Using your broiler is a great way to make naan. This naan recipe is deceptively easy! You can choose to make garlic naan or plain naan. Enjoy with your favorite curry!
Ingredients
- warm water: 1 cup
- ½ teaspoons active dry yeast: 2 piece
- sugar: 2 Tbsp (to taste)
- milk: 3 Tbsp
- egg: 1 piece (beaten)
- salt: 2 tsp (to taste)
- ½ cups bread flour: 5 piece (or as needed)
- garlic: 2 clove (minced, optional)
- butter: 0.25 cup (melted)
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Stages of cooking
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Combine water, yeast, and sugar in a large bowl. Let stand until bubbly and frothy, about 10 minutes.
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Stir in milk, egg, salt, and enough flour to make a soft dough. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth, 6 to 8 minutes. Place dough into a well oiled bowl, cover with a damp cloth, and set aside to rise until the dough has doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
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Punch down dough and knead well. For garlic naan, knead in garlic at this point.
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Pinch off small handfuls of dough about the size of golf balls. Roll into balls, cover with a clean cloth, and allow to rise until doubled in size, about 30 minutes.
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Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
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Roll out 2 balls of dough into elongated ovals. Place on an ungreased baking sheet and cook under the broiler until lightly browned, about 2 minutes. Brush butter on both sides and flip. Continue broiling until the second side is firm and golden, 2 minutes more. Repeat with remaining dough.
