Garlic and Cilantro Naan Bread
23 Nov 2011 Comments Off
Been pretty hectic for me, Christmas cleaning and getting ready for Thanksgiving. My friend Skotta left for Ecuador, arrived safe and sound. While she was visiting me, we made some Indian food. She gave me this awesome recipe of Naan bread. Learn from my mistakes!!! read the recipe!!!! and pay attention.. I totally did not!!! I ended up putting way way way to much yeast in it. Also when you roll it in salt and spices.. GO EASY ON THE SALT!!! When I made them they came out way to salty!!! Another thing, my oven is a gas oven which is a new experience for me. I am still learning how to bake in it. Skotta found out it was best to broil the naan breads in my oven rather than bake them. It only took a few minutes on each side, so we had to watch them closely.
Garlic Cilantro Naan Bread
200 ml milk, warm
2 tbsp sugar
11 gr. dry yeast
600 gr Flour
1 tsp Salt
4 tbsp Olive Oil
250 ml plain yogurt
to dust the bread with before baking
1 tbsp salt
1tbsp Indian blend of spices (curry or some other)
for after baking
25 gr butter
2-3 garlic cloves, minced
bunch of Cilantro, chopped up finely
Mix the yeast and the sugar in a bowl and add in the warm milk. Let sit for 15 minutes. Add in the flour, salt, oil and yogurt together. Kneed the dough until it is soft and elastic. You can always add more flour if it is to wet. Put the dough aside and let it rise for an hour or so.
Heat the oven at 450°F (or broil like I ended up doing). On a plate to the side mix the salt and the Indian spice blend together. You can split the dough up in 10 parts and make them in to 10 rolls. Pat rolls down until they are pretty thin. Press the flattened out dough into the salt and spice blend (learn from my mistake.. easy on the salt!!)
Add the bread onto a parchment paper cookie sheet. I used my Pampered Chef stone so I didn´t need the parchment paper. Bake for 5-7 minutes and flip them over half way through.
Once they are all baked, put them in a bowl, melt the butter, add in the garlic and cilantro. Pour over the Naan Breads and they are ready to be served.
haffah
