The other day our family made some Indian food. We love to cook together as a family. Now that the kids are turning into teenagers I find it is an important task for me as a parent to teach them how to prepare food. I can’t help but have these horror-images of the children moving away when they go to college living on junkfood and instant soups. They may still end up living that way but as parent I feel I must at least try to give them the skill set to cook and take good care of themselves…Right?
Our son loves hot food. Our daughter not so much…
But she really enjoyed making Indian flatbreads we served with the chicken dish we prepared. It’s kind of funny how people on the other side of the world came up with a type of bread that is a lot like tortillas made in the Americas…Since my husband is part Mexican we eat a lot of tortillas in this household. So we were really excited to try Naan.
You don’t need very many ingredients to make Naan. All it takes is 4 different items and a bit of time to rest the dough. That’s always a tough one. Who has time in this fast-paced life? But we try to make time on weekends for our cooking adventures together.
Ingredients:
3-4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups plain low-fat yoghurt
How to make it?
Step #1 Combine all the dry ingredients and mix them together well.
Step #2 Slowly pour in the two cups of yoghurt and stir it until the dough stiffens. When you can’t stir it any more it’s time to knead the dough with your hands. We first worked it into a big ball inside the bowl.
Step#3 Dump out the ball of dough and knead it into a nice stretchy consistency. It shouldn’t be too wet nor too dry.
Step#4 Put a touch of oil in the bowl and put the dough back in the bowl. Roll the dough around in the oil. Cover with a towel and let it reast for one hour or more if you have time…
Step#5 Shape the dough into 10-12 even little balls. Depending on how much flour you use you get more or less bread…
Step#6 Roll out the little balls and shape them into thin flatbreads. We made ours round and of about 1/4 inch thickness. But I remember seeing them in Indian restaurants looking kind of rectangular.
Step#7 Put the flatbread one bread at a time in castiron skillet on the stovetop. Brown it on one side for a minute or two then flip it over and do the other side. Put your flatbread in the oven under the broiler. Leave there until the breads puff up then remove and put in a basket with a dishcloth in it.
This bread is so yummy. It has a slightly sour taste from the yoghurt. And guess what? There was none of Naan left after dinner.
This bread is so yummy. It has a slightly sour taste from the yogurt.
- 3-4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups yogurt plain low-fat
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Combine all the dry ingredients and mix them together well.
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Slowly pour in the two cups of yogurt and stir it until the dough stiffens. When you can't stir it any more it's time to knead the dough with your hands. We first worked it into a big ball inside the bowl.
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Dump out the ball of dough and knead it into a nice stretchy consistency. It shouldn't be too wet nor too dry.
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Put a touch of oil in the bowl and put the dough back in the bowl. Roll the dough around in the oil. Cover with a towel and let it rest for one hour or more if you have time...
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Shape the dough into 10-12 even little balls. Depending on how much flour you use you get more or less bread...
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Roll out the little balls and shape them into thin flat-breads. We made ours round and of about 1/4 inch thickness. But I remember seeing them in Indian restaurants looking kind of rectangular.
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Put the flatbread one bread at a time in cast iron skillet on the stove top. Brown it on one side for a minute or two then flip it over and do the other side. Put your flatbread in the oven under the broiler. Leave there until the breads puff up then remove and put in a basket with a dishcloth in it.
These sound great! We will certainly try them.
I’ve always wanted to make these but didn’t know how! Thanks!
I hope you try it. They are so good!