Adapted from: Best Recipes
2-3 cups white flour
1 t dry active yeast (~1/2 a 7g packet)
3/4 cup warm water
2 T olive oil (or ghee, if you have it)
2 1/2 T greek yogurt
2 cloves garlic
1 t white sugar
1 t salt
a pinch of baking powder
- Mix water and yeast in a bowl until slightly frothy, then set aside for 5-10 minutes.
- Sift flour, sugar, salt and baking powder into a large bowl. I used 2 cups of flour and found my dough too moist, so making it again, I would use 2 1/2 cups of flour to start, and then add as needed.
- Finely chop 2 cloves garlic.
- Mix yeast, yogurt, oil and garlic into the flour mixture.
- Turn out onto a floured surface and knead until a smooth dough is formed.
- Put dough back into bowl and cover with a towel, set aside in a warm dry place for 2-4 hours. I tried a new trick that I learned on MasterChef instead of the towel. Rub a small amount of oil onto saran wrap, cover bowl with saran wrap and flip upside down so that the dough rests on the plastic wrap, covered by the bowl.
- 30 minutes before you want to eat your bread, place two baking trays or pizza stones into the oven and preheat to 200C/400F. A really hot oven is necessary.
- Divide dough in 4 to 8 pieces and turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead dough until smooth and form into irregular rectangular-ish shapes.
- Place 2 pieces of dough on wax paper on each cookie sheet. Brush lightly with oil.
- Bake until golden ontop, 5-10 minutes.
So I'll be honest, this was my first try. It didn't turn out looking too much like traditional naan bread, but it was a heck of a lot tastier than the store bought stuff...
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