Last week I found a recipe for a Greek dish that I wanted to try and it called for naan bread or pita bread. Well, since I don't really like pita bread I thought I would try the naan. At the time I had no clue what naan really was so I did a little wiki research and discovered that naan is a simple, leavened flatbread a bit thicker and more flavorful than regular pita and is common in many Indian and Greek dishes. I had seen it at the grocery store but I found a recipe for homemade naan so I thought I would challenge myself and give it a go.

Easy Peasy! And believe me, I have had my fare share of blunders when it comes to bread :) Even if you dont like making bread this recipe is for everyone.  A few key tricks to note: the dough will be very sticky so make sure you are constantly flouring your hands, work surface and rolling pin (keep your rolling pin in the freezer until ready to use, this will help keep the dough off).  You won't add too much flour so don't be bashful. Also, keep your eye on the naan as it cooks. You want to take it out of the oven while it is still soft and has a few gold patches on top. If you leave it in the oven too long it will harden and won't be pliable but rather more like crispy flat bread. 

Naan Flat Bread

• 210 ml warm water (most glass measuring cups have ml on the other side of cups, 210ml is a little less than 1 cup)
• 2 TBSP dry yeast
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar or honey
• 6 TBSP plain yogurt ( I used greek full fat yogurt)
• 2 TBSP melted butter
• oil to coat

Dissolve sugar in the warm water and sprinkle yeast on it. Leave for 15 minutes. Make sure it froths. Sift flour and salt into bowl and mix. Make a depression in the flour and pour in yogurt, butter and the yeast mixture. Mix well and stir into a dough for about 10 minutes, form a ball shape. Place it in a greased bowl and roll dough around to coat (this helps the dough not to stick to the bowl or to the towel or plastic wrap that you cover it with). Cover and let rest in warm place for about 2-3 hours or until it doubles in size (mine took about 1 hour because my kitchen was very warm).

Pour dough onto a floured surface and knead for a minute or so (keep adding flour to your hands if it is sticking too bad) and divide the dough in 6 parts. Flatten each part on lightly floured surface, rolling it into a oval shape about 0.5 cm thick.

Brush with butter or oil and sprinkle with salt or minced garlic. Place on a greased tray and bake for 7-10 minutes at 450°F (230°C). ***Every oven is different so keep your eye on the bread. Mine took about 8 minutes to cook***

Enjoy!