Garlic Naan
Indian Garlic Bread
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Dietary Info
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Prep 1 hr
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Cook 5 mins
Soft light Indian garlic bread.
Hari says
Indian garlic bread - so simple and so delicious. Just make sure you just soften the garlic in the ghee and don't cook it too quickly as you want the garlic to mush into the bread. Alternatively you could roast the garlic in the oven and squeeze that into the ghee to infuse it with the garlic flavour mmmm.
- Ingredients
- Method
Dough
- 1 tsp of dried active yeast
- 1 tsp of sugar
- 200g plain flour
- 1 tsp of black onion seeds (you can also use handful of chopped coriander leaves)
- ¼ tsp of salt
- ½ tsp of baking powder
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 tbsp of plain yoghurt
- 2 tbsp of milk
Filling
- 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp ghee
Method
- In a small bowl, mix the yeast and sugar with a tablespoon of warm water to activate. Leave for 5 minutes in a warm place until frothy.
- Meanwhile, in a separate bowl mix the flour, onion seeds, salt and baking powder.
- When the yeast is frothy add it to the flour with the oil, yoghurt and milk.
- Knead the dough, with slightly wet hands, folding as you go until it is nice and soft.
- Place the dough in a mixing bowl, cover it with cling film and leave it in a warm place to rise at least 1 hour (but longer if possible).
- Divide the dough into four balls and place on a floured surface.
- In a small pan heat some butter or ghee in a pan
- Slice the garlic and stir into the pan. Cook the garlic gently to just soften, you don't want any colour of the garlic
- Take a large ball of the dough and flatten a little place a spoon of the softened garlic (without too much of the butter) and put into the middle of the dough, fold the dough around so it is enclosed inside.
- Pull up the dough to seal the filling inside then carefully roll into a tear shape about 0.5cm / ¼ inch thick.
- Heat the tava or frying pan and turn on the grill to high to heat up. Place the naan onto the pan for about a minute or two to brown on one side.
- Transfer to a baking tray (cooked side down) and cook under a hot grill for 2-5 minutes until all puffed up.
- Smear with the garlic butter to serve.
Served with
Works deliciously with any dish that has a thick tomato based sauce.
Nutritional information
| Typical values* | per Serving |
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| Calories | 354 |
| Fat (g) | 15 |
| of which saturates (g) | 7.1 |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 50 |
| of which sugars (g) | 3.4 |
| Fibre (g) | 2.0 |
| Protein (g) | 7.3 |
| Salt (mg) | 1.2 |
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Comments (18)
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Hari Ghotra
Hi Hannah - love that you found it on Pinterest and followed it through - brilliant. You should download my free app so you can share your cooking pictures with me. Thanks Hari
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Rose Martine
Thank you for this great post. Your ketchup recipe is a staple in my kitchen! I just made another batch yesterday ?
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Gary Mcatear
Got it thanks Hari -
Gary Mcatear
Hi Hari...I spoke to you the other day on you tube regarding the veg pakora. Anyway i have been searching through your site trying to find a recipre for Chapati bread, do you have a recipe for that?
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Hari Ghotra
Hi Gary if you look up roti that it http://www.harighotra.co.uk/roti-recipe Hope this helps. Thanks
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Ben McCabe
I also had issues with a dry dough, added 3tbsp of milk which got it to the right consistency. I didn't get the bubbles either but got a decent rise in the grill and they were really tasty. Going to try leave the yeast getting frothy longer and also a longer prove to see if that helps. The flavour of the naan's were great.-
Hari Ghotra
Hi Ben The yeast can be a problem if it doesn't become active enough. Sometimes I leave the dough all day to get in nice and airy. Glad you enjoyed the naan - hopefully next time they will rise even more. Thanks Hari
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Hari Ghotra
Hi Catherine Sorry for the late reply. If the dough feels dry then add a little more yoghurt or water. You knead the dough until it's soft and has all come together. Please do have a look at the video as this may help - I hope they turned out OK. Many thanks Hari. -
Catherine
Hello, I am now making these for the first time and am at the providing stage. My dough seems to be quite dry. Was not sure how long to keep kneading it for?? -
Becky Curran
Hi Hari, thanks for your suggestions. Yes, I'll definitely give them another try! I'll let you know how I get on :-) -
Hari Ghotra
Ideally you are looking for it to double in size - I hope it helps. -
Hari Ghotra
Hi I think this is where the problem may have been. Ideally the dough needs to be full of air bubbles which should come if left for longer. I know the recipe says leave for and hour so I will re-look at this and amend the recipe to make it a little more clear. Thank you so much for your feedback. If I have time I do like to make up the dough in the morning and leave it for the whole day before making the naan. Will you give them another go? -
Becky Curran
Hi Hari, no I don't think it was, also it did rise a bit when I left it but not a huge amount. -
Hari Ghotra
Hi Becky Was the dough full of airy bubbles? -
Becky Curran
Hi Hari, yes yeast was quite frothy. I found the dough a litte dry when I added all the ingredients so added bit more water, so maybe it was too wet, or should have added milk instead of water? I left the dough for about an hour. Thanks Becky -
Hari Ghotra
Hi Becky
Did your yeast get nice and frothy before you added it? Did the dough get really light and fluffy? Usually I just knead the flour until it all comes together and is soft. How long did you leave it for? -
Becky Curran
Hi Hari, I tried making these the other day (along with your Murgh Makhani, which was fabulous!), however these didn't puff up very much under the grill and I wonder if you have any suggestions as to where I might have gone wrong or any tips - how long would you knead them for and does the frying pan need to be really hot? Thanks Becky
Hannah Flack
Regards Hannah Flack
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