NAAN WITHOUT YEAST

Ingredients (american measuring cup used, 1

cup = 250 ml)
dry ingredients to be sieved:
3 cups flour (2 cups whole wheat flour + 1 cup maida/all purpose flour or
half-half of both or just all purpose flour)
1.5 tsp baking powder
a pinch or tsp baking soda
salt as required
wet ingredients to be mixed:
3 tbsp yogurt (dairy or vegan) i used cashew yogurt
2 tbsp milk (dairy or vegan) i used soy milk. can use cashew or almond
milk too
or cup water or as required
2 tsp sugar or organic unrefined cane sugar
additional ingredients:
3 tbsp oil for kneading in the dough
1 tbsp mix of onion seeds (kalonji) and melon seeds (magaz) or sesame
seeds
oil, ghee or butter as required for applying on the naan (optional)


lets start the step by step naan recipe without yeast:
1. add water, milk and yogurt in a bowl. add sugar.

2. mix till smooth.

3. sieve the flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

4. mix the sieved flour with the milk + yogurt + water mixture. knead to
a smooth dough.

5. cover with a wet cloth and keep aside for 10 minutes.

6. after 10 minutes, add oil to the dough

7. and knead the dough again.

8. cover with the same moist cloth and keep aside for 2 hours, till the
dough leavens.

9. make medium sized balls of the dough. roll a small circle.

10. sprinkle some onion seeds or kalonji on the rolled dough.

11. roll into a four or five inches round circle.

12. naan bread ready to be placed on a hot tava or griddle.

13. place the naan on a hot tava or griddle. partly cook both the sides of
the naan on the tava.

14. then place the naan with the help of tongs on fire and cook both the
sides till they get browned and slightly charred. you can also cook them
on the pan itself with or with out oil/ghee/butter.

15. when the naan gets slightly charred and browned, remove the naan
and apply some butter, ghee or oil on the naan. you can have them plain
also.
serve the naan hot or warm with your favorite curry dish like malai
kofta, palak paneer or dals like dal tadka, dry fry. in the pics, the naans
are served with methi chole (chickpea fenugreek curry)