Naan

I love ordering naan in restaurants and thought why not try making them at home. So, the day I made malai koftas, I decided to make naan with it as this is a good combination. The recipe for making naan is very simple and within a few hours, you will be able to enjoy restaurant style naan at home.

Preparation time : 15 minutes + 4 hours for the dough to rise

Makes : 6 Naans

Ingredients :

2 cups all purpose flour

3/4 cup water

2 tbsp oil

21/2 tbsp plain yogurt

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp instant yeast

2 tbsp melted butter

Toppings :

2 tbsp minced garlic

2 tbsp freshly chopped coriander leaves

Method:

• First dissolve the yeast in water and keep aside for a while
• In the meantime, combine flour, salt, sugar, baking soda and mix well.
• To the dry ingredients, add the wet ingredients i.e yogurt, oil and the yeast mixture and knead well to form a soft dough.
• Cover this dough with a cling wrap and keep aside for 3 -4 hours.
• After 4 hours, you will see that the dough has risen and has almost become double in quantity.
• Add a little flour to the dough and make 6 big balls.
• In the meantime, pre heat the oven at 500 degree F for about 30 minutes
• Roll them out in a rectangle shape to 1/4 inch thickness. Do not make them very thin.
• Prick them with a fork so that they don't rise while baking in the oven.
• Add your favourite toppings on top of the naan and put them in the oven.
• You could put 2 or 3 naans at a time adding your favourite toppings
• It should take about 3 minutes to get the naan ready.
• As soon as they are out from the oven, brush them with some melted butter
• Serve them hot with any gravy of your choice.