Garlic Butter Naan

What to Put on the Table With Garlic Butter Naan

• Any curry, but especially butter chicken
• Serve with dal and raita
• Excellent with leftover curry the next day

How to Cook Garlic Butter Naan

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1. Stir the yeast and sugar into the warm milk and leave 10 minutes until foamy.

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2. Mix the flour, salt and baking powder, then add the yogurt, oil and yeast mixture. Bring together and knead for 8 minutes until smooth and soft — the dough should be slightly tacky.

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3. Cover and prove in a warm place for 1 to 1.5 hours until doubled.

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4. Knock back gently and divide into eight. Roll each into a ball, cover, and rest 15 minutes.

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5. Mix the melted butter with the garlic, coriander and salt.

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6. Heat a heavy cast-iron pan over the highest heat for 5 minutes until it is genuinely smoking.

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7. Roll one ball into a 20 cm teardrop about 4 mm thick. Brush the top lightly with water and scatter with nigella seeds.

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8. Slap it into the dry pan wet-side down, cover with a lid, and cook 60 to 90 seconds until large bubbles form.

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9. Flip and cook 45 to 60 seconds more until charred in spots. Brush immediately with garlic butter and keep warm under a cloth while you cook the rest.

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A Few Notes

The wet side down is what makes it stick to the pan and puff like a tandoor naan.

Do not use a non-stick pan; it cannot take the heat required and the naan will not blister.

Naan dough freezes well as portioned balls — thaw overnight in the fridge and rest at room temperature for an hour.

Ingredient Swaps

• An eighth of a teaspoon of garlic powder per clove is the stand-in usually given when you are out of fresh garlic; it will not brown the same way, and it burns easily, so add it with the liquid.

Keeping What's Left

Best hot. Keeps 2 days wrapped in a cloth; refresh in a dry pan for 30 seconds a side. Freezes 2 months.

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What's in a Serving

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