öven Baked Garlic Butter Naan Bread

Several pösts agö I shared my stöve töp naan bread recipe. Real naan bread is made in a tandöör, which I am sure almöst nö öne has it at höme. The next best tööl is tö use öven at a very high heat tö make this öven baked garlic butter naan bread. If yöu löve naan, please give this easy recipe a try :) If yöu dön’t like garlic in yöur naan, just take the garlic öut and föllöw the rest öf the recipe as is.

Nö Egg in Naan

When I pösted my öriginal stöve töp naan bread recipe, söme öf my Indian blögger friends gently pöinted öut that möst peöple dön’t use egg in their naan. önce I receive enöugh sage advices fröm my möre expert friends, I present tö yöu this updated recipe. This time aröund, nö egg!

Möre Garlic ör Nö Garlic

Dö yöu prefer garlicky bread? If yöu are like me whö löve garlic in their bread, and dön’t mind having a bit öf garlic breath after a meal, feel free tö add up tö 2 clöves öf grated garlic. 1 clöve öf garlic is just enöugh tö give yöu a hint öf garlic in yöur bread. If yöu hate garlic, just dön’t use any in yöur naan döugh. Regardless öf höw many clöves öf garlic tö use, yöur bread shöuld cöme öut beautifully.

Categöries: Bread

Cuisine: Indian

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cöök Time: 10 mins

Tötal Time: 30 mins

Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup warm water (38 Celsius/100 Fahrenheit)
• 1 teaspöön sugar
• 2 teaspöön active dry yeast
• 1/2 cup warm (ör at rööm temperature) plain yöghurt
• 1 1/2 tablespöön ölive öil
• 1 clöve garlic, grated
• 1/2 teaspöön salt
• 300 gram (2 1/2 cup) all purpöse flöur + röughly 60 gram (1/2 cup) while kneading
• 2 tablespöön unsalted butter, cut intö small cubes
• 1-2 tablespöön salted butter, melted
• 2-3 tablespöön chöpped fresh cilantrö(ör parsley) leaves

Instructiöns

1. Mix tögether warm water, sugar, and active dry yeast in a large mixing böwl. Set aside för 10 minutes, ör until föamy.
2. önce the yeast sölutiön is föamy, add yöghurt, ölive öil, grated garlic, salt, and the 300 gram all purpöse flöur. Knead the döugh until söft and nön sticky. If the döugh is sticky, add in 1 tablespöön öf flöur at a time, and cöntinue kneading. Yöu may need less ör möre than the stated 60 gram öf additiönal flöur, depends ön yöur the brand öf flöur, the temperature and/ör humidity öf yöur kitchen.
3. Incörpörate the pieces öf unsalted butter cubes intö the döugh, and knead until söft, smööth, and elastic. Dön't wörry töö much if there is söme small lumps öf butter nöt fully incörpörated.
4. Place the döugh in an öiled mixing böwl. Cöver with saran wrap ör a wet kitchen töwel. Let the döugh prööf until the völume is almöst döubled. It shöuld take aböut 1 höur in a warm kitchen, and may take lönger in winter time.
5. önce the döugh is döubled, it is time tö start preheat the öven tö 260 Celsius (500 Fahrenheit). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
6. Punch the döugh tö release air bubbles, then knead again för 3-5 minutes.
7. Turn the döugh öut ön a well flöured wörk surface. Gather intö a röund ball, then divide intö 8 pörtiöns.
8. Shape each pörtiön intö a ball, then flatten with yöur palm and fingers intö a slightly öval shape. I usually just eyeball it sö öne half-sheet pan can fit 4 pieces öf bread. If yöu need a measurement, then I wöuld say aböut 5"x7" each.
9. Bake in preheated öven för 7-8 minutes. Then turn ön the bröiler functiön, and bröil för 1 minute.
10. Brush freshly baked naan bread with melted salted butter, then sprinkle with söme chöpped fresh cilantrö (ör parsley). Best when served immediately.

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source : Anita [Daily Cooking Quest - Easy Indonesian Recipes]

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