Tawa Naan

Tawa Naan |Naan Rooti| Naan with Tandoor

Naan bread is one of the common bread throughout the whole south Asian with any kind of curry, a perfect naan is a goldmine of taste. Although naan bread is very common, it is early cooked at home. Just because it requires a tandoor to make a naan. But nowadays people started to cook it at home with any alternative to the tandoor.  Even it is possible to cook  it in your typical gas stove. In this post, I have tried to show you the best and simple way of cooking a perfect naan roti.

INGREDIENTS 

1. All purpose flour - 2 cups 
2. Plain yogurt -1 /2 cup 
3.  Salt - to taste 
4. Sugar - 1 tsp 
5. Baking soda - 1/2 tsp 
6. Oil - 2 tbsp 
7. Water 
8. Butter - 1 tsp  (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS 

• In a large mixing bowl add all purpose flour, baking soda, sugar, salt mix all the dry ingredients. 

• Then add oil mix and make it to crumbs.

• Now add yogurt mix well.
• While mixing add water little by little until make semi soft dough. 

• Apply some oil to the dough and cover amd keep a aside for 2 to 3 hours.

• Take the dough and again knead the dough for another 10 minutes. 

• Divide the dough into balls.

• Take one ball dust some flour on the surface and the dough.

• Then spread the dough to less than 1/4 inch thick.

• Apply some water on one side of the naan dough.

• Heat the tawa (compulsorily don't use a non stick tawa) on medium heat. 
• Put water side naan over tawa .

• Once the naan start bubbling and dough start drying , turn the tawa over flames keeping about 2 inch way from the flame to cook the naan from top.

• NOTE: Yes naan will stick to tawa and will not fall of, this the reason you can not use nonstick skillet.

• Once naan browned to your satisfaction. 

• Remove from the tawa.

• Spread the butter all over the naan.
• Place on a plate and cover with a cloth to keep warm until serving. 

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