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Jan 07, 2010 19:39

Tonight I made naan bread ( Read more... )

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asakiyume January 7 2010, 19:49:40 UTC
I have a recipe from a (British) children's cooking book that's quite good. Does yours call for cooking the bread in the oven or on the stovetop?

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muuranker January 7 2010, 20:33:50 UTC
It's an oven one - http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/naanbreads_77147.shtml

This wasn't the recipe I was inspired to try - I remembered where I'd seen it and looked for it. It certainly seems easier than a yeast-based one: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/naan_86626.shtml

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asakiyume January 7 2010, 20:52:01 UTC
The recipe I have is more like your first one--it's yeasted. But it can be cooked on the stovetop (I think I must have converted the measures from weights to volumes, which is what I'm used to here in the states):

3 1/3 cups of flower (extra for rolling)
1 1/3 tbsp. yeast
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cumin seeds
1 tbsp. sesame seeds
2/3 cup unflavored yoghurt
1 cup warm water
2 tbsp. melted butter
oil for pan

combine flour, yeast, salt, seeds
add in yoghurt, water, butter
mix, then knead

let rise for 2-4 hours (!)
punch down, knead again, divide into pieces

roll out each piece

cook in frying pan at a fairly high heat--just oiling the pan lightly for each piece. It bubbles up (like naan!) and then you turn it over.

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muuranker January 9 2010, 16:29:44 UTC
Thanks! In around 2015 I will let everyone know the results of comparative naan-making tests!

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aliasse January 7 2010, 19:52:09 UTC
Wow! I'm so impressed that you have done this so early in the year! I nearly broke my resolution of not getting any parking tickets this year, for which I have the weather to thank - the pavements on the road where I was parked being so icey that not even a traffic warden would dare venture down them. Result!

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muuranker January 7 2010, 20:36:17 UTC
It's not so much early, as very, very late; this was on my ambitions list for 2008!

Congatulations on keeping your resolution so far!

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muuranker January 7 2010, 20:36:37 UTC
I think he'd kill me if I you-tubed it!

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muuranker January 9 2010, 16:34:00 UTC
Well, we're thinking of travelling with it ...

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