Indian Recipes: Home made naan bread

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Home made naan bread

Ingredients:

  • 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 1 teaspoon sugar

Directions:

  1. Pour the milk into a small bowl and heat to to 110 F.  Add in the sugar and yeast into the milk and let it sit for 4-5 minutes until the mixture is foamy and the yeast has activated. Once the yeast/milk mixture is foamy, pour the mixture into a large bowl of a stand mixer and add the salt and 2 1/2 cups of the flour.
  2. Using the dough hook attachment, begin mixing at medium speed. Gradually add in small amounts of the remaining flour until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Continue kneading until the dough is smooth and elastic, about 3-5 minutes in the mixer.
  3. Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl and let it rest at room temperature, covered lightly with greased plastic wrap, for about 2 hours. (Don’t worry that the dough won’t rise as much as usual bread.)
  4. After the dough has rested, turn it onto a lightly floured surface  and divide the dough into 12 equal pieces, rounding each into a ball shape. Cover the pieces with a towel and let them rest for 30 minutes.
  5. While the dough rests, preheat your oven to 500 degrees F.  Sprinkle a pizza stone with some cornmeal and place the pizza stone on the bottom rack of the oven.
  6. Once the dough has rested for 30 minutes, one by one, roll out each piece into a circle about 6-8 inches wide, depending on how thin or thick you want your naan.
  7. Lay the circle of dough on the hot pizza stone and spritz lightly with water. Close the oven and bake the naan for about 4 minutes, until it is lightly puffed (some pieces will puff more than others) and brown spots begin to appear on the top.
  8. Remove the naan from the baking stone and place on a cooling rack.

"Now the home made  naan is ready to serve"

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