Ingredients
- 4 cups Maida (all purpose flour)
- ¼ tsp. soda bicarb
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 egg
- 2 ½ tsp. sugar
- 2 tbsp. yogurt
- 3 tbsp. milk
- 5 tsp. oil
- Garlic butter to garnish
- 1 tsp. kalonji, optional
- 2 tsp. melon seeds, optional
Method
- Sieve the flour with salt, soda bi-carb and baking powder and mix.
- Take a bowl and break the egg into it, add eh sugar, yogurt and milk and whisk. Keep aside.
- Make a bay in the flour, pour water about ¾ cup and mix gradually. hen it comes together as a dough, knead to 5 to 8 minutes.
- Add the egg mixture gradually little at a time and knead till well incorporated. (Do not add all the egg mixture at one time, will make the dough too wet to handle.
- When fully mixed, knead to make a soft but smooth dough. It should not stick to the fingers.
- Cover with a moist cloth and set aside 10 minutes.
- Then add the oil, knead and punch the dough and again cover the moist cloth and keep aside 2 hours to allow the dough to rise.
- Divide into 6 to 8 equal portions, make balls and place on a lightly floured surface.
- Sprinkle kalonji and melon seeds or any other garnish you will be using,
- flatten the balls slightly and keep aside 5 minutes. Flatten each portion between the palms to make a round disc and then stretch in one side in an elongated oval.
- Preheat oven to 375 deg. F. Place the naans on a greased baking tray and bake for 10 minutes.
- In a tandoor, place the naan on a gaddi (cushioned pad) and stick inside a moderately hot tandoor and bake for 3 minutes.
- I have baked them on the stove top on a tawa, till light brown on both sides and then finished cooking the naan directly on the flame.
- Apply garlic butter on the naan as soon as it is removed from heat and serve immediately with Raan, Butter chicken or any Indian veg or non veg gravy.