Garlic naan baked on oven grates under the broiler
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Ingredients
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- 4 cup flour
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp dry yeast
- 2 tbsp yogurt
- 2 tbsp oil
- 200 ml milk or water
Combine flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, dry yeast, yogurt, oil and 200 ml milk or water.
Mixing the yeast naan dough
Mix with a spoon, adding just enough milk to bring it together; knead by hand until reasonably smooth and elastic and just barely sticky, adding flour if too wet.
- garlic
- cilantro
Peel and chop garlic, chop cilantro, and melt a little butter.
Garlic and cilantro topping
- melted butter
Variation: a no-yeast dough with a lot of live-culture yogurt instead of yeast, left to rise overnight; better texture, less flavour.
The no-yeast dough alternative
Punch the dough down, divide into four, knead a little and shape into balls; cover and rest at least 15 minutes.
Put a baking sheet or foil on the bottom oven rack to catch drips and turn on the broiler.
Setting up the oven and broiler
Roll each ball almost as thin as possible, flouring if it sticks; smear on garlic and cilantro and roll them hard into the surface.
Rolling thin and pressing in the toppings
Lay the breads topping side down directly on the top oven grates under the broiler, close the door and bake about two minutes, tamping any giant bubbles with tongs.
Bake until the first side is golden, then flip and bake the top side a minute at most, until it has some brown bubbles but is mostly doughy.
Alternative transfer: flip the topped dough upside down, roll it around the rolling pin and unroll it onto the grates topping side down; useful for one giant loaf.
Loading with a rolling pin
If loaves start sticking, scrape the grates with an outdoor grill scraper and grease them with an oily paper towel.
Stopping naan sticking to the grates