Homemade Naan Bread

Homemade naan bread step by step guide. This easy recipe hows you how to make this delicious healthy version for scooping up your favourite curries with!

Made by using Greek yogurt and no butter/ghee, you’ll never want to go back to shop bought or unhealthier versions once you’ve made this homemade naan bread!

Well folks that's us just back from our summer break to Cornwall.

We had a truly amazing time but as always I couldn't wait to get back into the kitchen to bring you some more of my favourite recipes.

Today is the first of two new recipes this week. First my really simple homemade naan bread recipe.

We love Indian food and this naan bread is delicious! Check out the step by step method below to see how easy it is to make soft fluffy naan bread.

It's made on your stove in a pan. You don't need a tandoori oven. You'll soon be wanting it as a side to every meal!

Then you’re going to need this delicious homemade naan bread recipe to go with the second recipe later this week healthy paneer and chick pea curry

I first brought you this homemade naan bread recipe way back when I started this blog combined in the lamb rogan josh and homemade naan breads recipe.

This is such a good homemade naan recipe not to have a single post of it’s own and an easy step by step guide. I make it every Sunday when we enjoy a homemade curry!

This easy homemade naan bread recipe is the only quick naan bread recipe you'll ever need. Here you make real naan bread that tastes just like it does in Indian restaurants!

All it takes is just 6 ingredients to make this delicious easy naan bread recipe.

My soft and fluffy delicious naan bread is made with simple kitchen ingredients – flour, salt, yeast, yogurt and warm water. No oil or ghee!

Your homemade naan breads are best made fresh just before you serve your curry.

All you literally do is combine all the ingredients into a dough ball then allow it to rise.

You then divide the dough ball into 6 pieces, flatten each piece and then cook them. How easy is that?

After cooking you can brush your hot naan bread with melted butter if you wish (you will add calories here).

You could also add crushed garlic to the butter to make garlic butter for a garlic naan bread effect. Some chopped fresh parsley goes well too!

However you choose to top your bread it'll still be delicious and soft!

Jump to:

• Ingredients
• Substitutions
• How To Make Homemade Naan Bread Step By Step
• Why You'll Love This Homemade Naan Bread Recipe
• Equipment
• FAQ's
• Our Favourite Indian Curries To Serve With Naan Breads
• Other Popular Homemade Bread Recipes For You To Try
• 📋 Homemade Naan Bread Recipe
• Nutrition Label
• Rate The Recipe

Ingredients

• White Bread Flour (Strong Flour)
• Plain Flour (All Purpose Flour)
• Salt
• Dried Yeast (Instant Yeast)
• Fat Free Yogurt
• Warm Water

See recipe card for quantities.

Substitutions

• White Bread Flour (Strong Flour)
• Plain Flour (All Purpose Flour)
• Salt
• Dried Yeast (Instant Yeast) - use instant fast action dried yeast to save time.
• Fat Free Yogurt - you can use plain yogurt or plain Greek yogurt. Use dairy free yogurt for a vegan naan bread version.
• Warm Water

How To Make Homemade Naan Bread Step By Step

Detailed instructions are the recipe card below. But here is a quick step by step guide of how to make this easy naan recipe:

Step 1

• First, start by assembling all of the homemade naan bread ingredients.
• Bread flour, pain flour, salt, dried yeast. Mix no fat plain yogurt (I use Greek) and 100ml water together in a measuring jug.
• Don't mix the salt and yeast together. In direct contact salt can kill the yeast.

Step 2

• Then, in a medium sized bowl combine the dry ingredients first, the two flours and the salt
• Then add the yeast and the wet ingredients no fat yogurt / water mixture together.
• The salt and yeast are added seperately to the bowl.
• This ensures that when adding the yogurt mixture you don't kill the yeast by mistake!
• You can do the whole mixing process by hand, or with a stand mixer.

Step 3

• Mix the ingredients together to form a soft dough ball.
• If the ingredients are too dry to form a ball add a little more warm water.
• If too wet add a little more plain flour.

Step 4

• Once combined, place the dough ball on a lightly floured surface and knead briefly.
• 1 minute kneading here will do.
• Then re-shape into a dough ball.
• Coat in a light dusting of plain flour, place in a clean bowl and cover with clingfilm / plastic wrap to rest for one hour.

Step 5

• After an hour, on a floured work surface, cut the homemade naan bread dough up into 6 equal pieces.
• Using your hands form each piece of dough into 6 equal sized balls.
• Turn on a medium to high heat under a suitable skillet / non-stick frying pan / Indian flat pan Tawa / Tava.

Step 6

• Using a rolling pin roll out the homemade naan bread dough to a rough circle or oblong shape.
• Make the shape roughly the same size as the bottom of your non-stick frying pan / Indian flat pan Tawa / Tava.
• You don't need to use any olive oil or butter in your pan. You will dry fry the homemade bread.

Step 7

• Place the homemade naan bread dough directly onto your cast iron skillet / hot non-stick frying pan / Indian flat pan Tawa / Tava.
• Cook on each side until puffed up and lightly golden brown. Each side will only take 20 seconds or so depending on how hot your pan is.
• Repeat steps above until all the naan breads are ready.
• Lay each naan bread on top of each other, using a piece of kitchen towel between each naan to prevent them from sticking together.
• Then just quickly re-heat your curry and serve!

You know, there’s a whole multitude of reasons as to why you’ll love this homemade naan bread recipe. Here’s just a few of them!

Why You'll Love This Homemade Naan Bread Recipe

• The naan dough is simple to make by either hand or in a stand mixer.
• It doesn’t contain any unhealthy ghee or butter which is used in Indian restaurants making it a low calorie naan bread.
• You can make this and leave it to rest whilst you prepare your favourite curry.
• There are only 131 calories per naan.
• This great recipe makes 6 naans so there’s plenty to go round!

Equipment

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This is the tawa that I use to cook my Naans.

This tawa perfect for cooking. Its strong rivets give good strength to the handle and life time durability.

This pan is dishwasher safe. It’s used to bake a variety of leavened and unleavened flatbreads and pancakes such as pita, naan, saj bread, roti, chapati, paratha and dosa.

Many professionals chefs use it!

FAQ's

Your Questions About Naan Bread Answered

1. What is naan bread? Traditionally it's an oven-baked flatbread served with Indian dishes like curry.
2. What's the difference between pita bread and naan bread? Naan is usually made with yogurt giving it a softer texture. Pita does not have yogurt in it. Both are flatbreads though, just with a difference in texture.
3. How long does naan last? It's best served and consumed fresh. You can store it for 2 - 3 days in a sealed food storage bag at room temperature. I don't recommend putting it in the fridge.
4. Can you freeze naan bread? Again naan is best served and eaten fresh. However you could freeze it in a freezer safe bag. To re-heat, let it defrost first, sprinkle it with a little water and then warm up in the oven or microwave.
5. How many calories in naan bread? There are 200 calories in a restaurant naan. In this naan bread recipe using yogurt there are 131 calories per naan.

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Our Favourite Indian Curries To Serve With Naan Breads

Other Popular Homemade Bread Recipes For You To Try

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