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Baked Naans

These are soft and flaky naans that go perfectly with sooo many dishes. Perfect accompaniment to all sorts of curries or kababs.
Servings 6 Small Naans

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 egg lightly beaten
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. sugar
  • 1 tsp. yeast
  • 1/4 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tbsp. milk powder
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 tbsp. oil
  • butter - for applying on naans once done
  • sesame seeds - for sprinkling on the naans

Instructions
 

  • Warm the water with the milk. You may not need to use all of it in the dough.
  • Sift the flour, then add milk powder, salt, sugar, yeast and baking powder. Stir together to combine. Make a well in the center and add the oil plus HALF the egg. Mix it into the flour, then gradually add the water & milk and combine until dough is very soft and quite sticky. If it gets too sticky, just touch a bit of oil and knead it, then put the dough in an oiled bowl and cover. Let it rest until it doubles in volume.
  • Turn the dough out on a floured surface and divide into 3-4 balls (depending on how big you want the naans, I make mine quite big so I just make 2 out of this amount). Let the balls rest for 10 minutes. Again, the dough will be quite sticky so just sprinkle a bit of flour on them and on the work surface.
  • Preheat your oven at 240 C.
  • Flatten each ball of dough with your fingers and stretch out to form a circle. Then gently pick it up and toss it from the left palm to the right palm multiple times to help it stretch and form the naan shape.
  • Place the naans on a greased baking tray, then brush the tops with the remaining half egg. You can sprinkle some sesame seeds on them if you want.
  • Bake for about 4-5 minutes or until the naans are spotted with brown. Remove and brush with some melted butter.
  • Keep covered until time of serving. Enjoy! 🙂