Naan / Butter Naan (In a Tawa)

Naan is an Indian flat bread, traditionally made in a tandoori oven. We can also make Naan using a regular tawa at home. 

Ingredients - Serves 4

·         All purpose flour / maida – 2 cups

·         Rapid rise yeast – 1tsp

·         Warm water – ½ cup

·         Sugar – 1tsp

·         Salt – 1tsp

·         Yogurt / curd – 2 tblsp

·         Oil – 1tblsp

·         Extra flour for dusting and rolling

 

Method

• Add yeast and sugar to warm water, mix well, cover and keep it in a warm place for 10 – 15 minutes
• Mix All purpose flour / maida, salt and oil without lumps in a large bowl
• Meanwhile, the yeast and water mixture will become foamy
• Add foamy mixture to the flour
• Mix well with 2 tblsp of yogurt / curd and knead it into a soft dough (Do not add anymore water, if needed add yogurt / curd)
• Add 2 tsp of oil over the dough
• Cover the dough and keep it in warm place for 1 hour
• If you live in a colder place, you can pre-heat the conventional oven for 10 minutes and turn it off and keep the dough inside 

    

• Once the dough has risen, add a little oil to the dough and punch it well
• Make medium sized balls and roll them in a floured surface into a round chapatti like shape and then stretch from one side to form an oval shaped Naan
• Heat the tawa and place the rolled Naan in it
• Cook them in medium flame on both sides until you get a nice brown spots
• Apply butter and serve it with a suitable side dish

Tips

·         You can make this Naan in a conventional oven using regular baking trays

·         You can also use different toppings (garlic, chat masala, sesame seeds etc)

·         If the dough is sticky don’t worry, it will only make the Naan softer

·         Allow the dough to rise for another 1 hour if you use regular yeast instead of Rapid rise yeast

 

Nutritional Information

·         Naan is high in carbohydrates

·         One butter Naan = 79 calories approximately

·         One plain Naan = 46 calories approximately