Restaurant Style No Yeast Tawa Naan

Are you even normal if you don't go to restaurants and order for a sabji just because you want to eat a butter naan? I love going to restaurants and ordering a butter naan with paneer and devouring over the naan more than paneer. If I had a choice, I'd only order a naan and eat it without getting judged.

A typical restaurant style naan is a tad bit difficult to make at home, because we do not have tandoors at home obviously. Tawa mostly does the trick. To achieve the stretchiness of the bread, you have to keep kneading the dough for 10-12 minutes and then rest it so that it develops gluten, resulting in a stretchy texture. A whole wheat naan won't be as stretchy and chewy as the maida one.

As a raising agent, mostly yeast is used. But I am going to use curd and baking soda today which will also give us the same results.

So, let's get started!

1. Mix all the dry ingredients together. Add curd and warm water and knead to form a dough. Knead for 10-12 minutes until the dough is soft. Apply ghee on top, tuck the dough, cover and rest it for an hour.

2. Knead again and then divide into 4-5 portions.

Cover and rest for another 15 minutes.

3. Roll each ball and shape it using your hand or a rolling pin.

4. Top it with kalonji, coriander leaves, chopped garlic.

5. Apply water on the other side. Put it on the hot pan. Keep a high flame and invert your pan and let the naan cook until brown.

6. Remove on a plate, add butter/ghee.

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RESTAURANT STYLE NO YEAST TAWA NAAN

Prep time : 30 minutes

Resting time : 1 hour

Total time : 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients :

Maida/Flour - 1 cup

Milk powder - 1 tbsp

Baking soda - 1/2 tsp

Sugar - 1/2 tbsp

Salt - 1/8 tsp

Curd - 1/8 cup

Warm water - 87 gm

Ghee - 1/2 tbsp

Method :

1. Mix all the dry ingredients together. Add curd and warm water and knead for 10-12 mins till you get a soft dough.

2. Apply ghee, tuck the dough, cover and rest for an hour.

3. Portion the dough into 4-5 balls.

4. Cover and rest for another 15 minutes.

5. Roll each ball and shape it using your hands or a rolling pin.

6. Top it with kalonji, coriander leaves or garlic.

7. Apply water on the other side and place it on a hot tawa.

8. Keep a high flame, invert your pan and cook until the naan is brown.

9. Remove and apply butter/ghee.

10. Serve hot.

Isn't it quick and easy to make ?

Make it right now, send me pictures and tell me if you liked them!