Ingredients
1/4 cup warm/hot water
1 tablespoon sugar
3/4 teaspoon active dry yeast
3/4 cup warm milk
1 cup plain yogurt
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter or ghee
1/2 cup minced garlic & cilantro
Makes 6-8 Naans
Instructions
Prepare
Combine water, sugar, and yeast – stir until the yeast is dissolved. Let it sit for 10 minutes or until the mixture begins to rise.
When the yeast is foamy, add milk, yogurt, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and mix the with a silicone tool it forms dough. It should be sticky.
Divide into baseball size spheres
Cover and let sit for 1 hour
Bake
Tandoor
About 1 hour before cooking, start up tandoor with charcoal (or gas)
Get temperature up to between 750° – 900° F (Point IR Gun at middle of clay)
Apply Dough
Pat down and make into flat bread dough
*Add garlic and cilantro to the dough
Hold cushion in manner you will use to apply to the tandoor wall
Apply dough to other side of cushion (garlic/cilantro side touching cushion)
Pat down side that will touch the tandoor wall with dabs of water
Apply to tandoor wall (use glove if necessary)
Watch as the bread bakes
After about 60-90 seconds, remove with bread removal skewers and place on surface
Serve
Apply dabs of butter or ghee to bread
Let sit for 1 minute
Cut into pieces and serve
Enjoy!
