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Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Okay, here's the recipe for Naan bread

This is great bread, almost as good as the naan bread you get in the Indian restaurants...and its made by hand....no electric mixers.

Ingredients:
  • 6 cups white all purpose flour
  • 2 cups yoghurt
  • 1-2 cups tepid water
  • 1 tablespoon granulated yeast
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Method:

  1. Mix water and yeast in a jug until dissolved
  2. Get a big mixing bowl and put in flour, water/yeast liquid, yoghurt and oil
  3. Mix with clean hands to make a dough and add salt
  4. Mix until the dough becomes like a ball you can roll around in the bowl. If its too wet add some flour and if its too dry add a little water.
  5. Knead until its pliable
  6. Cover with clingfilm and let it rise to double while you have a few drinks or whatever for about an hour.
  7. Punch it down and cut it into about 10 pieces in the shape of a ball.
  8. Flour a work surface and one by one work the dough into ovalish disks about 1/4 inch thick.
  9. Put the broiler rack about 2 inches from the heat and cover with tin foil, securing it to the rack. Make breathing slits in the foil every so often.
  10. Fire up the broiler.
  11. Put a little olive oil on each side of the disks and broil 2 to 3 minutes each side until lightly golden. The breads might puff up and that's fine. They will relax as they cool.
  12. Freeze what you don't eat in a big Ziploc bag.

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