Tawa Naan ( Without Yeast )

A hassle free recipe which you can easily try at home

Ingredients

All purpose flour / Maida: 1 Cup + 1/4 Cup (If you wish to you can use half cup atta and half cup maida)

Yogurt: 1/4 cup

Baking Powder: 1/4 Tea Spoon

Sugar: 1/2 Tea Spoon

Warm Water: As Required

Salt

Chopped Coriander: 2 Table Spoon (Optional)

Chopped Garlic: 1 Table Spoon (Optional)

Butter: As Required

Cooking Time: 4 Minutes Per Naan

Method

To a bowl add 1 cup maida, baking powder, sugar and salt and combine well

Add yogurt and mix.  Add warm water as required and make a smooth dough

Apply some oil or butter on the dough and cover with a cling foil or a wet towel

Let the dough rise for at least 2 hours 

Slightly knead the dough and pinch out medium portions from the dough.  Bigger than a chapathi ball

Dust the dough ball with little flour

Now roll out the naan. Should not be too thin like chapathi

You can just make plain naan.  But here i added some chopped coriander and garlic on top

Now using the rolling pin slightly press the coriander leaves and garlic 

Now reverse the rolled naan and on the other side brush water

We need and iron tawa for making naan.  Non stick tawa wont work here.  As the naan will not stick properly on the non stick ones

To a hot tawa place the naaan, with the water brushed side down on the tawa

Once the naan starts to bubble slowly invert the tawa and show it directly on flame about 2 inches above the flame.  

This is the reason you need an iron tawa.  If its a non stick it wont stick properly on the tawa

I did not have an iron tawa and used a non stick tawa.  So i used a tong and held the naan with it and showed directly on the flame.

Once naan is browned remove from fire and brush butter on top

Serve hot with veg or non veg gravy.  Best combination kadai chicken, chicken tikka masala,  butter chicken, paneer butter masala, chole masala etc.