Flour: You can use all-purpose flour or whole wheat flour, both gives equally tasty and soft texture. Ghee/ Oil or Butter: I would highly recommend ghee for the best authentic flavor, but you can surely use oil or melted butter if you like. Salt for flavor Baking Soda and Yogurt: These two are the key ingredients for this Instant Naan recipe. It’s the combination of yogurt with baking soda that creates the puffy pillowy naan texture. A mix of sesame seeds and fresh cilantro leaves on top give a beautiful look to the Instant Naan. The topping is however optional.
How to prepare these 30 Minutes Naan?
The steps for this Instant Naan are extremely easy and anyone can make it. The flour is kneaded with yogurt and baking soda along with a pinch of salt. The texture of the dough should be soft. Although the dough doesn’t need any rest time, I would still recommend a quick 15 minutes resting time for the best final texture of the naan. Making the Instant Naan on a cast iron pan will give a gorgeous char but you can always use any skillet you have. The pan should be on medium high heat when you prepare the naan. When you roll the dough, don’t worry about the shape but roll it evenly thin. Brush, little water on one side, and place the water side on the hot pan. Cover the pan with a lid, this creates a steam and creates big bubbles on the naan. Takes about 1 minute of cooking on each side.
It took a long time for my brother to get convinced that I could cook or even enjoy food for that matter. Unlike most food bloggers, I didn’t learn cooking standing next to mom or granny. I didn’t even bother to enter the kitchen. Boiling eggs used to be a huge task for me. And I was a picky eater, always looking for an excuse to run away from the dinning table. I used to tell my aunts that if ever I marry, it would be with a chef. Well, no disappointments there, even if he is not a chef, I still got the best guy in the world. And he is one of the biggest reasons I still cook. But, how the heck I began to ponder, dream and talk food non-stop is still a mystery to me. Though, I am just truly thankful that it happened. And so is my family. In this span of my culinary journey, I never really got a chance to treat my brother until a few weeks back, when he visited us. We did eat out a lot, but some meals were homemade. He enjoyed them all, throwing a few critiques here and there. What took him by surprise was my jet speed cooking skill and these soft pillowy Instant Naan that I served with chicken curry. He even took notes. That was a proud moment for me. You see this guy doesn’t just say he likes something until he really likes it.
These days I make Naan without any planning, and it has made several guests very happy. Almost all of them asked for the recipe. They not only listen to me very patiently but also observe as I drizzle ghee before giving the Naan a flip.
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