Name: Naan - The Indian Bread
Prep time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 4 cups Refined wheat flour / maida; 1 cup Milk; Water (as reqd); 1/2 tsp Soda bi carbonate; 1 tsp Baking powder; 2 tbsp Yogurt; 2 tbsp Oil; 1 tsp Salt; black Onion seeds; 2 tsp and pumpkin seeds; 2 tsp Sugar; 2 tsp Butter; 1 whisked Egg (optional)

Naan – The Indian Bread

By MollyRajan

• October 12, 2009

Naan - The Indian Bread

Indian bread

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Prep Time 40

Total Time 40

Cuisine North Indian

Servings people

Ingredients

4 cups Refined wheat flour / maida
1 cup Milk
Water as reqd
1/2 tsp Soda bi carbonate
1 tsp Baking powder
2 tbsp Yogurt
2 tbsp Oil
1 tsp Salt
black Onion seeds
2 tsp and pumpkin seeds
2 tsp Sugar
2 tsp Butter
1 whisked Egg optional

Instructions

Sieve the flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt.
In a large mixing bowl,combine the sugar,milk yogurt,eggs and water,kneading until the dough is soft.
Cover the dough in a wet cloth and set aside for an hour.
Divide the dough into 8 equal balls.
Smear a little oil and spread onion seeds on top.
Flatten the ball between the palm of your hands by rotating and flattening in the same motion.
Continue till you have a flat disc of 6 cms.
Now, stretch it from the lower end to form a triangle (as in picture).
Use a thick cloth to put the naan on a pre-heated tandoor or in a pre- heated oven at 200 degrees centigrade.
Remove using a skewer when the naan is crisp and brown.
:- Serve hot with a dollop of butter.

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