Naan is a flatbread found in the cuisine of the middle east and in North Indian cuisine. Naan is traditionally cooked in tandoor wood fire oven. A deep clay pot is buried in soil and wood coal is used to make the pot heat and the naan dough is stick on the sides of the pot and cooked.
As it is difficult to make such oven at home. I used a cast iron pan which will give the similar effect as tandoor oven with with the ingredients easily available at home. Typically it is served hot and brushed with ghee or butter.
It is not hard to make naan at home as most people think as we think we can get it only in restaurants. I am showing you a simple method to make soft naan without using yeast. Yeast is used as a main ingredients in restaurants but, as it is not good for health we are using yogurt and baking soda which will server the purpose of yeast.
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour or maida - 2cups
- Yogurt - 3/4cup
- Sugar - 2tsp
- Salt - 2pinches
- Baking Soda - 1/4tsp
- Vegetable oil - 2tsp
- Warm water as needed
Instruction
- In a kitchen aid add the flour, salt, sugar, baking soda, and yogurt and mix well in a low speed until combine.
- Then, add water in portions to make it a gooey dough.
- After making the dough apply the oil on top of the dough.
- Cover the dough with a cloth and keep it in a warm place for minimum for 4 hours.
- Then, knead the dough with the raw flour and make into decided balls.
- Using the rolling pin roll the dough with whatever shape you like. Apply water on one side of the roll.
- Heat a cast iron pan and put the water applied side of the rolled dough in the pan and cook for few minutes till you see bubbles on top.
- Flip the pan upside down to the flame side and cook for few second till the top gets black spots. apply ghee or butter.
- Server hot with any type of north Indian gravy. I made butter chicken for these naan.
Cooking Tips
- To get a soft naan it is necessary to make the dough sticky and needed minimum of 4 hours of fermentation.
- You need to use cast iron pan to get the tandoor oven feel.
- Put finely chopped garlic and coriander leaves on top of the dough to make garlic naan.
- You can make the dough with your hand don't need a kitchen aid to make a dough.
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