Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Grilled Garlic Naan

From the Wyoming DuMonds:

No meal of Indian food is complete without naan, the classic flatbread that's traditionally cooked inside a tandoori oven. But most of us don't have a tandoori oven, so here's a simple recipe for great garlic naan you can make at home.

1 pkg. dry active yeast
2 cups warm (105-110 degrees) water
4 eggs
6 Tbsp. lowfat milk
5 cloves garlic, peeled and finely minced
1/4 cup sugar
8 cups all-purpose flour
6 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. salt

Combine yeast and water and set aside for about 10 minutes until foamy. Mix all other ingredients, except for the flour, in a large bowl. Wait a few minutes, then combine the two bowls of ingredients. Add in the flour a little bit at a time, mixing with your hands until it's a wet and sticky dough. Knead the dough on a floured surface, adding more flour as necessary until you have a smooth, firm dough.

Put the dough into an oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let it rise in a warm place for about an hour.

Cut the dough into a couple dozen pieces and fold each piece into a ball. Put the pieces onto a flat surface, cover again with plastic wrap, and let rise for another hour.

Roll the pieces of dough out on a floured surface into flat rounds about 9 inches across. Brush each side with melted butter and grill over medium heat for a minute or two per side, until puffy and grill-marked.

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