I made a really lovely turkey curry with the Christmas turkey leftovers a couple of weeks ago, so nice in fact that I decided to make it again today only with chicken this time. I decided therefore, to have a go at making some naan bread to accompany it to see if the boys would try some and maybe it would encourage them to try some curry too. And as I recently got a new grill after reading various reviews of it on exchangebarandgrill.com/, so making naan gave me a reson to fire it up as well. One of my new year aims is to make some new meals for them to try in the hopes of widening their meal choices.
Making naan bread was actually much simpler than I had imagined as there is no yeast involved, which I was surprised about! I kept mine simple and just added garlic oil to my naans as I did not have any fresh corriandar as the recipe suggested and I did not think the boys would like fresh chilli added to it either! I also halved the ingredients used as I only wanted 4 naan breads.
- 250g plain flour
- 250g plain flour
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp caster sugar
- 1 tsp caster sugar
- 1 tsp ground corriander
- 1 tsp ground corriander
- 1 egg
- 1 egg
- 125ml milk
- 125ml milk
- 1 tbsp oil (I used olive)
- 1 tbsp oil (I used olive)
- 1 tsp crushed garlic
- 1 tsp crushed garlic
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Beat the egg and milk together
- Sift the flour, salt and baking powder into the bowl of your stand alone mixer and add the sugar then add the dough hook to your mixer
- Add a little of the beaten egg and milk mixture and switch the mixer on to a slow speed to start blending the ingredients together. Increase the speed slightly and then add the rest of the milk and egg and then a dough ball should form
- Stop the mixer, remove the dough from the hook and tear it open and pour the oil into the centre
- Then let the mixer knead the dough for about 4 minutes until a soft and pliable dough is made
- Once this is done, cover the bowl with cling film and leave in a warm place for at least 1 hour to rest. It will not rise like normal dough, but it will be more flexible and will feel springy to the touch
- Remove the dough after the alloted time, and place onto a floured board and cut into 4 equal sized balls , and then flatten slightly into 4 fat rounds. Place onto a tray or board covered with parchment paper, cover with cling film and retunr to a warm place for 20 minutes
- Pre heat your grill to the highest setting, and cover the base with foil
- I did not bother rolling my naan breads into the correct tear shaped breads, I simple rolled mine into circles, but feel free to make tear shapes if you are able to!
- Once rolled out, place onto the grill rack and I mixed the oil and garlic together and then brushed each naan and then placed under the grill for 3-4 minutes until browned. Turn the naans over, brush with more garlic oil and continue to cook for the same time again.
- Serve with your curry and enjoy.
Serve with your choice of curry and some mango chutney and it’s like a homemade Indian take – away………….well, not quite but it was very nice all the same and my OH had seconds so it must have been good! And I will be making this again because I think it works out cheaper than buying ready made naan bread, and it is satisfying to know you made them yourself.
My Garlic Naan Bread recipe was adapated from one featured in 
Recipes From An Indian Kitchen is another great title from Paragon’s Love Food collection featuring a fantastic array of 100 authentic Indian recipes including meat and vegetarian meals, starters and desserts.
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I was sent a copy of the cookbook in exchange for a review. It was my choice to make the naan breads and I made my own version based on the one given in the book.
I love home made naans, they are so easy yet I always forget how easy they are & don’t make them that often! I could eat that curry & naan right now…lovely!
soooo easy arent they? i will def be making again and the curry is sooo easy too and is now going to be made regualry, even if the boys aren’t that keen………………yet!
Shhh don’t tell anyone, but I’ve never made naan bread myself. In fact, I’ve never made any bread myself. Just bread rolls, but I’ll change that now that I’ve got my fancy new mixer. These look amazing x
no excuse not to then! and thank you x
I have never made home made naan but garlic naan is one of my most favourite things. Yum, I might have to give this a go. x
you must it was really straight forward x
Yum! No doubt healthier than the local take-away too.
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I always thought naan was really tricky to cook! I will have to have a go! (I got sent this book too) thank you so much for joining in! x x
I love the look of that book, sadly I don’t like Naan Bread, but the boys do x
That looks great, love the idea of making my own Naan bread
yummy your narn look lovely and i love garlic do you do take aways as i now have a hankering for some lovely curry xx
I have never even thought to make my own! *slaps hand* What a great idea! xx
I’ve never made naans but if there’s no yeast I’m guessing I could make a wheat free version without too much trouble. Thanks for the inspiration
Your naan breads look really good. I’ve made naan bread once before and it was definitely worth it, as they are much nicer than shop bought ones. I will have to make them again very soon.
I love garlic anything! Your naan look very professional 🙂
Well that looks quite easy actually and the oil being poured into the middle is an interesting idea!
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