The classic Indian Naan is all you need to kick off the ‘New Year’. It’s even better when you try it at Royal Kitchen near Oakland airport which has experience in making a lot of different naans over the years.
Sometimes, the yearn for good food drives us for trying to cook them ourselves, especially when we don’t get it anywhere. In this post, we’re going to talk about ‘Indian Naan’ (a sort of flatbread) that is soft, delicious, and chewy in texture so you can cook it at home. Let’s keep digging.
Two ways of preparing Naan
Originated in the royal kitchens of the Mughal emperors in India, Naan is prepared in two varieties.
Stuffed - Some naans are prepared and cooked with stuffing inside them. Using paneer (cheese), minced meat and vegetables like onions, potatoes, herbs and garlic, naans are prepared in several versions. In some restaurants, mixed vegetable naan is also served that tastes really well.
Topped - Some of the naans use toppings like garlic, herbs, cheese and butter instead of stuffing. These kinds of naans are often light but hold the same tough texture.
Ingredients & dough preparation
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tbsp of oil
a tsp of salt
½ cup warm water (use as required)
A tsp of baking powder and ½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp sugar
Note: This is a plain naan recipe that doesn’t need stuffing and topping. If you wish to stuff or top your naan with something, you may prepare the ingredients accordingly.
Take a bowl, combine all dry ingredients and fold them well. Add oil and combine them with the flour properly. Now add water little by little and bind the dough with soft hands. Your dough should neither be too dry nor too sticky.
Alter the texture of the dough by adding water and flour to make it fine and stretchy. Cover it with a wet and clean kitchen cloth and let it rest for a minimum of 1 hour. Divide dough into equal size balls and start rolling out each ball using the rolling pin.
Method
Originally the naan is cooked using a cylindrical oven called ‘Tandoor’ that fuels on charcoal, and has an opening on the top. You can order takeout food near Oakland airport to try your favorite naans. But if you’re cooking it at home, you may cook it in two ways without the traditional tandoor.
Using the oven -
Use the conventional oven and cook your naan by placing it on a pre-heated oven stone. It will work as a tandoor as one side will be cooked on the stone wall and the other on oven fire.
Using the skillet -
You can place your naan on the skillet and let it cook on the skillet on medium-high heat from one side. Then turn the skillet upside down and let the other side of the naan cook on the flame evenly from all the sides. This process helps you get the oven-like char on your naan.
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