Homemade Naan Bread

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But I must confess cooking is ane thing, trying to accept attractive, creative, eye-catching “finished” photos is quite another. When people stand upward around bespeak me when dinner volition live done as well as I all the same demand to accept photos as well as larn creative alongside the “food styling”, to a greater extent than frequently than not, I scissure nether the pressure.  I don’t spaz out as well as direct maintain some class of meltdown, I unremarkably only grab the photographic television receiver camera as well as shoot hoping to larn something, anything, I tin utilization on the blog.  Sometimes this approach works, as well as sometimes it doesn’t.

That’s what happened when I made the Chicken Tikka Masala with homemade Naan Bread.  It all came together at the same fourth dimension as well as I was able to larn a few photos of the chicken alongside Naan on the side.  When it came to taking pictures of the Naan solitary I savage victim to the pressure level as well as went to consume dinner alongside the family!  The odor of the perfectly spiced, tender chicken, inspired my decision.  But as well as then I wanted to postal service this recipe because honestly it was fantastic!  I volition brand this simple, wonderful, skillet Indian staff of life in ane trial to a greater extent than as well as again.  So delight overlook the not-so-great photos as well as gyre alongside the dough, hence to speak.

It was all I could produce to accept these few pictures earlier the Naan was devoured.  Cookies are much easier to shoot.  Throw a few to the wolves piece sneaking away alongside a photographic television receiver camera to detect the best daylight – slowly peasy!  When people (and you lot know who you lot are) stand upward behind me belongings a dinner plate, I move out of the way.

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Naan – Indian Flat Bread

(adapted from a recipe Aarti Sequeira on foodnetwork.com)

1 teaspoon active dry out yeast

2 teaspoons sugar, divided

2 cups all-purpose flour, addition to a greater extent than for rolling

1 teaspoon fine body of body of water salt

1/8 teaspoon baking powder

3 tablespoons evidently Greek yogurt (I used 2% Fage)

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

1 tablespoon finely chopped cilantro

melted butter for spreading on the finished Naans

coarse body of body of water tabular array salt for sprinkling

In a large glass, dissolve the dry out yeast as well as 1 teaspoon carbohydrate alongside 3/4 loving cup warm H2O (about 100-105 degrees).  Allow the yeast to blossom until it’s frothy, virtually 10 minutes.

Sift the flour, salt, the remaining 1 teaspoon carbohydrate as well as baking pulverization inwards a large mixing bowl.

Once the yeast is frothy, gently stir inwards the yogurt as well as olive crude straight inwards the glass.  Pour the yogurt mixture into the dry out ingredients as well as mix alongside a fork only until incorporated.  Just when the mixture starts to come upward together, mix the dough alongside your hands. It may seem a petty moisture but continue gently folding as well as working until you lot direct maintain a soft, slightly sticky, pliable dough.  Cover the dough alongside plastic roll or a damp tea towel as well as permit is sit down inwards a warm, draft-free identify for 2-4 hours.

When ready to gyre out the dough direct maintain ii bowls on the counter.  One alongside extra flour as well as the other ane alongside water.  Separate the dough into half dozen equal parts as well as lightly gyre each ane inwards the bowl alongside extra flour to continue them from sticking together.

Roll the dough into the traditional teardrop Naan sort using a rolling pin.  Each Naan should live virtually 8-9 inches long, 4-inches wide, as well as virtually 1/4 inch thick.

Warm a cast Fe skillet over medium high heat.  You volition likewise demand a lid large plenty to check the skillet.

Mix the cilantro into the melted butter as well as direct maintain it standing past times along alongside the coarse body of body of water salt.  Dampen your hands alongside the water, flip-flopping the Naan from ane mitt to the other to lightly dampen it.  Place the dough inwards the skillet as well as ready for virtually ane minute.  The dough should starting fourth dimension to bubble.  Flip the Naan as well as embrace the skillet alongside the lid as well as ready thirty seconds to 1 infinitesimal more.  Don’t worry if some of the bubbles are blackened, this is good.  Brush each cooked Naan alongside a petty butter as well as sprinkle alongside body of body of water salt.  Place the Naan on a tea towel as well as repeat alongside the balance of the dough.  Serve as well as enjoy!

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