Incredibly soft and tasty butter Naan

I am what you may call a Naan expert. I love when Naan is incredibly soft and full of flavour. It just completes every meal a great curry or any grilled meat. I have experimented for years trying to get great Naan bread without a Tandoor because lets face it, unless you’re uber cool, you probably don’t have one lying around in your backyard. I certainly don’t and thats fine being cool was never my forte.

So, without dragging this on lets jump straight to it

Incredibly soft and tasty butter Naan

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★★★★

4 from 2 reviews

A great Naan is the perfect companion to curries and grilled anything

• Author: Vanessa
• Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

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• 3 cups Flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp Instant yeast
• 1 Tbsp Sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup milk (warm)
• 1 Egg
• 3 tbsp Natural Yoghurt
• 1/3 cup water
• 5 Tbsp Melted butter (To butter the Naan ;))

Instructions

1. In a bowl, add the flour, baking powder, instant yeast, salt, vegetable oil, milk, egg, yoghurt and half the water
2. Knead until the dough comes together. The dough will be slightly sticky and thats ok.
3. Add the rest of the water if the dough is too dry
4. Cover with a damp cloth and set aside to rise for 3 hours
5. Pinch a small piece of dough and roll out
6. Place the rolled naan in a tawa or hot frying pan and cook both sides
7. Slather in butter and cover with a tea towel until all the naan are cooked

Serve warm

What do you love with your Naan bread?