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Naan

Naan is a type of Asian bread made from wheat flour. This kind comes from the Punjab region of India.

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Last modified on: September 25^th 2011

For 12 Naans, you will need:

0 120 ml whole milk
1 120 ml water
2 10 g caster sugar
3 5 g fine (or table) salt
4 10 g yeast
5 1 egg
6 450 g flour
7 40 g butter (optional)
8 100 g leaven (optional)
Total weight: 905 grams

Change these quantities to make: 4 Naans 6 Naans 12 Naans 24 Naans 36 Naans

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
32 min.	3 hours	10 min.	3 hours 42 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 2 min.

Mix 120 ml whole milk and 120 ml water, then add 10 g caster sugar and 5 g fine (or table) salt.

Stage 2

Sieve 450 g flour into a food procesor bowl, add 1 egg, 10 g yeast and pour in the milk and water mixture.

Add 100 g leaven if you would like a stronger flavour.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Start the food processor on slow speed and knead for 10 minutes until the dough is evenly mixed.

Stage 4 - 2 hours

Transfer the dough to a large bowl, cover with a sheet of plastic and leave to rise in a warm place for about 2 hours, until the dough has doubled in volume.

Stage 5 - 10 min.

After this, divide the dough into pieces of about 100g and roll into balls (the dough will be rather sticky at this stage, so use plenty of flour).

Dust the tops of the balls with flour, cover with a sheet of plastic and leave to rest for one hour.

Stage 6 - 1 hour

Preheat the oven to 240°C (460°F) and put a baking sheet in the bottom to heat up as well.

Roll out the balls of dough using your hands (still using plenty of flour) to produce fairly thin discs.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

Place each disc on the burning-hot baking sheet and bake until the naan is well risen and browned on the top.

Those fortunate enough to have a proper bread oven can cook their naan by the open fire method, like pizzas.

Stage 8 - 10 min.

Prepare all the naans this way.

Stage 9 - 5 min.

If you like, you can brush the top of the naans just after they come out of the oven with melted butter or, better still, with ghee, the Indian clarified butter with its distinctive taste.

Stage 10

Possible variations: for naan with seeds, mix them into the dough at the end of kneading: a handful of sesame seeds, linseeds, poppy seeds, etc.

Stage 11

Or you can even make cheese naans by folding the dough over onto a layer of soft cheese or cheese spread.

Remarks

Nothing beats freshly made naans, so make them at the last minute if you possibly can.

Keeping:

1 or 2 days wrapped in a cloth. They also freeze well.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,111 Kcal or 8,838 Kj	61 gr	388 gr	49 gr
106 %	23 %	37 %	7 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
233 Kcal or 976 Kj	7 gr	43 gr	5 gr
12 %	3 %	4 %	1 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
176 Kcal or 737 Kj	5 gr	32 gr	4 gr
9 %	2 %	3 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 12 Naans : 1.47 €
Per Naan : 0.12 €

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Note : These prices are only approximate.

Source

Home made, based on internet.

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	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Flambéd bananas , Flaked almond tart, "BN style" chocolate-filled biscuits, "Psychedelic" sandwich bread, Fruit crumble, ... All

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