Naan




I fell in love with cooking at the age of 10 and the man who inspired me was none other than Sanjeev Kapoor and his show Khana Khazana. The first recipe I penned down in my blue ledger was a Russian salad and then this recipe of Naan. Its been 17 long years since then but my memory of that episode of Khana Khazana is still fresh. I tried making these recently and making naan in a pressure cooker was exhilirating. Made me feel I had my own tandoor forever. Never realised a pressure cooker could be used for something more than meat, rice and sambar ;)
The recipe is from khana khazana website. I always make butter chicken with naan ( the butter chicken also is a recipe I picked up from Sanjeev Kapoor) which has already been posted on this blog before. But you got also try the naan with dal makhani or kadai ghosht or any other curry you fancy.

Ingredients for Naan

Maida -4 cups

Milk -1 cup

Baking Powder- 1 tsp

Water- as required

Baking soda – 1/2 tsp

Oil – 2 Tbsp

Salt -1 tsp

Onion seeds- 2 tsp

Egg – 1 ( optional)

Sugar -2 tsp

Butter- 2 tsp

Yogurt – 2 Tbsp

Directions

Sieve flour with baking powder, baking soda , and salt.Add sugar ,egg,milk yogurt and water. Knead well into medium soft dough.

Apply oil and keep it under wet cloth for one hour.Make eight equal portion of the dough. ,apply oil and put onion seeds on top.

Make a soft dough of atta (wheat flour) or follow the recipe for Naan.

Roll the dough to make a roti. Wet one side of the roti as shown here.

Mean while heat the pressure cooker well without the lid(select an open mouth cooker ).Carefully place the roti on the side of the cooker so that the wet side of the roti is in contact with the cooker.Place the cooker side ways on the gas flame , so that the bottom of the roti gets cooked.

Then invert the cooker on the flame so that the top of roti gets cooked with the direct flame .Again place the cooker side ways on the flame so that the bottom of the roti gets cooked properly .

Remove the roti and apply ghee n serve hot .



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