Naan bread

Name: Naan bread
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 300g strong white bread flour; 1 tsp fast-action dried yeast; 1 tsp caster sugar; 0.5 tsp salt; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 100g natural yoghurt; 100ml warm water; 30g butter, melted; 1 garlic clove, crushed

Soft, bubbly naan made with yoghurt and cooked in a hot frying pan. No tandoor needed.

Time1 hr 15
LevelMedium
Costabout £0.33 a head

6 naan

Ingredients

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300 gstrong white bread flour
1 tspfast-action dried yeast
1 tspcaster sugar
½ tspsalt
1 tbspvegetable oil
100 gnatural yoghurt
100 mlwarm water
30 gbutter, melted
1garlic clovecrushed

Method

1
Mix the flour, yeast, sugar and salt in a bowl. Add the oil, yoghurt and water and mix to a soft dough.
2
Knead on a floured surface for 8 minutes until smooth and elastic.
8 min
3
Put in an oiled bowl, cover and leave somewhere warm for 45 minutes until doubled in size.
45 min
4
Divide into 6 pieces and roll each into a teardrop about 5 mm thick.
5
Heat a heavy frying pan over a high heat until very hot. Cook each naan for 2 minutes on the first side until puffed, then 1 minute on the other.
2 min
6
Mix the melted butter with the garlic, brush over the hot naan and serve.

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