Simple Homemade Garlic Naan
A quick and easy to make flatbread that's the perfect side dish - best served with roasted garlic, hummus, and/or tzatziki.
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- ¼ cup warm water
- 1 T sugar
- 2¼ t yeast (one packet)
- ¾ cup warm milk
- ¾ cup Greek yogurt room temperature
- 4 cups flour
- 1 t salt
- 1 T garlic minced
- 2 T butter
Instructions
- Whisk warm water, sugar, and yeast in a large bowl. Cover with a dish towel and let rest for 10 minutes to activate the yeast.
- Add warm milk and room temperature Greek yogurt to the bowl. Whisk until smooth. It is critical that the milk is warm and the yogurt is room temperature - otherwise your yeast will not rise.
- Add in the flour in 1 cup increments, mixing in between each. Add the salt and garlic. The dough will be thick and hard to mix. Knead it for 3-4 minutes (with your hands, or with the dough hook of a stand mixer).
- Cover the bowl with a dish towel (or plastic wrap) and place somewhere warm, leaving it to rise for approximately 1 hour, or until doubled in size.
- Once doubled, dump dough onto a lightly floured surface and divide into 12 roughly equally sized balls.
- Roll each dough ball out to about ½cm thick. I find it's easiest to roll 3 or so at a time.
- Melt butter in a large frying pan (or better yet, a cast iron pan).
- On medium heat, fry each piece of dough until golden brown on each side.
- Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with salt to serve.