Naan Bread.
Naan, a fresh indian bread. Here with sesame - but you can choose whatever toping you like: garlic, onion, cheese, other seeds etc.
Naan ( = Bread) is a flatbread, and on the contrary to the other indian breads, it is made with yoghurt. Traditionally you bake it in a clay oven, but luckily also bakeable in a regular oven :)
Naan goes well with all the indian und nepalese curries, it's also great with a soup or for dipping with homemade hummus.
Naan ( = Bread) is a flatbread, and on the contrary to the other indian breads, it is made with yoghurt. Traditionally you bake it in a clay oven, but luckily also bakeable in a regular oven :)
Naan goes well with all the indian und nepalese curries, it's also great with a soup or for dipping with homemade hummus.
Preparation 15 min. (+ 1h for the dough to rise)
Baking 6 min.
Yield. 3 pieces
You can multiply this recipe as you like. For 2 people I usually use this quantity, which makes 3 pieces of naan bread:
You need.
75ml lukewarm milk
1 tbsp dry yeast
225g flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp oil, sunflower
80g plain yoghurt
Sesame (optional)
Instructions.
Mix the lukewarm milk and dry yeast in a small bowl and leave it for 10 min. The yeast will dissolve itself and the milk will get a brownish colour.
Mix flour, baking soda and salt in another bowl and add the milk/yeast mix.
Now add the oil and yoghurt and knead until you get a smooth dough.
Lightly grease the bowl with oil, put the dough back in and cover (with a clean towel) and let rise for about 1 hour at room temperature.
Preheat oven to 220°C.
Put the (empty) baking tray in the oven, so it can heat up already.
Now cut the dough into 3 pieces to form balls.
Baking 6 min.
Yield. 3 pieces
You can multiply this recipe as you like. For 2 people I usually use this quantity, which makes 3 pieces of naan bread:
You need.
75ml lukewarm milk
1 tbsp dry yeast
225g flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp oil, sunflower
80g plain yoghurt
Sesame (optional)
Instructions.
Mix the lukewarm milk and dry yeast in a small bowl and leave it for 10 min. The yeast will dissolve itself and the milk will get a brownish colour.
Mix flour, baking soda and salt in another bowl and add the milk/yeast mix.
Now add the oil and yoghurt and knead until you get a smooth dough.
Lightly grease the bowl with oil, put the dough back in and cover (with a clean towel) and let rise for about 1 hour at room temperature.
Preheat oven to 220°C.
Put the (empty) baking tray in the oven, so it can heat up already.
Now cut the dough into 3 pieces to form balls.
With your hands you can flatten each ball into a flat bread and sprinkle with sesame. Press the sesame a little bit into the dough so it won't burn.
Now get the heated up tray out of the oven and put the baking paper with the naan on it.
Bake the naan for 5 min. in the middle of the oven, then transfer the tray to the top rack and change to function GRILL for 45-60 seconds. *
The bread should be slightly browned.
Bake the naan for 5 min. in the middle of the oven, then transfer the tray to the top rack and change to function GRILL for 45-60 seconds. *
The bread should be slightly browned.
Notes.
* Be careful with the baking paper. Mine was a litte bit too big and when I transferred the bread to the top rack with the GRILL function on, the paper caught fire. Yep, baking paper can burn ;)
I now leave the bread in the middle of the oven or one rack below the top... and if necessary I grill it a litte longer until it gets the brownish colour.
Enjoy.
Inspiration. This recipe is inspired by Sarah from somewehre.li.