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garlic naan bread with cilantro

Garlic naan bread

Recipe for garlic naan bread
Naan bread is soft and delicious Indian flatbreads that can be served for everything from stews and soups to Middle Eastern, Indian, and Pakistani dishes. Here is one of our favorite naan bread with garlic and fresh cilantro. You can also use other herbs.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Rising 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Bread
Cuisine Indian
Servings 12 pieces
Calories 208 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 3 dl milk
  • 0.5 dl greek yogurt
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp dry yeast
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 pinch cardamom powder can be omitted
  • 1 pinch turmeric powder can be omitted
  • 500 g all-purpose flour approx
  • 60 g butter
  • 2 tbsp cilantro
  • 2 cloves garlic

Instructions
 

  • Mix milk and Greek yogurt together, and warm it until lukewarm. I use the microwave, but a pot can do that too. Put the liquid in the mixing bowl for the mixer and add salt, sugar, yeast, cardamom, and turmeric. Mix it together, and then add approx. half of the flour.
  • Knead the dough, and add more flour a little at a time. Continue until you have a smooth dough that gathers and releases the sides of the bowl. It should still be sticky when you touch it and it is not certain that you will need to add all the flour. Knead the dough for 5 minutes on the mixer.
  • Put the dough in an oiled bowl and let it rise at room temperature for 1 hour.
  • While the dough is rising, turn the oven to 250-275 degrees Celcius. Put a pizza stone on the bottom rack in the oven or just use a baking sheet.
  • Pour the dough onto a floured table and divide it into 12 equal parts. Roll them into balls and cover them with a tea towel so that the dough does not dry out.
  • Roll out the dough portions into round bread, approx. 12-15 cm in diameter and preferably slightly oblong.
  • While the first naans are baking, melt the butter, and mix with the chopped fresh coriander and crushed garlic.

Baking in oven

  • Bake 2-4 naan at a time on the pizza stone depending on the size. Before putting the bread in the oven, spray it with a little water. Quickly close the oven, and bake your naan for 2-3 minutes until they puff up a bit, getting the characteristic dark areas. Turn the naan over and bake for another approx. 2 minutes until the bread is done and baked through.
  • Remove the bread from the oven and brush it immediately with the melted butter with the garlic and cilantro. Now bake the next pieces of naan bread, and as they are finished, place them on top of each other. Continue to stack the finished naan on top of each other and place a tea towel over it so they stay soft and warm.

Baking in pizza oven

  • When your pizza oven is well warm and you are ready to bake the first naan, first spray it with a little water and put it into the hot pizza oven. Keep a close eye on the bread, depending on the temperature, it should not have more than 1-3 minutes. Turn the bread in the oven along the way, to get an even baking.
  • When the bread puffs up a little and has the small dark blisters, take it out and brush immediately with the melted butter with the garlic. The finished bread is stacked on top of each other and covered with a tea towel until serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 208kcal
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