Recipe: Tasty Naan

Naan. At grill side, roll one ball of dough out into a thin circle. Using a skewer, gently pry the bread off the tandoor wall, taking care not to scratch the clay. Naan may have derived from bread baked on hot pebbles in ancient Persia.

Mix together flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in the yogurt till the dough is too stiff for a spoon, then knead it in the bowl till it holds together well, adding more flour if necessary. Naan is an Indian recipe; it's a type of flat bread. You can cook Naan using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Naan

1. It's 1 cup of wheat flour.
2. Prepare 1/4 cup of all-purpose flour.
3. You need 1/2 cup of curd.
4. Prepare 1 tsp of Carom Seeds (Ajwain).
5. It's 1/4 tsp of baking soda.
6. It's 3 tsp of ghee.
7. You need To taste of salt.
8. Prepare 3 tbsp of coriander,mint,basil leaves (chopped).
9. Prepare 2 tsp of nigella seeds (kalonji).
10. It's 2 tbsp of paste (Kashmiri chili,roasted peanuts,roasted chickpeas.

Traditionally they are baked inside a very hot clay tandoor oven, with charcoal or wood fire. The naan bread are stuck to the inside of the oven just like the picture below. Using a rolling pin, roll each piece of dough into a teardrop shape, narrower at the top than at the bottom. Naan is a flatbread found in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and other surrounding countries.

Naan step by step

1. In a bowl take wheat flour, all-purpose flour, carom seeds, salt, baking soda. Mix it well. Now add ghee, crumble and mix properly..
2. Now Add curd and mix it well. knead dough until it becomes soft. Grease dough with ghee, cover it and keep it aside for one hour..
3. After 1 hour knead dough again until you get semi soft consistency. Take ball shape dough, dust it in flour and roll gently..
4. Roll dough thin. Spread ghee, red chutney (paste) uniformly on rolled dough. Now again roll it perfectly and then make it round. sprinkle chopped coriander, mint, basil leaves,& nigella seeds. press everything gently and then make it round with the help of rolling pin..
5. Flip over and roll gently on hot tawa. Press it and also sprinkle nigella seeds, coriander leaves and cook both sides properly..
6. After 2 minutes our naan is ready to serve with green chutney, sauce, cucumber raita..

Naan is served for dipping or stuffed with a variety of meats and vegetables. Topping can also be placed on top of the bread. Naan is like pita, yet softer and most of the time larger. Naan is a soft and pillowy Indian-style flatbread traditionally made in a tandoor, or cylindrical clay oven. The dough gets slapped against the walls of the tandoor, where it adheres and bakes quickly over a burning fire.