Garlic Naan – Super Easy Instant Garlic Naan bread Recipe you will ever need. Brushed with a layer of garlic butter on the top, this naan bread tastes fantastic with your favourite Indian Curries like Paneer Peshawari or even Dhaba Style Aloo Matar !
Making Flatbread at home is a regular thingy, but its always made with wholewheat flour. I often made Vegetable Puree Flatbreads like Pumpkin Roti, Spinach Roti or even Avocado Chapati. These vegetable roti’s are a great way to incorporate a portion of 5 a day into my kiddo’s diet without any noise.
OTHER EASY FLATBREAD RECIPES YOU MIGHT LIKE
Having said that, we all deserve treats at home, isn’t it!! Like this Naan Bread recipe!!
Its time you start making your Naan breads at home and trust me, you will never ever run to a store to buy them!
So, What is NAAN BREAD?
INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR GARLIC NAAN BREAD RECIPE
Flour – Plain Flour / All Purpose Flour is typically used to make naan bread. But you may also substitute with wholewheat flour if you fancy.
Yogurt
Garlic – Essence and flavouring agent for this recipe
Butter – Butter renders richness to the Naan and I love them in it.
Other essential ingredients include Salt, Sugar, Baking Soda, Baking Powder
Coriander Leaves – is optional. Check out my naan bread variations below.
HOW DO YOU MAKE GARLIC NAAN BREAD?
Making Naan Bread is fairly simple. It involves a three step process.
- Making Garlic Butter
- Kneading the dough
- Pinch, Roll and make the Garlic naan bread.
MAKE GARLIC BUTTER
- Melt the 2 Tbsp of Butter in low flame and add finely chopped garlic. Allow it to simmer for 2 minutes. Turn off the flame and set it aside.
In a large mixing bowl, add flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar & salt and give it a good mix.
In another bowl, prepare a wet mix by mixing yogurt, garlic, 2Tbsp melted butter and stir.
KNEADING THE DOUGH
There are 2 ways to knead the dough.
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Using a stand mixer, attach the dough hook and knead the dough to obtain a soft and supple dough. This can take 2 minutes approximately.
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The other way is to knead the dough by hand. Add a gradual stream of wet mixture to the dry and continue kneading until you obtain a soft & smooth dough. Kneading the dough for 5-6 minutes will make sure the dough is supple.
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Cover the dough with a damp towel and allow it to rest for 1 hour . The dough will tend to rise a bit.
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After an hour, divide the dough into equal portions. Heat a cast iron skillet/ non stick skillet/ tawa .
How to make Instant Garlic Naan without tandoor or oven?
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Gently roll the dough into circle/ oval – any shape as desired to at-least 0.5 cm thickness.
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Brush the top of the nan with water. Remember to place the wet side on the hot skillet. Cover with a lid and cook for 1 1/2 minutes { 90 sec approximately }. You should start seeing bubbles on the top.
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Its time to flip the nan with a turner. Allow it to cook for another 30 seconds.
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Remove from flame and brush the garlic nan with melted garlic butter. Sprinkle some coriander leaves if you fancy.
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Store the Naan’s in a casserole or keep them wrapped in a warm towel. Gently warm them before serving.
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This garlic naan tastes best when served hot.
I love this Homemade Garlic Naan because
✓ Kids love them to bits as long as mummy doesn’t put any sesame seeds or nigella seeds on top.
✓ It is Instant!
✓is an easily customisable recipe
✓ Restaurant style naan bread can be made at home in a jiffy
✓It can be made as Vegan Garlic Naan too with Coconut Yogurt
✓This naan bread can be made with whole wheat flour too:)
✓It can be made at home on a Tawa / Cast Iron Skillet. No Tandoor is needed.
It is a misconception that making butter Naan is really hard and its best enjoyed at a restaurant but trust me, it’s actually the other-way around. Making restaurant style Garlic Naan bread at home is actually quite easy and you don’t need a tandoor either.
NAAN BREAD VARIATIONS
Yes, there are so many types of Naan bread that you will find on a restaurant menu card ( easily doable at home too)
Butter Naan – Simple fool proof naan { using the recipe below }. Just leave out the Garlic.
Pudina Naan { Mint Naan } – Scatter lots of shredded mint leaves.
Coriander Naan – One of my favourite toppings on the naan bread.
Chilli & Cheese Naan – Chilli is for spice lovers.
Stuffed Naan varieties are plenty!! I can go on with this list.
Have you tried making some Naan bread Pizza at home with this Garlic Nan? They are super fantastic.
HAVE YOU MADE MY INSTANT GARLIC NAAN BREAD WITHOUT YEAST ?
Post a photo on my Facebook page, share it on Instagram, or save it to Pinterest with the tag #sandhyaskitchen. I would love to see your take on this delicious flatbread.
WHAT DISHES TO SERVE WITH NAAN?
Naan Bread is great along with Indian Curries like
- Vegan Aloo Gobi – Potato & Cauliflower Curry
- Aloo Matar
- Paneer Peshawari
- Dhaba style Dal Makhani
- Paneer Makhani
- Saag Aloo
- SouthIndian Egg Curry
- Palak Paneer
INSTANT GARLIC NAAN BELOW
This Instant Garlic Naan recipe is super easy to put together. It requires no yeast, no eggs and can be made on a hot non stick skillet/ cast iron skillet /tawa.
- 2 Cups Plain Flour + a little more for dusting
- 1 Cup Yogurt
- 1/2 Tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 Tsp Baking Powder
- 1 Tsp Sugar
- 1 Tsp Salt
- 2 Tbsp+ 2 Tbsp Butter
- 5 cloves of garlic finely grated
- 2 close of garlic finely chopped
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In a large mixing bowl, add flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar & salt and give it a good mix.
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In another bowl, prepare a wet mix by mixing yogurt, garlic, 2Tbsp melted butter and stir.
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Melt the remaining 2 Tbsp of Butter in low flame and add finely chopped garlic. Allow it to simmer for 2 minutes. Turn off the flame and set it aside.
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Using a stand mixer, attach the dough hook and knead the dough to obtain a soft and supple dough. This can take 2 minutes approximately.
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The other way is to knead the dough by hand. Add a gradual stream of wet mixture to the dry and continue kneading until you obtain a soft & smooth dough. Kneading the dough for 5-6 minutes will make sure the dough is supple.
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Cover the dough with a damp towel and allow it to rest for 1 hour . The dough will tend to rise a bit.
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After an hour, divide the dough into equal portions. Heat a non stick skillet/ lava .
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In the mean while.. gently roll the dough into circle/ oval - any shape as desired to atleast 0.5 cm thickness.
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Brush the top of the nan with water. Remember to place the wet side on the hot tava. Cover with a lid and cook for 11/2 minutes { 90 sec approximately }. You should start seeing bubbles on the top.
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Its time to flip the nan with a turner. Allow it to cook for 30 seconds.
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Remove from flame and brush the garlic nan with melted garlic butter. Sprinkle some coriander leaves.
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Store the Naan’s in a casserole or keep them wrapped in a warm towel. Gently warm them before serving.
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This garlic Naan tastes best when served hot.
I’m definitely going to have to give making these a try, I do love a garlic naan
As an Englishman who grew up on store bought naan; these look like they’re on another level entirely! Nothing better than homemade naan to go along with a good curry.
I am surprised how easy these are! I am seriously craving them with that garlic butter! Yum!
I LOVE garlic naan! Looks absolutely amazing my mouth is literally watering ♥ Can’t wait to try your recipe! The pictures are stunning!
We make our own naan all the time. It’s so easy and just tastes so much better than store bought. These look great!