whole wheat naan on stove top.

Preparation Time : 15 mins+ 2 hrs resting time | Cooking Time : 5-7 Mins per naan | Yields: 12

Whole wheat flour 2 and 1/2 cup All purpose flour | maida 1/2 cup Active dry Yeast 2 tsp Baking powder 1/4 tsp Salt to taste Sugar 1/2 tblsp Warm Milk 1/4 cup Yogurt 3/4 cup Oil 2 tblsp Butter to make naans For stuffing Pista 10 Badam 8 Dry coconut | kopparai 2 tsp Sugar 2 tsp

whole wheat naan - 1

Method:

  • Warm the milk. Do not make it hot, just luke warm is enough. Dissolve the yeast in the milk and keep it aside.
yeast - 2
  • In a wide bowl add the wheat flour, maida, salt, baking powder and sugar. Sift this for even mixing.
  • Make a dent in the center and add the yeast mixture, yogurt and oil to this.
  • Slowly Knead this into a smooth dough. You can add little warm water to knead the dough into a soft pliable dough.
make dough - 3
  • Keep this covered with a damp cloth for 2 hours.
  • Meanwhile take the nuts and the dry coconut. Pulse this in a mixie into a coarse powder. The stuffing i have done for only 2 naans. Rest all i made as butter naan only. So this stuffing will be for 2 naans only not for the entire dough.
filling for naan - 4
  • After 2 hours, the dough would have raised .
dough raised - 5
  • Punch down the dough and take a big lemon sized portion of the dough. Dust the rolling board with flour.
punch down - 6
  • Roll this into a small disc and place 1 tblsp of stuffing(coarsely powdered nuts) into this.
put filling - 7
  • Close this and ensure that it is perfectly sealed. Roll this gently into an oblong shape.
roll in naan - 8
  • Heat a tawa and cook this on both sides in a medium flame.
cook on both sides - 9
  • Apply butter once it is cooked on both sides.
peshwari naan - 10
  • If not using stuffing, just go ahead to make plain butter naans.
naan- recipe - 11
  1. Always ensure the yeast is actuve . Else it will not raise.
  2. Ensure that the milk is luke warm while dissolving the yeast. Hot milk will not make the yeast raise.
  3. You can add finely chopped garlic to the dough and make garlic naan.
  4. For stuffing you can add few raisins and fennel seeds.
  5. Instead of wheat flour you can add maida too.
  6. You can bake the naan too in an oven.
  7. Any left over dough can be kept in the refrigerator and can be stored for a day.