naan with keerai curry |
Mum made some keerai curry last night for dinner and I
thought I would make some chapathi to go along with it. Unfortunately we ran
out of atta flour and I only had some wheat flour and plain flour in stock. So,
I dug up my recipe book and started searching for some sort of a roti recipe
which uses wheat flour or plain flour. At last I found a simple naan recipe.
However, I was feeling rather lazy to bake the naan in the oven, so I went online
and did some research on how to cook naan on a stove instead. I must say that I
did stumble upon many ingenious methods to cook naan without a tandoor or even
a oven.
I started off with a cup of wheat flour and started stirring in some yogurt. The recipe called for 1/2 cup of yogurt, but I ended up using less than that. The amount of yogurt needed to bring together the dough may vary, so stir in the yogurt bit by bit.
adding in the yogurt |
Once the dough is brought together, knead the dough with a little butter and let it rest about 1-2 hours.
kneaded dough with butter |
Once the dough has rested, flour it and knead again. Divide the dough into desired size.
Flour your board/workspace, take one portion of the divided dough and stretch it using your fingers. Brush one side of it with water and place it on a hot pan/skillet, wet side down. Cook for about 30-45 seconds in high heat. Turn over and continue cooking.
Once cooked, remove from heat and spread some butter on the hot naan.
Flour your board/workspace, take one portion of the divided dough and stretch it using your fingers. Brush one side of it with water and place it on a hot pan/skillet, wet side down. Cook for about 30-45 seconds in high heat. Turn over and continue cooking.
flatten dough using fingers |
brush one side with water |
spread a little butter |
hot yummy naan |
NAAN
1 cup wheat flour
1/2 cup yogurt
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp butter
Directions:
1)Combine flour, salt, sugar and baking powder in a bowl and make a well.
2) Add yogurt into the mixed dry ingredients and make a dough.
3) Once combined into a dough, knead the dough with 1/4 tsp butter.
4) Once kneaded let the dough rest for 1-2 hours covered with a damp tea towel.
5) After 1-2 hours, flour the dough with 1 tsp of flour and knead and divide into desired portions.
6) Dust some flour on the board/workplace, take one portion of the dough and flatten using fingers.
7) Brush one side with water. Place wet side down on a hot skillet. Cook on high heat for 30-45 seconds, turn over and cook the other side for another 30-45 seconds.
8) Once cooked remove from heat and spread some butter while the naan is still hot.
Note:
1) Add the yogurt a little at a time to ensure you get the right consistency of dough. If you added too much yogurt, add in more flour.
2) Make sure pan/skillet is really hot when you cook the naan.
3) Stack up the cooked naans to keep it warm longer.
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