Naan Bread

Learn how to make this Naan Bread Recipe on the stove or in the oven. A delicious naan recipe that makes a great side to your favorite Indian Dish or an appetizer. You don’t need a tandoor oven, just a cast iron skillet!

WHAT IS NAAN BREAD?

I love bread! I also love garlic…so this combination is basically heaven. There is a restaurant nearby that makes the most amazing Garlic Naan Bread and I find myself craving it often. So I had to come up with a recipe that I could make at home…whenever I wanted it!

If you are not familiar with Naan Bread, here is what it is:

• Naan bread is an Indian-style flatbread native to west, central and southern Asia.
• It is usually baked in a tandoor oven, that can reach temperatures of 900 F degrees.
• It is made with a rising ingredient, such as yeast, giving it a more substantial quality.

I am guessing most of you don’t have access to a tandoor oven, but with this Naan Bread recipe, you can cook the it on your cast iron skillet and it tastes just as amazing as your favorite restaurant naan bread.

WHAT TO EAT WITH NAAN BREAD

• Chicken Coconut Curry Recipe (pictured below)
• Hummus Recipe
• Coconut Rice
• Pesto
• Cheeses
• Spaghetti Carbonara

When we eat the Naan Bread with a main dish, we love to top the bread with some melted butter mixed with some garlic, a little bit of salt and some chopped cilantro.

PIZZA

Add some pizza sauce or a little olive oil to the top of your garlic naan bread and turn it into a little individual pizza! The sky is the limit here…simply add your favorite pizza toppings and bake it in the oven on 400 degrees (about 8-10 minutes) until the toppings are warm and the cheese is melted!

Check out our Margherita Pizza recipe, which is a great pizza recipe to make using this naan bread recipe.

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Naan Bread Recipe

This is an easy naan bread recipe that can be made in a cast iron skillet or baked in your oven on a pizza stone. Tastes just like your favorite Indian Naan bread but now you can make it at home!

Course Bread

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 2 hours

Cook Time 7 minutes

Servings 8 pieces

Author Amy- The Idea Room

Ingredients

• 2 tsp active dry yeast
• 3 ⅓   cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup water lukewarm
• ½ cup milk
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp garlic minced

Instructions

1. Add water, sugar and yeast in a separate bowl and let sit for about 10 minutes until it is foamy.
2. In a separate bowl add milk, garlic, salt. Mix in the foamy yeast mixture. Add flour a little bit at a time and mix together reserving about ¼ cup flour.
3. Knead together in the bowl with your hands for 1-2 minutes. Dough should not be very wet. If needed add a little extra flour.
4. Remove dough. Spray bowl with oil and then place dough back in bowl. Cover with greased plastic wrap and set in a warm place to rise for 1-2 hours.
5. Let rise until the dough has doubled in size.
6. Punch the dough down and knead together.
7. Transfer the dough to a floured surface with the remaining ¼ cup flour.
8. Bread the dough into evenly sized balls.
9. Roll out each dough ball into a flat round shape.
10. Heat an iron skillet or heavy pan on medium heat. (Medium heat works best and produces more bubbles without burning the bread).
11. Mix together the melted butter, garlic and salt.
12. Spread the butter mixture on the bread and cook on the skillet so that each side is browned.
13. Sprinkle the top with the chopped cilantro.
14. Serve warm.

Recipe Notes

Makes 7-8 pieces of naan bread.

HOW TO MAKE NAAN BREAD

1. Add water, sugar and yeast in a separate bowl and let sit for about 10 minutes until it is foamy.
2. In a separate bowl add milk, garlic, salt. Mix in the foamy yeast mixture. Add flour a little bit at a time and mix together reserving about ¼ cup flour.
3. Knead together in the bowl with your hands for 1-2 minutes. Dough should not be very wet. If needed add a little extra flour.
4. Remove dough. Spray bowl with oil and then place dough back in bowl. Cover with greased plastic wrap and set in a warm place to rise for 1-2 hours.
5. Let rise until the dough has doubled in size. (The best way to allow the dough to rise for me has been to heat the oven to about 150-200 degrees and then turn the oven off. I place a bowl of boiling hot water in the bottom of the oven (on the bottom rack) and then put the dough in the oven. The dough should be covered with a greased sheet of plastic cling or wax paper over the top of the bowl (or a damp towel). This will allow the dough to rise evenly for about 1-2 hours).
6. Punch the dough down and knead together.
7. Transfer the dough to a floured surface with the remaining ¼ cup flour.
8. Bread the dough into evenly sized balls.
9. Roll out each dough ball into a flat round shape.
10. Heat an iron skillet or heavy pan on medium heat. (Medium heat works best and produces more bubbles without burning the bread).
11. Mix together the melted butter, garlic and salt.
12. Spread the butter mixture on the bread and cook on the skillet so that each side is browned.
13. Sprinkle the top with the chopped cilantro.
14. Serve warm.