Garlic Naan Bread (No Yeast)

I love Naan Bread to have with the curries which I order in any restaurants. As far as I remember I have tasted Plain Naan, Butter Naan, Garlic Naan, Coriander Naan, Stuffed Naan..Aha..And one more Cheeseeeeee Naan..I tasted that in a restaurant called sparsa, which is in kayakumari. That was so good and it was my favorite one apart from Garlic and Butter Naan.. I will soon try it in home and post for you guys..

Usually they make naan using yeast. But I saw in one of anjum anand’s cooking show, in which she made naan using baking powder. I tried it and it was pretty successful. But I added some extra stuff to the naan dough to make it even more special. And the result was so good..I served this along with Low Fat Paneer Butter Masala..I hope you will try this and tell me how it turned out.

Modified From : Anjum Anand

Ingrediants:

All Purpose Flour / Maida – 5 cups

Baking powder –  1 tsp

Garlic – 10 cloves chopped finely

Butter – 3 tblspn melted (for brushing on top)

Wet Ingrediants:

Yogurt / curd – 1 cup

Warm Milk – 1 cup

Sugar – 2 tblspn

Salt – to taste

Olive Oil – 3 tblspn

Method:

Mix all the wet ingrediants given in the list and let it sit for a while.

Mix flour, baking powder in a large mixing bowl. Pour the wet ingredient mixture over this and make into a dough.

Now knead the dough for 10 mins till it gets smooth.

Cover the dough and let it rest for 30 mins.

Preheat the grill mode in the oven to 250°C /500°F…

Take a small portion out of the dough and roll it into circle. Now elongate the top with your hands so that it forms naan shape(oval shape)

Place it on a foil lined baking tray. Sprinkle with some garlic and press it with your hands so that it get stuck to the naan.

Place it in the oven on the top rack near to the grill and cook it for 3-5 mins till the top gets little golden spots.

Remove from the oven and brush it with butter.

Serve warm with any curry.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Mix all the wet ingrediants

Take flour and Baking powder in a bowl

pour the wet ingrediants

and make a dough..Now start kneading till it form a smooth dough

like this

cover and let it rest

Pinch a small portion out of it

and start rolling into naan

Now chop lots of garlic

stick few spoonfuls of garlic over the naan

put on a baking tray

grill it

till it is cooked and light golden spots appear

brush with some melted butter

and serve warm

ENJOY