Friday, September 12, 2014

Naan Bread

     
             
         My daughter  Jessica was recently here. She was here for the birthing of our first grandchild from her sister, Joy. She flew in from Australia and surprised me. I mean really surprised  me since she said she was not coming for another 2 months. She works in a cafe in Sydney where Naan bread is very popular. I had never heard of Naan bread. She was here for 3 weeks and has returned to Sydney to her husband, Istvan..lucky duck. 
        So, today I decided to try making the Naan bread. Seems to be very similar to making pita bread with a few extra ingredients. They turned out delicious.

  • 1½ cups warm milk
  • ½ tsp yeast
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3½-4 cups of all-purpose flour
  • 4-5 tbsp melted butter
  • ¼ tsp garlic powder (optional)
  • salt (optional)

Instructions
  1. add yeast and sugar to warm milk, let stand 3-5 minutes
  2. add salt and 3½ cups flour to milk mixture and mix in mixer with dough hook for 3-5 minutes or about 8-10 minutes if mixing by hand, Sprinkle additional flour as needed to keep dough from sticking to the sides. Do not exceed 4¼ cups.
  3. Let rise for 2 hours or do the quick oven rising method described above in step 3
  4. Punch dough down and divide into 12 equal pieces.
  5. Form pieces into balls and let rest for 30 minutes (cover with plastic wrap or clean dish towel)
  6. Put your stone(s) in oven and preheat oven to 500 degrees
  7. Roll out dough balls to desired thickness (about the size of a small tortilla)
  8. Cook rolled out dough on stone for 2-4 minutes
  9. Stack cooked Naan on top of each other and brush each side with butter
  10. (If you desire you can add ¼ tsp garlic powder and a couple shakes of salt to your melted butter)
Here is the link that I got the recipe from.
http://reallifedinner.com/how-to-make-naan-bread-step-by-step-instructions-and-pictures/

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