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Quick Notes: Naan is an absolute must-have side to Indian food, imho. This garlic naan bread is absolutely amazing and way easier than you would think. I just patted mine into shape, but you could totally use a rolling pin. It will make your naan more uniform as opposed to the crazy excitement of silly shapes that doing it by hand will provide.
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 1 pouch active yeast
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 egg
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1/3 cup plain yogurt (I always use greek)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- a little melted garlic butter (optional)
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine your water, sugar, and yeast. Allow the yeast to hang out there until it gets all frothy on the top. This usually takes just a few minutes.Â
- Meanwhile, in a larger bowl, add about 1 1/2 cup of flour, salt, and garlic powder and mix until combined.Â
- Once your yeast is done doin its thing, whisk in your egg, olive oil, and yogurt.
- Slowly mix your wet ingredients into your dry ingredients. Mix until well incorporated. Â
- Start slowly adding in more flour until you've got something resembling dough. I know, super-specific, right? When you see it, you'll know. You'll probably no longer be able to put a spoon through it and it isn't as clingy as a toddler when you touch it with your fingers. All in all, we want to end up with somewhere in the ballpark of 3 ish cups of flour in there.
- Once we've reached this very, very specific point in our dough making, flop this bitch onto a lightly floured work surface (i.e. your clean countertop) and knead it for about three minutes.Â
- Toss your freshly kneaded dough into a greased bowl, cover it and let it sit for about an hour or until it's doubled in size.Â
- Remove your dough, flatten it into a disk (think fat pizza) and slice it into 8 pieces (again, think pizza)
- Heat a medium-sized frying pan OR (preferable) cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat.Â
- Work your pieces of dough into something resembling naan bread. I like to do this with my hands, but a rolling pin is probably easier. Â
- Toss it into your hot pan and cook for a minute or two on both sides. It's thin, so it doesn't take long and should bubble up slightly.
- Remove from heat, and brush with garlic butter.
Pair this up with our Instant Pot Chicken Tikka Masala or use it as the crust for our Thai Inspired Pizza.