Naan bread (Indian)

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Makes 6

1 ts. sugar
1 ts. yeast
2/3 cup warm water
1 1/2 cups flour
1 Tbsp. ghee
1 ts. salt
6 Tbsp. butter

1. Put the sugar and yeast in a small bowl with the warm water and mix until the yeast has
dissolved; set aside.
2. Place the flour in a large mixing bowl.
3. Make a well in the middle of the flour, add the ghee and salt and pour in the yeast mixture.
4. Mix well to form a dough and adding more water if required.
5. Knead on a floured surface for 5 minutes or until smooth.
6. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 1 1/2 hours or doubled in size.
7. Turn dough out onto a floured surface a knead for 2 minutes.
8. Divide into 6 pieces and roll out into rounds about 5 inches wide.
9. Place the dough rounds onto a greased sheet of foil or a pizza stone and broil under a very hot
(500 F) pre-heated oven for 7 minutes.

Comments

  1. AnonymousJuly 31, 2008 at 11:35 AM

    salaam alaykum

    masha allaah sister u have very nice blog, i absolutely love all the pictures, im gonna make some of them with my somalian sister this saturday insha allaah. I just need to know what is the beef sauce called in somalian? and i can't find recipe for it either...is it allready posted somewhere?


    I will let u know how did it go after i try ur recipes insha allaah.

    Umm Anas Tahaani

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  2. TammyJuly 31, 2008 at 7:51 PM

    Wa alaikum salam

    All sauces are called "maraq"
    I haven't added the recipe for the beef one yet. Which one are you talking about? The one with the potatoes or the one with the eggs?

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2011 at 7:26 AM

    lol salaam alukuum sister tammy, i try this recipe of naan bread and you said it needed 6tbsp butter but it didnt see on the direction when to put them in so i added them to the dough when i put in the glee butter, is this right and okay? is it supposed to be a sticky/slippery dough before you leave it for the one hour and 30min stand?

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