Garlic Naan
Soft, pillowy flatbread infused with garlic and butter, ready in 20 minutes. Perfect alongside curries or enjoyed warm on its own.
- Total time
- 25 min
- Servings
- 4
- Calories
- 295
- Protein
- 7g
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup plain yogurt
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 tablespoons butter, divided
- 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro or parsley, chopped
Instructions
- 1
Pour 2 cups flour and 0.5 teaspoon salt into a large bowl and stir together with a wooden spoon or your fingers until no streaks of salt remain.
- 2
Add 0.5 cup yogurt to the flour mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until a shaggy dough forms with no dry flour visible—about 1 minute.
- 3
Knead the dough with your hands inside the bowl, pressing and folding it onto itself for 2 minutes until it becomes smooth and slightly sticky.
- 4
Divide the dough into 4 equal pieces by rolling it into a ball, marking it into quarters with your fingers, then tearing it apart.
- 5
Roll each dough piece into a ball by pinching the bottom seam and rolling it between your palms, then place all four on a clean cutting board.
- 6
Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a small bowl placed on the counter (if it is not already melted from heat), then stir in 4 minced garlic cloves and 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro or parsley until combined.
- 7
Place a 12-inch cast iron skillet or nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and wait 1 minute until it is hot enough that a drop of water sizzles and evaporates immediately.
- 8
Pat one dough ball flat with your palms into a thin round about 6 inches across and 1/4 inch thick, then place it on the hot skillet.
- 9
Cook the naan for 90 seconds until the bottom surface turns light golden-brown and you see small dark spots, then flip it with a spatula.
- 10
Cook the second side for 60 seconds until it also turns light golden with dark spots, then transfer the naan to a clean plate.
- 11
Immediately brush the warm naan with 1 teaspoon of the garlic-cilantro butter mixture on both sides while it is still hot.
- 12
Repeat steps 8 through 11 with each of the remaining three dough balls, cooking and buttering one at a time.
Tools you’ll need
- large mixing bowl
- wooden spoon
- 12-inch cast iron skillet or nonstick skillet
- cutting board
- small bowl
- spatula
- clean plate
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