Naans

Naan is an over baked flat bread. It is also known as Tandoori Roti because it is cooked in special oven called tandoor. It is served hot with curries and barbecue range.

Ingredients:

• All purpose flour (maida) 4 cups heaped
• Yogurt 4tbsp
• Salt 2tsp
• Baking soda 1tsp
• Yeast 1.5 tbsp
• Water 2.5 cup

Method:

1. Take a big mixing bowl and put all the ingredients in it
2. Knead it with 2.5 cup of warm water
3. Make a soft dough.
4. After kneading cover the bowl with cling wrap and keep it in a warm place like ovven for 1-3 hours.
5. The dough doubles in size
6. Make 12 equal balls of this dough.
   
7. Roll it with a rolling pin of 1/2 inch thickness.
   
8. Tap on one side of it with a wet hand.
   
9. Heat up the tawa and put it on tawa, the wet side facng the tawa.
10. Cover it with a lid and cook it on a medium flame for 1-2 minutes.
    
11. Take this naan out of the tawa and put it on a cookie sheet or aluminium foil plate.
    
12. Preheat the oven when you start making the naan.
13. On the broil at 500 degree and heat for 4-5 minutes.
14. Put the nan in the foil plate or cookie sheet in broil, the raw side facing upwards i.e. broil.
15. Cook them for 1-2 minutes till the nans are cooked 
16. Take them out 
    

Serve these naans with Qorma, Karahi Gosht or with any curry that you like.

Tip of the recipe:

*Make a soft dough.

*Give proper time to dough for rising.

Be careful when you put the naans in broil. If you will not take the nans out in proper time they will burn.