Easy Homemade Naan Bread

A quick and easy recipe which can be made same day or overnight.

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Course: accompaniment, bread, Dinner, Side Dish

Cuisine: Asian, Indian

Keyword: easy homemade naan bread, quick naan breads

Prep Time: 1

Proving time: 2

Total Time: 3

Servings: naans

Calories: 395kcal

Author: Martin (Dad What Cooks)

Cost: £3

Equipment

1 Rolling Pin

Ingredients

900 g Bread flour
270 g Natural yoghurt
3 large Eggs
280 ml Milk Full fat
3 teaspoon Baking powder
3 teaspoon Sugar
2 teaspoon Salt
2½ teaspoon Instant yeast Or a 7g packet

Instructions

Yeast mix

Slightly warm the milk (around 30 seconds in a microwave) and then stir in the yeast. Leave this on one side for about 30 minutes to allow it to bubble up.
280 ml Milk, 2½ tsp Instant yeast

Egg mix

Mix together the eggs and yoghurt and set aside.
3 large Eggs, 270 g Natural yoghurt

Dry mix

Mix together the flour, salt, sugar and baking powder. For fluffier naans run them all through a sieve to get more air in the mix (although not essential).
900 g Bread flour, 3 tsp Baking powder, 3 tsp Sugar, 2 tsp Salt

Mix it all

Starting with the dry mix, put this in the mixing bowl. Then add in the yeast mix and then the egg mix. Combine on a low setting using a dough hook in a stand mixer for 5 minutes. Wait for 5 minutes then mix again for another 5 minutes.
If you don't have a mixer, you can do this by hand by kneading the dough for around 10 minutes.

Time to rise

Once you have a ball of dough kneaded, it needs to rise. This can be out on the top for 60 to 90 minutes (until double in size). However I much prefer to just cover the mixing bowl with a damp cloth (or shower cap) and place in the fridge for 24 hours.

Cooking Naans

When ready to cook, heat a frying pan up (dry, no oil) and get it as hot as you can. Grab a ball of dough - about 150g worth - and roll out with a little flour, or stretch out as you would a pizza.
Throw this on the pan and leave it for around 2 minutes. There will be bubbles form on the top. Then flip over and cook for another minute or so.
You can also drop it directly on the flame if using a gas hob, for about 10 seconds to finish it off and give it that authentic curry house taste.

Notes

These can be frozen once balled up. When ready to use, take them out the day before (or morning of read for the evening) and let them defrost. Then stretch and cook as noted above.

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