Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Naan

I finally tried to make naan (continuing my Indian food spree) and found it to be surprisingly easy.

Place 2c bread flour, 1/2t salt, 1 1/8t active dry yeast (I used bread machine yeast), 3/4c yogurt (or buttermilk), 2T melted butter, 1t-1T+ water (I needed almost 2T) in the bread machine bowl. Use the small dough setting.

Place pizza stone (or upsidedown, heavy cookie sheet) in oven and preheat for 45 min on 475. When the dough finishes, punch down dough and divide into 4 pieces. Roll into balls, cover, and let rest for 10 min.

Roll each ball f dough on a floured surface into an oval ~1/4" thick. Brush the tops with 1-2T melted butter or olive oil. Place ovals on baking stone without touching and cook until each is puffy and just beginning to turn golden (6-7 min).

Next time I think I'll try garlic naan.

1 comment:

Robin said...

Impressive. I guess the distinctive ingredient is the yogurt.