Garlic Naan Bread

by ashez
Garlic Naan Bread

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.

Garlic Naan Bread

Garlic Naan Bread

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Serves: 8 Prep Time: Cooking Time:
Nutrition facts: 20 calories 20 fat
Rating: 5.0/5
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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

  1. 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. 
  2. Meanwhile, in a larger bowl, add about 1 1/2 cup of flour, salt, and garlic powder and mix until combined. 
  3. Once your yeast is done doin its thing, whisk in your egg, olive oil, and yogurt.
  4. Slowly mix your wet ingredients into your dry ingredients.  Mix until well incorporated.   
  5. 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.
  6. 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. 
  7. 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. 
  8. Remove your dough, flatten it into a disk (think fat pizza) and slice it into 8 pieces (again, think pizza)
  9. Heat a medium-sized frying pan OR (preferable) cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. 
  10. 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.  
  11. 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.
  12. 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.

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