Garlic butter naan
The softest, chewy and delicious naan topped with fresh minced garlic and lots of butter.
Yield: 5 naans or bread
Calories: 193kcal
Materials
For making naan dough:
- 2 cups Maida or all purpose flour
- 1 tsp Sugar
- ¼ tsp Baking soda
- 2 tbsp Oil
- ¼ cup Fresh curd or yoghurt
- Salt per taste
- Lukewarm water to knead a soft & smooth dough
Other ingredients:
- 3 tbsp Butter melted
- 2 tbsp Fresh coriander leaves finely chopped
- 2 tbsp Kalonji or Nigella seeds
Instructions
For kneading naan dough:
- In a large mixing bowl, take maida and add salt, sugar, baking soda and oil.
- Add the fresh dahi into the mixing bowl. You can whisk the curd before putting it into the bowl.
- Now, mix all the ingredients nicely and crumble well till it holds the shape.
- Then, add lukewarm water as needed and knead it.
- Add more water if required, and knead till you get a soft and smooth dough.
- Grease it with oil and cover with the damp cloth and place it in a warm place or in a preheated oven.
Rolling naan dough:
- Meanwhile, take the butter in the bowl and heat it for 10 15 seconds in the oven and add in chopped coriander leaves and grated or minced garlic cloves. Mix together and keep aside.
- After 2 hours, again Knead the dough gently to release any air, if present in the dough.
- Now, pinch a ball or lemon sized dough for rolling naan. No need to dust the dough ball with loose maida or flour.
- Roll it with the help of rolling pin and sprinkle some kalonji or nigella seeds and coriander leaves.
- Continue rolling the dough to an oval shape with the help of a rolling pin. Do not roll too thin or too thick. It should be in medium thickness and the size should be smaller than your tawa size.
- Now flip the rolled naan and grease water all over the backside of naan, this helps the naan to stick to the tawa.
- Gently pull the naan and place the greased side of naan on the tawa and avoid using non-stick tawa.
- Now, slightly press the naan on tawa so that it will stick to it properly, this will help when flipping the tawa to cook from another side.
- Let it cook on medium flame till you see bubbles appearing on the top and brush some butter over it. (You can skip brushing butter at this step.
- Now, flip the tawa upside down and allow naan to cook directly on a medium -high flame till you see some charred brown spots on naan.
- Again flip the tawa, and with the help of spatula scrape the naan from the tawa and serve.
- Finally, serve hot or warm butter naan with your favourite curries like Paneer tikka masala or dal fry.