Homemade naan

Name: Homemade naan
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: 7 g dried yeast; 2 tsp caster sugar; 300 g strong white flour; 0.5 tsp baking powder; 25 g butter or ghee, melted; 150 ml natural yogurt; 1 tbsp nigella seeds; 125 ml warm water; 0.5 tsp salt; 0 extra butter, for brushing

Soft pan-cooked flatbreads brushed with butter or ghee. Makes 6 naans.

7 g dried yeast
2 tsp caster sugar
300 g strong white flour
0.5 tsp baking powder
25 g butter or ghee, melted
150 ml natural yogurt
1 tbsp nigella seeds
125 ml warm water
0.5 tsp salt
0 extra butter, for brushing

Stir the yeast and a teaspoon of sugar into 125ml warm water and leave for 10–15 minutes, until frothy. In a large bowl, mix the flour, the rest of the sugar, the baking powder and half a teaspoon of salt.
Pour in the melted butter, yoghurt, nigella seeds and the frothy yeast and bring together into a dough. Knead for 10 minutes, adding a dusting of flour or a splash of water to get a soft, smooth dough. Cover and leave to rise for about an hour.
Split the dough into six and roll each into a teardrop shape. Cook one at a time in a very hot, dry frying pan for about 3 minutes, flip and give it another 3–4 minutes. Brush with butter and keep warm while you cook the rest.

Inspired by Miriam Nice’s recipe for Good Food · Photo: Siddhantsahni28, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naan_Bread.JPG)