Naan Bread

This is usually served with curry or butter chicken. A bit of oil in the pan and brushed on top of the dough will speed up the cooking. It is fairly quick process to cook a batch of naan. If you use 2 pans at the same time, it goes very quickly/

Naan Bread

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 tbsp dry active yeast

1 cups warm water

1 tbsp oil

1/4 cup yogurt

1 tbsp sugar

1 tsp salt

Directions

Mix the yeast, sugar and warm water in a bowl. Let the yeast rise (5 minutes),add the olive oil and yogurt

In a larger bowl mix flour and the salt. Combine the flour and the yeast mixture. Mix until it forms a ball, add more flour if needed. The dough should have a soft, elastic feel to it. Knead the dough for 3 to 4 minutes. (it is easier if you use a mixer).

Cover and let rise until it doubles in size. Knead again for 2 or 3 minutes until the dough is smooth and stretchy. Back in the bowl, cover and place it the refrigerator for a couple hours until it raises.

Remove from the refrigerator and divide into balls. Shape and let rest for 5 minutes.

Flour the table and roll the dough until thin (about the thickness of pie crust).

Heat a large frying pan or flat grill top to 375F, oil the pan and fry the bread. When brown spots appear on the bottom flip and fry the other side.

Repeat until all the dough if fried.