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Naan Bread

Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 2 People

Ingredients

  • 1.5 tsp [S] Dried yeast
  • 1 tsp [S] Sugar
  • 250 g [S] White bread flour
  • 75 ml [P] Milk
  • 1 [P] Egg yolk
  • 1 tbsp [P] Natural yogurt
  • 1/2 tsp [S] Salt
  • 1/2 tsp [S] Nigella seeds Optional

Method

  • Sift the flour into a mixing bowl. Add the salt, sugar, seeds and yeast. Mix to combine.
  • Whisk together the milk and the egg, then slowly mix into the flour.
  • Add the yoghurt and bring the dough together with your hands.
  • Knead for five minutes, then cover with a tea towel and leave for 30 - 60 minutes.
  • Knock the dough back by flattening it with your knuckles. Divide into 6 balls.
  • Roll each ball into a teardrop shape roughly 1.5 cm thick.
  • Heat a frying pan over a high heat. Add the naans one at a time, until golden and puffy.
  • Keep the naans warm in a tea towel until ready to serve.