Naan

[achookwoman]

Naan
David Herbert, loves his Naan and I do too. It is nice to try a converted recipe, and have it work the first time. It is simple, no long list of ingredients and no complicated method. TMX handles all that.

500g bread flour. I used Laucke Crusty White Mix.
1 teaspoon salt, if not using mix.
7g. dried yeast
300mls warm water
2 Tablespoons of plain yogurt.
1 Tablespoon of Vegetable oil, I used Rice Bran oil


Set oven to 230c. (I used fan assist). Place heavy metal tray in oven to heat.

Add all ingredients to TMX bowl and knead on bread setting for 4 mins.
Leave in bowl and place in warm spot for 30 mins or until it doubles.
Turn dough out on to well floured mat, flatten and roll into long sausage. Cut into 5 pieces , for large naan or 8 pieces for smaller ones.

Working with 2 pieces at a time, roll and stretch until 5mm. thick.
Brush with oil, (can be flavored with garlic) and sprinkle with sesame seeds or herbs.
Place on hot oven sheet and cook for 10 mins until a bit puffed and light brown on top.
Remove from oven and wrap on clean tea towel.
Repeat until all are cooked.
Posted by elizabeth at 6:58 PM

[CreamPuff63]

yum chookie - you can probably hear my stomach rumbling from where you are

[judydawn]

I have never made naan bread Chookie but next time I do an Indian cookbook recipe, I will certainly give it a go. Apart from using it to mop up curry juices (which Indian recipes seem to have a lot of), how else do you eat it?  Looks as if you could use it as a pizza base to me.  Can you split it, fill it with something and pan fry or split it and use it as a wrap maybe?  Hoping for lots of suggestions here so that it makes it worthwhile making a batch of these for just 2 people.

[achookwoman]

Very easy Judy,  not for splitting and filling.   Because it is wrapped in a tea towel it is soft.  Could be reheated in oven or in toaster. Will freeze well.  I had some for lunch with Felafel and Yogurt  and garlic sauce and Baba ghannooj, (eggplant sauce) and lettuce.More substantial than Lebanese Bread.  If cooked without the garlic,  it could be topped with something sweet,  such as mashed banana and honey.  I would like my other recipe better for pizza.(no fuss )  Will experiment,  but very suitable for mopping up curry.

[judydawn]

Thanks Chookie, I'll do a bit of googling later and see if I can find more uses for it as we won't be having too many curries this weather 

[cookie1]

I had never made Naan bread until I got the TMX. WE now have it every time we have a curry. I make the recipe from one of the earlier calendars. I will try this one next time.
Judy we sometimes split the leftovers and fill it with meat and salad for lunch the next day. I can just eat it on it's own.

[Cornish Cream]

Chookie could you cook them on a pizza stone?

[Meagan]

I have cooked the ones from the Indian book on a pizza stone in the BBQ

[achookwoman]

CC, you could cook then on the BBQ with the lid down.   The hotter the better.  Meagan is quite right.  David Herbert says to cook then as hot as possible,  but my oven turns its self off after 230c.!!!!  He says to cook then for 4/5 mins.  I had to cook mine for 10 mins to get a good result.   The thickness is important,  for as Cookie says ,  you can slice them through and fill like a sandwich.   I tried some (without garlic) but spread with apricot jam.  Didn't need butter and was very nice.

[Cornish Cream]

I will have to try a very hot oven Chookie as our BBQ has been put away for the winter.Snow forecasted for this weekend.

[cookie1]

Snow, how exciting. I have cooked the Naan bread on a pizza stone and it was nice and bubbly.

[maddy]

This was so quick & easy chookie.....thanks 



The kids just wanted to eat the bread, and ignore their curry 

[rubyslippers]

I'm glad I saw this before I made the butter chicken.

Thanks achookwoman!

[achookwoman]

A friend made some of this but cooked it on top of the stove in a  heavy based frying pan and it was very nice.  He gave me some and I reheated it the next day in a frying pan and it was just as good.  Maddy yours looks very nice.  Thanks for the photo.

[foodiepep]

They look great Maddy.  I make Naan bread too, although I use a different recipe.  Must give this one a go.

When I make Naan, I roll them all out and freeze half for another day when I don't have time to make them. 

I used to put these on my sandwich press to cook before I got rid of it.