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Authentic Naan Recipe India, Asia
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Introduction & history
The dough for naan, the traditional Indian flatbread, is made with maida (white wheat flour), salt, sugar, yeast, and water, but in some cases, oil is also included. Occasionally, depending on the recipe, yogurt can be added, or milk used instead of water. Sometimes, for a softer dough, an egg can be included. The traditional leavening agent is yeast, but some recipes call for baking soda or a combination of the two. Once the dough has had time to rise, it is divided and shaped by hand into rough teardrop-shaped pieces that are slapped against the sides of a tandoor, a cylindrical clay oven for baking. This blistered flatbread is typically served buttered with ghee or butter, topped with garlic or a mixture of garlic and coriander. It can be eaten on its own, but it's also a typical side to dishes like butter chicken, tikka masala, dal, and korma. Additionally, there are also stuffed varieties of naan, such as paneer naan (naan stuffed with paneer cheese), aloo naan... Read more
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Cooking tips
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flour
If you're using flour with more gluten instead of Indian maida, which has less gluten, mix a wetter dough, and knead it shortly. Also, you can replace a part of the flour with whole wheat flour, about 20-30% of the total amount of flour you're using in the recipe. -
baking
If you do not own a tandoor oven, you can bake the naan in the oven or on the stove. If baking in the oven, make sure the oven is heated to a maximum temperature and use either a pizza stone or an inverted baking tray that's been previously heated in the oven to replicate the heat of a tandoor as much as possible. If baking on the stove in a pan, turn the pan over the flame midway through so the top ... Read more
Recipe variations
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Butter Garlic Naan
Ready in 2hThe following recipe shows how to prepare a classic butter garlic naan. As with regular naan, the recipe is pretty much the same, except here, the dough is enriched with yogurt, which relaxes gluten, making for a more soft and supple dough. The baked naans should be brushed with melted ghee and garlic and kept warm to stay tender until consumption.
Naan
PREP 20min
COOK 10min
RESTING 40min
READY IN 1h 10min
The following is the traditional naan recipe, requiring just wheat flour, yeast, sugar, salt, and water.
Ingredients
3 cups (360g) all-purpose flour
1 tsp instant dry yeast
salt, to taste
1/2 tsp sugar
1 cup (120 ml) milk, optional
1 tsp oil
water, as needed
Preparation
Step 1/10
Sieve the flour into a large bowl.
Step 2/10
Mix the yeast with a cup (240 ml) of warm water, then set it aside, so the yeast has time to activate.
Step 3/10
To a large bowl, add the flour, the salt, the milk, if desired, and the yeast mixture, and mix to combine.
Step 4/10
Knead, adding water as necessary.
Step 5/10
The resulting dough should be more on the sticky side. Once you have the dough ready, cover it and let it rest for 20 minutes.
Step 6/10
Portion the dough out into small balls. If the dough is sticking too much to your hands, oil your hands when you want to shape the dough.
Step 7/10
Flour each ball of dough, and roll them out using a rolling pin.
Step 8/10
Place the naan on a baking pan and bake in an oven preheated to the maximum for about 2 minutes. Make sure to put the pan as close to the heating source as possible.
Step 9/10
Alternatively, you can bake the naan on the stove. Place the naan on a baking pan, then once the bubbles have appeared on the surface, turn the pan over and cook the top part over an open flame.
Step 10/10
Once baked, butter with ghee or butter and serve.
Other Variations
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Butter Garlic Naan
Ready in 2hThe following recipe shows how to prepare a classic butter garlic naan. As with regular naan, the recipe is pretty much the same, except here, the dough is enriched with yogurt, which relaxes gluten, making for a more soft and supple dough. The baked naans should be brushed with melted ghee and garlic and kept warm to stay tender until consumption.
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