Description
Learn how to make delicious garlic naan bread at home with this easy recipe. Soft and pillowy naan flavored with garlic and served with a fragrant garlic butter, this recipe will elevate your next Indian meal.
Ingredients
For the naan bread
- 2 cups (250g) all-purpose / plain flour plus more for dusting and rolling
- ½ tbsp instant action yeast
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp asafoetida (optional)
- ⅓ cup (80ml) buttermilk or plain yogurt
- ⅓ cup (80ml) water, lukewarm
- ghee or vegetable oil, as needed
For the garlic butter
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tsp cilantro (coriander), finely chopped
- pinch nigella seeds (optional)
Instructions
- Make the dough – Place the flour, yeast, sugar, baking powder, salt, garlic powder, and asafoetida in a large mixing bowl and stir to combine. Add the buttermilk and water and beat together until a shaggy dough forms. Leave the dough to rest, then knead until smooth. Let it rise for an hour.
- Make the Naan – Divide the dough, shape into balls, and roll out into ovals. Cook in a hot skillet, flipping until golden brown spots develop.
- Make the garlic butter and serve – Melt butter, add garlic, brush over warm naan, sprinkle with cilantro and nigella seeds.
Notes
- The skillet needs to be very hot when you add the naan – you want it to puff up. After the initial hot blast, lower the temperature to prevent scorching.
- Cook on a tawa pan over a gas stove to imitate the tandoori cooking method.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Bread
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Indian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 naan
- Calories: 221 kcal
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 405mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2.4g
- Trans Fat: 0.2g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 17mg
