Baked Naan Recipe

Baked Naan

I was so excited to finally try my hand at making naans! I followed the FKF recipe but with a little change. First, instead of using milk powder and butter as called for in their instructions, I replaced butter with desi ghee and omit milk powder.

Naan is good to serve with many dishes, I served with Nihari.

How to Make Baked Naan at Home

Author: Fauzia M Afif
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Serves: 4
 

Ingredients

  • Water ½ cup
  • Milk ½ cup
  • All-purpose flour 2 cups
  • Salt 1 tsp
  • Sugar 1 tsp
  • Yeast 1 tsp
  • Baking powder ¼ tsp
  • Milk powder 1 tbsp
  • Oil 2 tbsp
  • Egg 1 (lightly beaten)
  • Butter for applying on naan once done
  • Sesame seeds for sprinkling on naan

Instructions

  1. Warm the water with the milk. You may not need to use all of it in the dough.
  2. Sift the flour, then add salt, sugar, yeast, baking powder and milk powder. Stir together to combine.
  3. Make a well in the center and add the oil plus HALF the egg. Mix it into the flour, then gradually add the warm 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.
  4. Turn the dough out on a floured surface and divide into 3-4 balls (depending on how big you want the naans, I made in small size do I divided dough in 4 balls).
  5. 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.
  6. Preheat your oven at 240 C.
  7. 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.
  8. Place the naans on a greased baking tray, then brush the tops with the remaining half egg. Sprinkle some sesame seeds on them if you want.
  9. Bake for about 4-5 minutes (turn on the oven grill along with the oven and the naans need to be baked in the middle rack of the oven to get equal heating from all sides.), or until the naans are spotted with brown.
  10. Remove and brush with some melted butter. Keep covered until time of serving.
 
Note
Bake 4-5 minutes at high temperature to get done, baking them any longer than this makes them hard/over-cooked.

2 thoughts on “Baked Naan Recipe”

  1. Hi fauzia.

    Thank you for your recipes. They are delicious.

    I want to make naans tomorrow for saturday.

    Would make the dough store in frdge overnight, bring to room temperature and bake saturday. Be ok.

    I do not have dried milk powder. Will the naans be ok anyway.

    I have successfully baked nans in a multicooker before so intend to use tgat.

    Many thanks.

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