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Hi Bold Bakers!
It’s always such a treat to go to my local Indian restaurant and order a stack of warm naan. Naan is definitely something all of my friends and family love but have never tried to make at home, until now!
Naan is a lovely Indian style flat-bread that is made with yogurt, rolled out to a thin oval or round shape and popped on a hot grill or in a clay oven to crisp and bubble up. Before grilling, naan can be brushed with oil or butter and topped with all kinds of seasonings and herbs, it is seriously yummy!
Remember the Crazy Dough Recipe I shared with you? It is one simple yeast dough from which you can get a variety of completely different breads, from homemade pizza dough, cinnamon rolls and even a cheesy bread loaf. All you need is one easy, Crazy Dough Master Recipe.
This dough is a classic bread dough made from flour, water and yeast, but with the addition of a few extra things this dough is super flavorful and extra moist. Because this dough includes rich yogurt I knew it could easily be transformed into a delicious Naan.
All you have to do is divide my basic Crazy Dough Recipe into a few small balls and roll them out with a rolling pin (or wine bottle if you don’t have a rolling pin!). Heat up your favorite grill pan or large saute pan and pop it in the hot pan for just 3 minutes per side. Make sure to cover your Naan with a metal bowl or cake tin to let the steam do the work creating lovely bubbles in your Naan. This dough cooks up into the most amazing naan bread, crispy and chewy no different that any other naan recipe. I love to keep naan in the freezer to dip in all kinds of things or serve alongside my favorite curried dished and homemade tagines!
Want even more Crazy Dough Recipes? Check out my Cheesy Bread and Homemade Pizza.
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Ingredients
- 1 batch Crazy Dough recipe
- 1/4 cup (2oz/60g) butter, softened
- 5 cloves garlic , minced
- 1/4 cup (2oz/60g) chopped fresh cilantro
- sea salt for sprinkling
Instructions
- In a small bowl combine the softened butter, mince garlic and chopped cilantro then set aside.
- Divide the Crazy Dough into 8 balls.
- Roll one of the balls of dough out into an 8" x 8" oval shape about 1/8th of an inch thick. Cover remaining balls of dough while working with a tea towel.
- Heat up a stove top grill or large heavy bottomed saute pan on medium high heat.
- Brush the naan dough with the garlic & cilantro butter and carefully place directly on your pan. Quickly cover with a large heat proof bowl. This will allow the dough to steam creating those signature air bubbles.
- After 3 minutes carefully remove the bowl and turn one the naan with a tongs.
- Cook on the other side for an additional 3 minutes. When naan is done it should golden, spotted and bubbly in texture.
- Set the finished naan aside and repeat the process with the additional balls of crazy dough until all are cooked. Keep them stacked under a clean tea towel and you cook them off.
- Serve warm!
We loved the recipe of your crazy dough… I made naans today.. We had them with nihari and they were awesome…
Two questions
1) Can we use whole wheat flour for this dough or any another recipe?
2)I don’t have an oven and wanted to make pizzas… Can I make it on stove or in microwave?
Love from Pakistan
P. S I’ve tried a lot of your recipes and all of them have turned out amazing ❤
Hi Gemma,
I made the naan bread and it was fantastic.
Thank you for another great recipe.
You are a very talented chef and teacher.
Thank you,
Josephine
Hi Gemma,
Can you substitute milk for anything like water?
Love your recipes, thanks!
I don’t have Any yeast is there anything Other ingredients I can substitute with it
Your recipes are the best Gemma! Your Crazy Dough Naan is so easy to make and is infinitely better than Naan you may find at the local grocer. Thank you!
Delicious as always, we made them into 12 smaller rounds. My brother in law had me mix in like 1/8-1/4C of cheddar cheese and it was awesome!!!
Miummmmmm now only thing missing is a good hummus recipe, lolllll hint hint ????
Ohhhh boyyy what a great recipe, I just used 1/2 of it to do Naam and the other half I am making garlic butter buns, like the cinnamon ones but with garlic butter, we are having lasagna for our evening meal, can’t wait to taste that one, the naams are sooooo gooddddd, thankssss for amazing recipes
I really enjoyed them with my butter chicken. I do want to roast some garlic and knead it into the dough.
Hi Gemma! Your website, videos and recipes are absolutely amazing! You’ve helped guide me as a new gluten free baker ???????? as well as helped me grow. For that I’m eternally grateful. For this recipe can I omit the cilantro and just make a garlic naan? Should I use the same amount of garlic? Thoughts on swapping out the cilantro? Your help is ALWAYS greatly appreciated. Thanks for everything that you create! Many blessings to you!