recipes

Naan

Makes 4-6 naan

Adapted from Food Wishes

Ingredients

• 115g water (1/2 cup)
• 4g sugar (1 tsp)
• 3g yeast (1 tsp)
• 6g salt (1 tsp)
• About 12g oil (1 tbsp; butter is ok too if melted, softened, or grated)
• 85g plain yogurt (half a 6 oz container, about 1/3 cup)
• About 265g flour (2 cups)

Steps

Dough

• Bloom the yeast with water and sugar (mix and wait 5 min)
• Add the rest of the stuff, mixing well, then kneading
• Divide into 4 balls and let them rise

Cooking

• Flatten each with a rolling pin until pretty thin
• Cook on a hot cast iron - for me, setting 7 on the medium sized burner works. It helps to cover it while cooking. It only takes a minute or so per side.

Tips

• Stick to cast iron - the toaster oven doesn’t get the right color at all, even on max heat with convection.
• For garlic butter: use more garlic than you think and add a pinch of salt.

Adjustments

• Yogurt: If plain isn’t available, lemon or lime works well