Soft Yoghurt Naans with Nigella Seeds

Yoghurt gives these homemade naans a tender texture and a gentle tang, while nigella seeds add their distinctive savoury flavour. A hot, dry frying pan creates the golden blisters, and a light brushing of butter finishes the breads while they are still warm.

Give the dough time to rise, then roll each portion into a loose oval; matching shapes are entirely optional. Keep the cooked naans loosely covered while you finish the batch, ready for scooping up a curry or collecting the last of a good sauce.

Prep Time 25 mins

Cook Time 40 mins

Rest Time 75 mins

Total Time 2 hrs 20 mins

Cuisine: Indian

Courses: Bread & Dough

Difficulty: Intermediate

Servings: 6

Calories: 281.4715

Best Season: All year

Dietary: Vegetarian

Description

Soft pan-cooked naans enriched with natural yoghurt, dotted with nigella seeds and finished with a light brushing of butter.

Ingredients

7 g active dried yeast
8 g caster sugar (divided equally)
125 ml water (warm)
300 g strong white bread flour
10 g strong white bread flour (additional, for dusting)
2.3 g baking powder
3 g salt
25 g unsalted butter (melted)
150 g plain whole-milk natural yoghurt
6 g nigella seeds
30 g unsalted butter (additional, melted, for the bowl and finishing)

Instructions

1
Combine the warm water, yeast and half the sugar. Leave for 10 to 15 minutes, until foamy.
2
Mix the 300 g flour, remaining sugar, salt and baking powder. Add the yoghurt, nigella seeds, 25 g melted butter and yeast mixture. Bring together into a soft dough.
3
Knead for 10 minutes. Lightly butter a bowl using a little of the finishing allowance. Cover the dough in the bowl and leave for approximately 1 hour, or until doubled.
4
Divide into six equal pieces. Dust lightly with the measured extra flour and roll into uneven ovals about 21 cm long.
5
Cook individually in a hot dry frying pan for roughly 3 minutes on the first side and 3 to 4 minutes on the second, until blistered and cooked through. Reduce the heat if browning too quickly.
6
Brush with the remaining finishing butter. Cover loosely to keep soft and serve warm.

Nutrition Facts

Servings 6

Amount Per Serving
Calories 281.4715kcal

% Daily Value *
Total Fat 9.5503g15%
Sodium 253.97333333333333mg11%
Total Carbohydrate 40.681133333333335g14%
Protein 7.859816666666667g16%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Note

Makes 6 naan breads. Allow 10 to 15 minutes to activate the yeast and approximately 1 hour for rising, or until doubled.

Allergens: wheat (gluten) and milk.

Nutrition is an ingredient-based estimate per naan, including all measured dusting flour and finishing butter. Unreported nutrients are left blank.