Easy Naan Recipe

Ingredients: 

4 cups of All Purpose Flour/Maida

1 tsp Salt

3 tsp Oil

 ½ cup Warm Water

 7 gms Rapid Rise Yeast

 1 tsp Sugar

 1 Egg – 1

3 tbsp Yogurt

Additional All Purpose Flour for rolling and dusting

 

Process

1.     Add Yeast and Sugar to warm Water and mix well. Cover and keep it aside for 5-7 minutes (until foamy).

2.      In a large bowl, mix Flour and Salt well.

3.      Add Oil and mix until there are no lumps.

4.      Once Yeast and Water mixture becomes foamy, add Yogurt and Egg.

5.      Add the mixture to the Flour a little at a time, add more water if needed and knead into a soft dough ball.

6.      Drizzle a few drops of Oil on the dough.

7.      Cover and keep in a warm place for 1.5 hour.

8.     Once dough has risen, lightly oil hands and punch down the dough and knead. Dust with additional flour if needed.

9.     Divide dough into small portions and roll it out on a floured surface or stretch the dough using your palms.  You can drizzle some nigella seeds on the naan or chopped garlic. Keep rolled naan aside on a tray.

10.   Heat up a cast iron pan on high heat. Place a naan on the pan and cook on both sides will golden brown.

11.   Remove from pan and smear on butter (optional).

12.   Keep naan in an insulated container until ready to serve. Best served fresh and hot with butter chicken or kebabs

13.   Makes – 9 avg size naans.

14.  These naan can be frozen in zip lock bags and they stay fresh for weeks.