Naan bread is mainly eaten in Asia (eg. In India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan) and the Orient (eg. Iran). Usually as a side dish to hot food like tandoori chicken. By adding yoghurt and yeast, the naan bread is clearly different from other Indian breads & is known beyond the borders of India and prebaked available in many supermarkets.
In today’s post I will show you how to bake delicious Indian Naan Bread at home. Have fun baking!
Homemade: Homemade Indian Naan Bread
Difficulty: Easy – Medium
Preparation Time: 2 hours
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Homemade Indian Naan Bread
Ingredients for about 8 Indian Naan Breads:
- 500 grams of flour
- 200 milliliters of lukewarm milk
- 125 grams of yoghurt
- 25 grams of ghee
- ¼ cube of yeast
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- Oil for frying
Required kitchen gadgets, helper & preparations:
- High vessel for stirring the yeast-water mixture
- Whisk or fork
- Possibly a food processor
- Mixing bowl
- Kitchen towel
- Knife
- Rolling pin
- Frying pan
- Brush
Instructions for the homemade naan breads:
For the yeast dough, crumble ¼ cube of yeast into a tall container, add 1 tablespoon of sugar & 200 milliliters of lukewarm milk & then stir with a whisk or fork until the yeast and sugar have dissolved. Put 500 grams of flour in a mixing bowl, pour in the yeast-milk mixture, also add 1 teaspoon of salt, 25 grams of clarified butter (room temperature) and 125 grams of yogurt.
Knead everything with a food processor or your hands for about 5 minutes to form a smooth dough, then form a ball out of the dough, place the dough ball back in the mixing bowl and cover with a kitchen towel and let it rest in a warm place for 30 – 60 minutes until the dough has significantly increased in volume.
After the resting time, place the dough on the worktop and knead it with your hands again for 1 – 2 minutes, then cut it into 8 pieces of approximately the same size with a knife. Then shape or round each piece of dough under the palms of your hands and with circular movements into small balls, then roll out all the dough balls with a rolling pin into flat and oval dough cakes.
Heat a pan over low to medium heat & add a small splash of oil. Spread the oil in the pan with a brush so that the bottom of the pan is covered with a light layer of oil, place the naan breads in the pan one after the other and cook for about 2 minutes on one side and then another 2 minutes on the other side until golden brown bake.
Then arrange the naan bread on a plate and best serve it warm with, for example, tandoori chicken. Have fun imitating!
Video Tutorial:
Watch the video tutorial to see the recipe and the preparation method precisely (German Audio only, English Subtitles available):