl and dissolve it in the milk mixture using a spoon.

Then add salt and flour. Mix well using the spoon until they become lumps and no loose flour is left in the bowl. Press the lumps together and make a rough ball.

Transfer the dough ball and knead the dough until smooth and stretchy for about 15 mins. If the dough is too sticky add about a tbsp of flour at a time while kneading. You should get a slightly tacky dough and should be able to stretch the dough until the windowpane without tearing or breaking the dough.

Apply a few drops of oil to the bowl. And transfer the dough back in. Apply two drops of oil onto the surface of the dough to prevent it from drying out. Cover with plastic wrap and let it double in size. 

The dough should be doubled in size. This would take roughly about an hour.

And then break the dough into 6 - 7 equal size portions and make them into balls using your hands.

Place them on a plate/working surface, cover them with a plastic wrap, and let them relax and puff up for 30mins.

After 30 mins, take a ball out. Put it on the benchtop. Flat the dough out using your hands. This would degas the dough ball. 

And then using your rolling pin, roll the dough to an oval shape flatbread with one broader side and one narrow side. The thickness should be about 2.5mm.

Then lift the flattened out dough, and stretch the dough from the narrow side using one hand while holding the dough with the other hand to get the tear-drop shape. You can make them into any other shape you like.

Meanwhile, put your cast iron skillet to heat up(or any other skillet you have. Don’t use a non-stick Teflon coated skillet though. They are not meant to heat up high). The skillet should be smoking hot when you put the naan it. So it would puff up quickly. Also, turn on the oven broiler and place a cookie sheet or large baking tray on the top shelf of your oven.

When the skillet is hot, Place the naan on the skillet. Let the bread puff up with bubbles. Leave the naan until the bottom of it gets nice and brown.

Then transfer the naan to the tray which you placed under the broiler. You can use a spatula or tongs for this. Let the top gets brown too. The naan would puff up furthermore.  ( read the recipe description above for alternative methods)

When the top is brown, transfer the naan to a plate and apply butter immediately before it becomes hard and crispy. (you can also apply crushed garlic after applying butter for garlic naan or chopped cilantro for cilantro naan)

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