Whole Wheat Naan

Butter Naans are an all time favourite bread for most people. However it is usually relished only at restaurants and seldom made at home. 

One of these days I had some kneaded chappati dough ready at hand, however that was not sufficient for dinner. I also had some dough left over from the pasta I made the previous day. The experimental me wanted to attempt making naan with the left over pasta dough which came out just perfect. Thus came my naan recipe. 

Prep Time            10-20 minutes

Cook Time           10-20 minutes 

Resting time 45 - 60 minutes. 

Ingredients 

• Whole Wheat Flour - 2 Cup  

• Salt - as per taste 

• Oil - 2 Table spoons 

• Water - as needed to make a soft dough. 
• Seasame Seeds - to sprinkle
• Kalonji - to sprinkle
• Corriander - 1/4 cup, finely chopped 

Method

Mix together the wheat flour, salt and a table spoon oil, add enough water to make a nice soft dough. (do not make it too runny, as it gets difficult to work with post the resting phase). 

Cover and let the dough rest for a good hour. After about an hour, knead the dough for about 5 minutes and divide it into equal portions. You would be able to make roughly about 8 - 10 naans.    

Roll each portion out in the shape of the naan. slightly elongated from both ends. 

Once the skillet is hot, dab some water on the upper surface of the rolled out naan. ( not sure if you can see the layer of water on the rolled out naan in the picture below) 

Now, to put the naan the on the skillet, gentle pick up the naan from the work surface and place it on the skillet (water side sticking the skillet). 

In about a minute or two you would start seeing bubbles on the top, which means it’s time to flip

With the help of tongs, flip the tava over so that the naan faces the flame directly and let it cook for about a minute - minute and half. you would be able to easily tell if its done looking at the browning on the top. 

     

 

Once off the flame, apply a generous amount of butter and sprinkle some white seasame seeds, kalonji and coriander.  

Your piping hot restaurant style naan is ready to be served with your favourite sides! 

Virtually Yours
Aparna