Naan Recipe / Naan Bread Recipe

Serving for - 2 (To make 4 medium sized naan)

Ingredients

All purpose flour/Maida - 1 cup

Yeast - 3/4 tsp

Sugar - 1 tsp

Yogurt - 2 tbsp

Egg - 1

Warm water - 2 tbsp

Olive Oil - 1 tbsp

Salt to taste

Procedure

• Take water(around 2 tbsp) in a bowl. Heat in a microwave just for 40-45 seconds till it becomes little warm. Add in yeast and sugar. Mix well and cover it up with towel. Let it rest for 10-15 minutes. If it turns frothy, then yeast is activated.

• Sieve the flour and add in salt to taste. Add yogurt and break egg in it. Mix it really well. Start kneading the dough by adding yeast water. Dough should be very soft and sticky. Add olive oil and again knead the dough really well. Whole process of kneading will take around 10-15 minutes. Once, you are finished with kneading, cover it up with kitchen towel and let it rest in warm place for about 1 hour.

• Dough will become triple in size. Just punch the dough little bit to remove air in it. Make the small balls and stretch them vertically to make oval shaped naan. sprinkle some flour and roll them. 

• Place them on baking tray. Preheat the oven at 550 degrees F and bake the naan for 3-4 minutes. Flip them and again bake for 2 minutes. Take out from oven and apply some butter on top. Serve hot with any spicy curry.