Oven Baked Naan Bread Recipe | Indian Flavored Flatbread

Oven-baked naan bread is a popular Indian flatbread recipe prepared using a combination of all-purpose flour, wheat flour, and spices. Serve it with tikka or any curry or gravy of your choice for a complete meal.

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Oven Baked Naan Bread Recipe | Indian Flavored Flatbread

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Oven Baked Naan Bread is a simple and easy-to-make, popular indian flatbread recipe prepared using a combination of all-purpose flour, wheat flour, and spices. Serve this with tikka, any curry or gravy of your choice for a complete meal.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 6 minutes mins

Resting Time 1 hour hr

Course Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine Indian

Servings 16

Calories 131 kcal

Equipment

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  Baking sheet

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 1 packet Active dry yeast 2 ¼ tsp
• ▢ 2 teaspoon Sugar
• ▢ 1 cup Warm Water or use ½ water and ½ milk
• ▢ 2 cups All purpose flour maida
• ▢ 1 cup Whole wheat flour or use all-purpose flour only.
• ▢ 1 ½ teaspoon Salt
• ▢ 3 tablespoon Yogurt
• ▢ 2 tablespoon Ghee Olive oil

Optional ingredients

• ▢ 1 tablespoon Coriander leaves finely chopped
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Dried Mint leaves
• ▢ 3 to 5 Garlic cloves minced
• ▢ 1 inch Ginger grated
• ▢ 2 Green chilies finely chopped
• ▢ ½ teaspoon Red pepper flakes
• ▢ 3 tablespoon Ghee Butter or Olive oil to brush the cooked flatbreads

Instructions

 

Activate yeast

• Add sugar and warm water (milk and water) in a mixing bowl.
  2 teaspoon Sugar, 1 cup Warm Water
• Sprinkle yeast and leave it undisturbed for 10 minutes. Let the yeast activate.
  1 packet Active dry yeast

Make the naan dough

• To the activated yeast, add flour, salt, yogurt, ghee, and optional ingredients like coriander leaves, mint, garlic, ginger, green chilies, and pepper flakes.
  2 cups All purpose flour, 1 cup Whole wheat flour, 1 ½ teaspoon Salt, 3 tablespoon Yogurt, 2 tablespoon Ghee, 1 tablespoon Coriander leaves, 1 teaspoon Dried Mint leaves, 3 to 5 Garlic cloves, 1 inch Ginger, 2 Green chilies, ½ teaspoon Red pepper flakes
• Mix this using a wooden spoon to form a soft dough.
• Transfer the dough to a working surface and knead to form a smooth dough.
• Place it in a greased bowl. Cover it, and let it rest for 1 hour or until it doubles in size.

Oven bake naan

• Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.
• Divide the dough into 8 or 16 portions based on the size of naan desired.
• Roll each ball into a round or oval shape of desired thickness.
• Place these rolled naans on the baking tray on a single layer without touching each other.
• Switch the oven to broil mode.
• Bake the flatbread for 1 to 2 minutes or until it puffs and becomes light golden. Then flip it over and bake for a few seconds.
• Remove and brush it nicely with butter.
  3 tablespoon Ghee
• Serve hot and enjoy.

For tava or griddle

• Once the tava / griddle is hot, Add one naan at a time and cook on one side for a minute, When the bottom becomes golden brown and it puffs, flip and cook on other side.
• Brush immediately with butter or ghee.

Notes

• Leftover naan can be stored in a ziplock bag at room temperature for 2 days. It can also be frozen for up to 2 months. Reheat in an oven at 400 degrees F until heated through.
• Add more flour if the dough becomes sticky. The dough should be soft and tacky.
• Adding herbs, garlic, ginger, and chilies is optional; It makes your bread more flavorful.
• Instead of using whole wheat and all-purpose flour, you can make classic naan with only all-purpose flour if needed.
• Adding milk makes it rich; You can skip and use only water to activate the yeast.

Nutrition

Calories: 131kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 3gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 12mgSodium: 241mgPotassium: 44mgFiber: 2gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 27IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 14mgIron: 1mg

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Why you'll love this recipe

Oven-baked naan bread is an alternative to making naan on a stovetop or classic tandoori oven. Based on the size of your baking sheet, you can cook 4 to 6 naan at a time instead of 1 naan in a skillet. So, your task becomes easier to serve for a large crowd.

The recipe is customizable. Feel free to add spices, herbs, and cheese of your choice.

Serve naan with any North Indian gravy or curry, tikka, kebab, soup, or even with salads. You can also use it as a base for your pizza.

Ingredients

Active dry yeast: Helps the dough rise and makes naan fluffy.
Flour: Use only all-purpose flour or a combination of flour and wheat flour.
Yogurt: Makes the bread soft.
Milk: For rich naan, use milk and water. Else, simply skip it.
Spices: Coriander leaves, mint leaves, garlic, ginger and green chilies ra eadded to enhance the flavor and is totally optional.

Check out the recipe card for the full list of the ingredients.

Step-by-step instructions

Activate the yeast

• Add sugar and warm water (milk and water) in a mixing bowl. 
• Sprinkle yeast and leave it undisturbed for 10 minutes. Let the yeast activate. 

Make the naan dough

• To the activated yeast, add flour, salt, yogurt, ghee, and optional ingredients like coriander leaves, mint, garlic, ginger, green chilies, and pepper flakes. 
• Mix this using a wooden spoon to form a soft dough.
• Transfer the dough to a working surface and knead to form a smooth dough. 
• Place it in a greased bowl. Cover it, and let it rest for 1 hour or until it doubles in size. 

Oven bake naan

• Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.
• Divide the dough into 8 or 16 portions based on the size of naan desired. 
• Roll each ball into a round or oval shape of desired thickness. 
• Place these rolled naans on the baking tray on a single layer without touching each other. 
• Switch the oven to broil mode.
• Bake the flatbread for 1 to 2 minutes or until it puffs and becomes light golden. Then flip it over and bake for a few seconds.
• Remove and brush it nicely with butter.
• Serve hot and enjoy.

For tava or griddle

• Once the tava / griddle is hot, Add one naan at a time and cook on one side for a minute, When the bottom becomes golden brown and it puffs, flip and cook on other side. 
• Brush immediately with butter or ghee. 

Tips

• Leftover naan can be stored in a ziplock bag at room temperature for 2 days. It can also be frozen for up to 2 months. Reheat in an oven at 400 degrees F until heated through.
• Add more flour if the dough becomes sticky. The dough should be soft and tacky.
• Adding herbs, garlic, ginger, and chilies is optional; It makes your bread more flavorful.
• Instead of using whole wheat and all-purpose flour, you can make classic naan with only all-purpose flour if needed.
• Adding milk makes it rich; You can skip and use only water to activate the yeast.

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Note: We originally posted this oven-baked naan bread recipe in Sept 2015. It has now been modified in March 2024 with Expert Chef Tips, FAQs, Storage Instructions, etc.