homemade naan

joy hosted this month's dinner club and chose indian for our theme. we were all a little nervous for this one but it turned out to be one of the best ones! the food was soooooo good- can't wait to get everyone's recipes, which i'll try to share on here. (the host for each month chooses the theme, and afterwards, collects all the recipes to send out to each participant. so fun.) anyway, i made naan. so yummy and very simple. honestly.

RECIPE:

1/2 cup warm water

2 tsp. active dry yeast

1 tsp. sugar

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 cup canola oil

1/3 cup plain yogurt

1 large egg

In a large bowl, stir together the water, yeast and sugar and let stand for 5 minutes, until foamy.

Stir in the flour, salt, oil, yogurt and egg and stir, then knead until you have a soft, pliable dough. (1-2 minutes). Cover with a tea towel and let rise until doubled in size; about an hour.

Pinch off a handful and on a lightly floured surface, roll out each piece into a thin circle or oval.

Cook each naan in a nice hot skillet drizzled with oil (just a teeny tiny bit) until blistered and cooked, flipping as necessary. (When the surface has big blisters and is golden on the bottom, flip it over and cook until golden on the other side.)

Makes about 8-12 naan.

happy birthday jenny!!