Naan bread (super doughy)
Craving that doughy, soft, indulgent bite of Naan bread? We've got you covered with this easy naan recipe! Made with just a handful of ingredients, this simple recipe will have you whipping up your delicious naan in no time. You can customize it by folding in cheese, or keep it simple with a garlicky butter mixture. One bite of this warm, buttery bread and you'll be transported straight to bread heaven.
Servings: 6 Naans
Ingredients
- 1 bag yeast (about 7g)
- 100 ml water (lukewarm)
- 1 tsp sugar
- 300 g flour (plus some more to dust the surface)
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 150 g yoghurt
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Garnish
- butter, garlic and coriander
Instructions
- Combine yeast, sugar and lukewarm water in a glass and stir until dissolved. Set aside for 5-10 minutes or until the top is foamy - this shows it's activated.
- In the meantime, combine flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Then add yoghurt, olive oil and the activated yeast. Knead everything into a dough (by hand or electric mixer) until combined. The dough should be slightly sticky.Grease a bowl, place the dough inside and cover it with a towel. Then let is rest for about 1 hr in a warm place. The dough should have roughly doubled in size.Tip: Heat the oven to 50 degrees, turn it off and put the covered dough inside
- Divide the dough into 6 parts. Use your fingers or a rolling pin to flatten into desired shape (typically oval or round). Each bread should be less than 1 cm thick as they puff up quite a bit when backing.
- Heat a skillet to high heat. Bake one Naan bread at a time for 3-4 mins on each side.
Garnish
- Melt 1-2 tsp of butter, add thinly chopped garlic and fresh coriander. Brush over the baked Naan bread.