Oven Baked Naan Bread Recipe | Indian Flavored Flatbread
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.
Servings: 16
Calories: 131kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 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: 131kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 241mg | Potassium: 44mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 27IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 1mg