Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, pitta bread (naan). One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Usually softer, naan originates in India, by way of Persia. The name comes from the Persian word, non, for bread. Unlike pita, naan has yogurt, milk, and sometimes eggs or butter in it, resulting in a softer texture.
Pitta bread (Naan) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Pitta bread (Naan) is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pitta bread (naan) using 7 ingredients and 26 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Pitta bread (Naan):
- Prepare 350 g all purpose flour
- Prepare 1 tsp salt
- Prepare 160 ml warm milk
- Take 80 ml warm water
- Get 1 tsp active dry yeast
- Get 1 tsp sugar
- Make ready 1 tbsp Olive oil+ extra for baking
Naan can be cooked the same or in a very hot frying pan. It is an ancient foodstuff discovered when man learnt that wheat powder, when mixed with water and heated, could give rise to a stuff that could be eaten directly. There are many different types of breads with Naan being a variety of leavened flatbread from Persia and South Asia. Pitta, with its natural pocket perfect for stuffing with goodies, was the more practical solution, but not such a perfect match in terms of flavour.
Steps to make Pitta bread (Naan):
- Combine milk- water, sugar and yeast in a bowl. Cover the bowl and let to rest for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes add 1tbsp olive oil to the yeast mixture. - - In another bowl, mix flour with salt and dried or chopped fresh herbs. Add the yeast mixture to the flour and combine well.1. 1. In another bowl, mix flour with salt and dried or chopped fresh herbs. Add the yeast mixture to the flour and combine well.1. Transfer the dough on a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes until you have a smooth dough.
- Brush the bowl with some oil and add the dough. Cover it with a kitchen towel and let to proof for 1 hour until doubled in size.1.
- Place the dough on a floured surface. Press on the dough to remove the air and divide it into 5 equal sized pieces.1. Using a rolling pin, and roll out each piece of dough to a circle shape as you see in the photo.
- Heat the oil in a pan, and cook the pita bread for 2 minutes on each side in the pan until they puff up, as you see in the photo. - Serve it with kebab, or chicken, cheese and herbs. Soooooo tasty bread.1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1.
The solution… to create a naan pitta. A bread with the flavours of naan but baked like a pitta, so you get that helpful little pocket in the middle. Many types of bread are naturally vegan, including a lot of flatbreads, savory, or dry types of bread. Fluffier brioche-style types are more prone to including animal-derived ingredients. Finding myself equipped with (almost) everything I needed for last night's Indian feast, I discovered much to my dismay that I didn't have any naan. (The horror!) We're not really "bread people", so it's easy for me to overlook this.
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