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Traditional Naan Bread
"This recipe is from www.khanakhazana.com and is posted here in response to a request on the boards."
photo by LILLIANCOOKS
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 2⁄3 cup milk (or water)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons onion seeds
- 1 teaspoon yeast (Dry)
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons clarified butter
- 2 tablespoons yoghurt
directions
- Whisk warm milk/water with the yeast and sugar until the yeast is dissolved.
- Cover and let stand in a warm place for 10 minutes.
- Sift flour and salt three times into a large bowl add the yeast mixture, half of the ghee and the yogurt.
- Mix into a soft dough then knead on a floured surface for about 5 minutes or until dough is smooth and elastic.
- Place the dough in a large greased bowl, cover and let stand in a warm place for 1 1/2 hours or until the dough is doubled in size.
- Punch down dough then knead for 5 minutes.
- Divide dough into 6 pieces.
- Roll each piece out into 8 inch round nans.
- Cover an oven tray with foil and grease the foil.
- Brush the nan with a little of the remaining ghee and sprinkle with some of the kalonji.
- Cook Nan one at a time under a very hot grill for about 2 minutes on each side or until puffed and just browned.
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Reviews
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Yummy! I used a pizza stone positioned close (3-4 inches) to the electric (grrr!) broiler coil. What is kalonji? -
Really enjoyed the naan - used half semolina and half all purpose flour, added onion powder and garlic powder and a half teaspoon of garam masala - used a skillet on the stovetop with olive oil and they were great! -
This was good, but not as soft as I would have liked. -
Very nice recipe. I often use this recipe for naan because I like how light and airy the yeast and minimal yogurt make it. Other recipes, while still good, are more dense and heavy when they have a lot of yogurt and no yeast. I prefer this recipe for our dinners, thank you for posting!
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I've made this recipe several times. It's excellent!
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Easy and delicious! I used melted butter instead of clarified and it turned out fine. -
this naan was great, minus the fact that there wasn't any salt in it (that's why i had to ding it by one star). I changed it up just a bit and used regular butter instead of ghee, i also didn't use the onion seeds and next time i will be careful to add 1 tsp. salt to the dough. -
Wonderfully soft, tasty naan!! I used the milk option and used onion powder instead of the onion seeds (I didn't have any). I did all the mixing and kneading in my Kitchenaid mixer and had to add a couple of extra tablespoons of flour since I wasn't working more in by kneading on a floured surface. I divided the dough into 4 pieces and they were the perfect size. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I will be making these often! -
These naan were very good. I let the dough sit for 10 minutes after seperating it into six parts. I spread the naan out with my fingers instead of rolling them out, and I sprinkled sesame seeds on half of them. Delicious!! Will definately be making these again! Thanx.
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Wonderful! On my first try I used wholemeal flour and they didn't puff up--but tasted ok as flat breads. Husband said they tasted good & he knew they were healthy, so... But 2nd time around I used all purpose white flour, butter instead of clarified butter, and (feeling adventurous) divided dough into 2 batches and rolled some chopped garlic into the 2nd batch. They were great!!! (Under my oven grill they took 1 min 30 seconds each side)Husband said they tasted better (!) than the ones from the Indian Restaurant so Thank You, Charishma Ramchandani!
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